Cairo collages

With the military seizing overt power in Egypt, Cairo's grand and dramatic urban reshaping during and after 2011 is reflected upon under the lens of a smaller story narrating everyday interactions of a middle-class building in the neighbourhood of Doqi.

Introduction
1 Tale I: Al-'imaara (the building) as topos
2 Tale II: Commute
3 Tale III: My exhausted and exhausting building
4 My flat: Nostalgia and al-zaman al-gamiil (the 'beautiful old times')
5 The elevator saga: The degeneration of everyday material conditions
Tale IV: Order
Conclusion
Appendix I: Interview with E. D.
Appendix II: Excerpts from interview with Laila al-Raa'i
References
Index