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Omnia Khalil

Omnia Khalil is a lecturer in international relations and anthropology at City College New York.

Cairo's Incarcerated Geographies — A general view on April 29, 2018 of a government-demolished slum that existed behind the state television and radio headquarters (R) in the Maspero Triangle area in the center of Cairo. Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty ImagesMaspero Triangle, before and after destruction. Source: Google Earth.Map by the author and published on May 8th, 2024.

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Cairo's Incarcerated Geographies

In 2015, the Egyptian government announced a series of urban development plans, a schema that included having a city free of slums. As part of this plan, the state implemented a policy to relocate residents of so-called unsafe areas to new neighborhoods and redevelop existing neighborhoods using a combination of

Omnia Khalil • 5 min read

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The Everyday in Ramlat Bulaq

Walking through the alleys of Ramlat Bulaq, an old working-class neighborhood in northern Cairo close to the banks of the Nile, I encountered an 11-year old girl playing in front of her house with other children her age. She stopped me and said, “Do you know ‘Amr, the man who was killed? He used to

Omnia Khalil • 5 min read