Dreamland, Egypt Explained
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Dreamland is a private urban development and gated community located in 6 October City, a satellite city of Cairo, Egypt. Its construction began in 1995[1] on lands sold by the Egyptian government to businessman Ahmed Baghat.[2] [3] Designed as a North American-style residential suburb for the wealthy, it includes an amusement park, a five-star hotel, and a golf course.
The project has been criticized by some, such as economist David Sims, as a case of land speculation and an example of the Egyptian government's problematic attempts to promote the creation of settlements in the deserts outside Cairo.[4] By 2008, most of the 840 hectares purchased by Baghat had remained undeveloped and he was reportedly trying to sell off the remaining land to pay debts.
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Notes and References
- Book: Ghannam, Farha . https://books.google.com/books?id=BtjCSATkA9MC&q=cairo+17&pg=PT275 . Other Cities, Other Worlds: Urban Imaginaries in a Globalizing Age . Duke University Press . 2008 . 978-0-8223-8936-1 . Huyssen . Andreas . 269 . en . Two Dreams in a Global City: Class and Space in Urban Egypt.
- Book: Sims, David . Egypt's Desert Dreams: Development or Disaster? . American University in Cairo Press . 2014 . 978-1-61797-884-5 . 136 . en . New .
- Book: AlSayyad, Nezar . Cairo: Histories of a City . Harvard University Press . 2013 . 978-0-674-07245-9 . 268 . en.
- Sweet . Rod . 2019 . Dreamland: A critical assessment of Egypt's plan for a brand new capital . Construction Research and Innovation . en . 10 . 1 . 21 . 10.1080/20450249.2019.1583946 . 2045-0249.
