Residents of this Egyptian village forced to leave their homes
Forced evacuation and a security campaign targeted the residents of Sayadeen village in Alexandria governorate in northern Egypt.
![EGYPT-CEMETERY-DEMOLITION This picture taken on July 22, 2020 shows a view of ongoing demolitions of graveyards and construction work for a new flyover bridge passing through the Basatin cemetery, south of historic old Cairo. - Egyptian mother-of-three Menna was caught off guard when a bulldozer clearing space for a controversial highway flattened much of a mausoleum that doubled as her home in a Cairo 7th century Islamic necropolis. Her parents and grandparents had made their home among the graves of the City of the Dead, where bur](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/08/GettyImages-12279058761.jpg/GettyImages-12279058761.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=kNRYR9W9)
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