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Mariam Ehab

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Mariam Ehab

he new motorway will be wide and straight and modern, and it will run through the heart of Old Cairo. (Islam Safwat/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AL QAHIRA

In Egypt, new roads, old problems

Efforts to modernise the capital Cairo’s infrastructure are running up against, and sometimes through, the city’s long history

  • Mariam Ehab
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