Urban matters
Fatemah Farag considers the dark side of city life

For the disposessed
In an exclusive interview with Al-Ahram Weekly, UN-HABITAT Executive Director Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka explains how the urban poor can be assets in urban development

The black hole
Do those living in shanty housing areas have rights to the property that is their only home? Dena Rashed crosses open sewage trenches and searches within plastic-sheet houses for an answer

Making a city livable
Yasmine El-Rashidi looks into the changes the Sustainable Cities Project has brought to the city of Ismailia