The Army Corps of Engineers had a procedure, written into law, to spare Cairo this level of danger. But it kept delaying. The plan ... city of Cairo is on the verge of being the next 9th Ward of ...

In Cairo, dozens of mosques sound the call to prayer five times a day. The resulting cacophony has inspired a controversial new ... gate that was once the southern entrance to the old walled city ...

In an expanse of desert 30 miles east of Cairo, Egypt, a new city is rising ... in phase one of the city, had been awarded the contract to create a detailed master plan for phases two, three ...

In an attempt to tackle overcrowding in Cairo ... its plan to build the capital over nine years ago, estimating at the time that the project would cost $45 billion. The new city is one of several ...

The few who can afford it, have fled to the many lush gated compounds on the outskirts of Cairo along the motor beltway. However, for the vast majority who still live in the cacophonous metropolis, ...

"We're talking about a very big city... It is the 'new New Cairo,'" commented Ashraf Salman, Egypt's Investment Minister. Occupying over 270 square miles, the plan will take five to seven years to ...

Over the weekend, Egypt unveiled plans to build a wholly new capital. The new city would lie somewhere to Cairo's east, closer to the Red Sea. It would sprawl across some 150 square miles and ...