"In Arabic the word for 'land' is linked to the word for 'honour'," says prominent Egyptian psychiatrist Ahmed Okasha. " But this is being forgotten. The satelite cities basically create ghettoes for the rich away from ghettoes for the poor, and that leaves Egyptian society in a very dangerous situation."
- thinking on the Zaha-Hadid designed fringe cities developed to hold Cairo's 20million and expanding population.
Monocle mag. Issue 39
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