Finding Familiarity in Cairo’s Garbage City
MEI Encounter
Finding Familiarity in Cairo’s Garbage City
August 13, 2008
Artificial islands. Buildings that change shape. Skyscrapers that seem to literally scrape the sky. Most people have heard about the stunning projects in the Gulf born of unimaginable wealth. Where else in the world can one find fine powdered ski slopes in the desert? But while wealthy tourists enjoy the life of luxury on one side of the Middle East, one of the region’s oldest states sees poverty like few can imagine.
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Zachary Kineke is an undergraduate at Syracuse University studying broadcast journalism and political science. He interned in the Middle East Institute’s Communications Department in 2008.
Disclaimer: Assertions and opinions in this Encounter are solely those of the above-mentioned author(s) and do not reflect necessarily the views of the Middle East Institute, which expressly does not take positions on Middle East policy.
