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So basically, Egypt's new capital is the new Versailles, which was more than just the palace, it was the administrative capital of the Kingdom of France. The king was then followed by other aristocrats, who built their mansions away from Paris, some around Versailles, while others were in more remote locations, effectively abandoning the poor to squalour and neglect in Paris. Although the nobility could forget the poor, the poor never forgot the nobility, so when the revolution occurred, they marched all the way to Versailles, and laid siege to the estate, forcing the royals to surrender. If history is a guild, Egypt's new capital will not make long outstanding problems go away, there is no distance far enough for the oligarchy to escape revolutionaries, justice is patient.
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I remember visiting Egypt with my family in the late 90s and remember that the economic situation of the country was pretty good. They had a quite strong pound (circa $1 = 3 EGP) and pretty calm atmosphere and remember the people were not that commercialised. The last time we went in 2018, we were pretty shocked how things have drastically changed. It became so overcrowded, polluted and chaotic. According to some random locals we spoke with, the current government is literally working against its own population and not to mention the opression and suffocation caused on a daily basis especially by the police.
Also why change Cairo, which is a city so full of history and character to a souless, artificial capital where all the elite will live? This will create nothing but social segregation and tensions, in my humble opinion. Of course, the choice is entirely theirs.
It's a pity how such a beautiful country with very rich history is being destroyed by the mafia politicians (similar to many Balkan countries for example).
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in Brasil we had a similar experience; they made Brasília a city with extremely wide streets and squares to make it harder (but not impossible, as we recently saw) to gather protesters; while in Rio, the old capital, the narrow streets surrounding Catete palace would be easily filled with people. it’s all about moving the power away from us.
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One of the worries for me in this plan is that they are bound to create another traffic nightmare: The seperation of residential areas from commercial areas. If you give people the opportunity to walk to work or walk to the shops, they will do it. That has been proven over and over again. But if you force people to drive by only offering flats/houses far away from their place of work, traffic will become a problem eventually. You can somewhat counteract that problem with good public transport, but even the best public transport will not fix bad city design.
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You know the Iranian shah, French royalty, etc ... also lived in isolated palaces. It had the opposite effect that Sisi is looking for -- it angered the people even more. It acted as greater motivation and didn't deter the revolution, it fueled it. It made it easier for the serfs to look around and realize just how out of touch and how different royalties life is compared to the people.
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There's another unknown ticking time-bomb in Cairo: water - or the lack thereof. We've spent a lot of time researching the Nile droughts, Middle Eastern water scarcity and solutions for it, while working on our Nile and desalination videos, and... it doesn't look good: artificial upscale urban developments in the desert mean diverting huge amounts of water away from the city where it is badly needed.
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Several times in the past couple of years, there were protest attempts but it was easily shut down by the law enforcement.
Tahrir Square now is crowded by police officers wearing civilian clothing and asking pedestrians about where are they going. And even search their phones and check social media for anti-government posts. Happened to me and alot of my friends. It's really inhumane.
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In Brazil, Brasilia has been built in the sixties with similar purpose. For an example, less than 4 years after its inauguration, a military coup happened. In Rio de Janeiro, the former capital, it would have been much more difficult, as we can state by observing the fact that there was some atttempts that fail, such in 1954, 1955.
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