Cairo Desert Cities gardens Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi

Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi explore the vibrant cuisine of their home city—with its diverse Muslim

south and west of the city centre

The match between Hermès

and the Problem of Garden lightening

All these animals leave the bed one after the other with the usual excuses

Cairo Desert Cities gardens Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami TamimiSince the 1950s, Egypt has developed a dozen new towns in the desert around Cairo. This book offers the first systematic exploration of these cities, analyzing their urban form, their promise, and their shortcomings. Originally intended to satisfy growing demand for housing, most of the desert towns have never been completed. Taking this permanent condition of emerging urban development at face value, the study aims to identify the as yet dormant