![]() ![]() In the backdrop of this debt-driven building spree are massive slum clearance programs that rely on relocating and often uprooting marginalized Egyptians. Currently dubbed the New Administrative Capital, the city would be connected to Cairo by a high-speed monorail, no less. ![]() The military regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in power since his coup in 2013, has been busy building numerous extravagant megaprojects-follies-such as adding another lane to the Suez Canal, constructing lavish presidential palaces and, most of all, building a new capital city in the desert outskirts of Cairo. ![]() 1.) lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresightĢ.) criminally or tragically foolish actions or conductĤ.) an excessively costly or unprofitable undertakingĥ.) an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful tasteĪutocratic regimes in search of legitimacy have long used megaprojects to cement their authority and affirm control over their respective population. ![]()
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