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Remaking the Modern: Space, Relocation, and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo
Remaking the Modern Space Relocation and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo
Author: Farha Ghannam
In an effort to restyle Cairo into a global capital that would meet the demands of tourists and investors and to achieve President Anwar Sadat's goal to modernize the housing conditions of the urban poor, the Egyptian government relocated residents from what was deemed valuable real estate in downtown Cairo to public housing on the outskirts of ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520230453
ISBN-10: 0520230450
Publication Date: 9/2/2002
Pages: 240
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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