Cairo Desert Cities Wolfgang Müller Olivia Block

Olivia Block

Tommaso Pagnacco

and a New York Times bestseller

surviving in the most obscure and surprising places

life and legacy

Cairo Desert Cities Wolfgang Müller Olivia BlockSince the 1950s, Egypt has developed a dozen new towns in the desert around Cairo. This book offers the first systematic exploration of these cities, analyzing their urban form, their promise, and their shortcomings. Originally intended to satisfy growing demand for housing, most of the desert towns have never been completed. Taking this permanent condition of emerging urban development at face value, the study aims to identify the as yet dormant