As new capital rises, what fate for Cairo?

Billboards across Cairo advertise luxury homes with breathtaking views in compounds with names like La Verde or Vinci in Egypt’s new capital that is under construction in the desert, miles from the Nile-side city that has been the seat of power for more than 1,000 years. Often, what lies behind the billboards are Cairo’s most overcrowded neighborhoods, with shoddily built homes and dirt roads frequently inundated with sewage water.

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