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|  A Day without Mercy
When the building-sized boulders fell on the houses of Duweiqa, the aftermath was terrible. Egypt Today was at the site on September 6 to witness one of Cairo’s darkest moments.
It was the sixth day of Ramadan, September 6, and the whole of Duweiqa shantytown was still asleep. It was quiet. However, at about 7am, the silence was violently broken as homes were crushed by boulders falling on the low brick ceilings, a steady stream of dust invading residents’ broken windows. With the noise of the landslide, some people — the lucky ones — ran outside their homes to look around, trying to figure out what was happening. However, the majority didn’t move from their shacks — they were still asleep. And now their bodies lie buried in their beds under the huge rocks that fell when the side of Moqattam Mountain collapsed.
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Ali El Bahnasawy
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Blowing Smoke |
The Other Side of the Tracks | It turns out that the ‘sick’ man on the cigarette packet warnings is alive and smoking. Now the Minister of Health is being sued over the alleged deception.
A middle-aged man is lying shirtless on a hospital bed. Gray in the face, it looks like he is suffering from a heart condition or perhaps the last sta
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Dina Basiony
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Read more | Residents of the nation’s shantytowns are often invisible to the rest of society, until a disaster such as the Duweiqa rockslide or the fire at the Qale’et El-Kabsh slum. Those living in Ezbet Arab Abu Regeila say they would rather be invisible than face the disaster in front of them: eviction.
TOGETHER TO STOP the demolition of the homes of 5,000 families living in the Abu Regeila district” — This is the title of a recently formed group on t
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Manal el-Jesri
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 | Dancing With Controversy
Modern dance is moving to center stage, despite those who condemn it as a sin
By Erika Sherk
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 | Pyramids Makeover
The last of the Seven Ancient Wonders gets a twenty-first century facelift, but pleasing everyone proves to be a difficult task
By Hossam Zaater
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 | Speed School
A school for desert racers puts the “old-timers” with the newcomersto teach speed, technique and a healthy respect for the sand
By Jehan Soliman
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