The Slums of Khartoum: On Life’s Edge
Shamael Elnoor 2022-05-21
An account of Jabarona, one of the slums at the outskirts of Khartoum, inhabited by the second generation of migrants...
The Slums of Algeria: Invisibility and Hope
Ghania Mouffok 2022-05-18
Everything has changed 57 years after Algeria’s independence, except for social exclusion, and its counterpart, spatial exclusion. To question slums...
Casablanca: A Case Study of Urban Ecology, Neighbourly Relations, and Security Concerns
Abderrahmane Rachik 2022-05-15
A city is more than the houses, roads, and social and economic facilities built inside it; it is also the...
Egypt's Informal Settlements: Soldiers, Gangs, Poverty, and Construction
Ali Al Raggal 2022-05-11
In 2008, the number of people living in informal settlements or slums in Egypt grew to 15 million; the equivalent...
Egypt's Resources Are Not for Its People: Who Controls Them?
Magda Hosni 2022-04-14
With their competitive advantages, namely their low prices, the materials produced by the military establishment’s factories have topped sales in...
Rich Land, Poor People: How is Mauritania’s Wealth Managed?
Ahmed Oueld Jeddou 2022-04-07
Mauritania has a small population and massive resources. According to the authorities, of the 4 million people there, 31 percent...
Authoritarianism, economic liberalization, and the roots of the 2011 uprisings
2021-11-02
Assafir al-Arabi is publishing a series of articles about "2011", the event that shattered our region. These articles were produced...
Egypt’s Coronavirus: Death in alleyways of the impoverished and shantytowns
Rabab Azzam 2021-08-15
Some places on the Egyptian sociosanitary map receive no real official attention; they are home to rapid viral spreads and...
To Trade Health for Bread: Covid-19 under the wing of the Ramallah Authority
Majd Kayyal 2021-08-10
Insistent on flexing its muscles, the PA imposed, during the first wave, a curfew in cities where not one case...