Dreamland, Egypt

29°58′22″N 31°02′12″E / 29.9728°N 31.0368°E / 29.9728; 31.0368

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.[1][2][3]

The project has been criticized by some, such as economist David Sims,[2] 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.[2][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.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b Ghannam, Farha (2008). "Two Dreams in a Global City: Class and Space in Urban Egypt". In Huyssen, Andreas (ed.). Other Cities, Other Worlds: Urban Imaginaries in a Globalizing Age. Duke University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8223-8936-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sims, David (2014). Egypt's Desert Dreams: Development or Disaster? (New ed.). American University in Cairo Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-61797-884-5.
  3. ^ a b AlSayyad, Nezar (2013). Cairo: Histories of a City. Harvard University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-674-07245-9.
  4. ^ Sweet, Rod (2019). "Dreamland: A critical assessment of Egypt's plan for a brand new capital". Construction Research and Innovation. 10 (1): 21. doi:10.1080/20450249.2019.1583946. ISSN 2045-0249.


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