Residents of this Egyptian village forced to leave their homes - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Aug 14, 2020

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 — This picture 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, Egypt, July 22, 2020 — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

An Egyptian ice cream vendor pushes his cart in the coastal city of Alexandria, May 21, 2016.

Residents of Alexandria district face eviction by Egyptian state

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A correspondent in Egypt

Sisi grants army more powers under state of emergency

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A correspondent in Egypt

Egyptian army displaces northern Sinai residents

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A correspondent in Sinai

Egyptian women sit in the street with their furniture after they were evacuated from their home a few days ago on July 14, 2010, in the al-Darb el-Ahmar area in the historic Islamic Cairo. Several hundred meters (yards) away an old building collapsed overnight killing seven people sleeping inside. AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Hundreds left homeless as Egyptian authorities demolish random constructions

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt