MER Article Environmental Conditions in Cairo In a 1994 assesment of environmental health risks prepared for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), American and Egyptian experts identified three leading environmental health risks for residents of Cairo: particulate matter air pollution, lead and microbiological diseases from envir Sally Ethelston • 3 min read
MER Article Who's to Blame? On the question of who or what should be blamed for endangering the environment (multiple answers possible), the largest number (72.1 percent) thought that “people in general” were at fault. Another sizable minority (35.7 percent) blamed factories, while 15.1 percent blamed “cars and transportation,” and 9.4 Sohair Mehanna, Nicholas Hopkins • 1 min read
MER Article Pollution, Popular Perceptions and Grassroots Environmental Activism An increase in media attention paid to environmental pollution, and a 1994 USAID report on environmental risk assessment in Cairo, [1] reflect and have engendered a growing concern for the environment in Cairo. While grassroots political action is rare, [2] there is an awareness among the general po Sohair Mehanna, Nicholas Hopkins • 9 min read
MER Article Gender, Population, Environment Miryam lives with her family in Manshiyat Nasir, originally a squatter settlement at the foot of Cairo’s Muqattam hills, now largely a brick-built community of small apartment buildings and box-like single family homes. Most now have piped-in water and electricity. Her family is one of the thousands Sally Ethelston • 8 min read
