"To Dwell" 2017


As part of do it in Arabic Egypt, Artist Ahmed Zaazaa demands we turn our attention to the ever-evolving here-and-now of Cairo’s informal housing. Shatha Al-Deghady decided to detect the buzzing Cairo inside a 90`s tall building in Maadi neighborhood and around a small 3 floors 70`s building in downtown, Cairo. A dialogue between two types of building and their relationship with the loud savage city. 









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