Ezbet el-Haggana

ʿEzbet el-Haggāna (Arabic: عزبة الهجانة) is a slum in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The slum possibly has a population of more than a million people.[1] Other slums in the same conurbation is Manshiyat naser and City of the Dead.[2]

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References

  1. Mike Davis: Planet der Slums, Assoziation A, Berlin, 2007, page 32
  2. http://www.shehabinstitution.org/

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