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A private collection of movie posters of Egyptian movies.
الحلوة دي performed by the Ayoub Sisters. 4 min video.
As always, you should watch youtube videos from a libre frontend.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqDf3lwZY-MJYKMAw2ySkPQ/
Very well-produced video series on the modern history of Cairo's districts. In Arabic, with English subtitles.
سيرة القاهرة هى مبادرة مجتمعية للحفاظ على تراث العاصمة والتوعية بهِ من خلال الوسائط المتعددة والعمل على إعادة إحياء الأثر وحمايته
Bibliotheca Alexandrina's collection on Egypt's modern history.
Egypt's largest private solar power plant.
The new Kom Ombo plant will be located less than 20 km from Africa’s biggest solar park, the 1.8 GW Benban complex.
- https://projectsportal.afdb.org/dataportal/VProject/show/P-EG-FF0-013
- https://www.ebrd.com/news/2021/egypts-largest-solar-plant-kom-ombo-receives-us-114-million-financing-package-.html
- https://egyptianstreets.com/2021/04/23/egypts-largest-solar-power-plant-receives-114-million-maximizing-clean-energy-potential/
- https://www.utilities-me.com/news/17081-construction-of-egypts-200mw-kom-ombo-pv-solar-project-to-commence-in-q3-2021
- https://energyindustryreview.com/renewables/acwa-power-to-develop-200mw-kom-ombo-pv-project-in-egypt/
Rowing is slowly becoming the new watersport of choice for Cairenes looking to escape the hustle and bustle of Egypt’s chaotic capital.
CairoScene.
The Google Arts & Culture organisation has teamed up to create the digital platform Preserving Egypt’s Layered History with archaeologists at the American Research Centre in Cairo.
[The] new online platform aims to turn traditionally scholarly subject into something "easily digestible and fun to explore".
If you're ready for some archaeological adventure but find yourself pandemic-trapped at home and unable to make it to Egypt's ancient Valley of the Kings right now, try the virtual tomb tour of Pharaoh Ramses VI who reigned in the 12th century BC.
The tomb of Ramses VI is located in the Valley of the Kings, in Luxor, Egypt.
Landsat images comparing greater Cairo (particularly the eastern half) from 1984 and 2019.
Lots of good references.
Ministries have signed MoU with Saudi energy company ACWA Power.
Currently there are 76 seawater desalination plants in Egypt, that supply 831,690 cubic metres per day. The plan is to build 67 more plants, in the governorates of Matrouh, Red Sea, North and South Sinai, Ismailiyah and Suez.
https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/smart-water-magazine/egypt-looking-25-bn-finance-17-desalination-plants
All those existing plants are probably not solar-powered, right?
Plans for new, solar-powered ones: https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/egypt-plans-desalination-plants-worth-2-5bn-over-next-five-years/
Kairo har närmare 20 miljoner invånare och bedömdes av Världshälsoorganisationen WHO år 2018 att ha de näst värsta luftföroreningarna i världen.
Enligt tidningen Egypt Independent fokuserade diskussionerna mellan Kamel al-Wazir och Volvo på ett projekt som innebär att etablera ett BRT-system på ringleden i Kairo i samband med att leden byggs ut med fler körfält.
Benban Solar park, at 1.8 GW capacity is one of the world's largest solar cell parks.
With highlight showing the districts of Dakka and Koshtamna.