Northern Africa
Visionary construction project in Egypt recalls the age of the pharaohs
A new capital city is under construction in Egypt.
Under a cobalt sky, an old sandstone mosque stands serene amid a sea of urban tumult. Balconied apartment blocks jostle toward the minarets, and traffic throngs around the building’s crenellated walls, a cacophony of horns, engines and voices. Nothing is still, yet everything is constrained. Trucks edge forward, cars nudge
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