Unfinished Places: The Politics of (Re)making Cairo’s Old Quarters

Taylor & Francis

Unfinished Places: The Politics of (Re)making Cairos Old QuartersAuthor(s): Gehan Selim\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138860940, 978-1138860940\nSynopsis\nThe Emerging Politics of (Re) making Cairo's Old Quarters examines postcolonial planning practices that aimed to modernise Cairos urban spaces. The author examines the expanding field of postcolonial urbanism by linking the states political ideologies and systems of governance with methods of spatial representations that aimed to transform the urban realm in Cairo. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the study draws on planning, history and politics to develop a distinctive account of postcolonial planning in Cairo following Egypts 1952 revolution. The book widely connects the ideological role of a different type of politicised urbanism practised during the days of Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak and the overarching policies, institutions and attitudes involve.