The Deserted Red Brick Factories in Greater Cairo: From One Welfare State to Another
Although Egypt is witnessing a construction boom with the development of public infrastructures and new cities in the desert, the industrial red brick sector has been declining for the last six or seven years. Most of its factories are closing, being sold as scrap, converted into other activities, o...
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| Formatua: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Égypte Soudan mondes arabes
2025
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Gaia: | Although Egypt is witnessing a construction boom with the development of public infrastructures and new cities in the desert, the industrial red brick sector has been declining for the last six or seven years. Most of its factories are closing, being sold as scrap, converted into other activities, or simply abandoned. Starting with the current situation of the red brick factories around Cairo, this article provides a more general view of urban transformation and the selective “ruination” process of an industrial sector. The decay of these factories is at the crossroads of technical, economic, political, and land issues. By relying on interviews, satellite images and press articles, this study proposes to view these recently ruined infrastructures as the product of successive political projects and shifting welfare priorities. |
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