Cairo’s historic Nile river houseboats are about to be a thing of the past
Archinect
JULY 15, 2022
Last month the government ordered their removal, saying the boats were unsafe and lacked permits—no surprise, since it stopped renewing the permits two years ago. Colourful houseboats anchored along the Nile have been fixtures of Cairo since the 1800s. It has recently begun towing them away.
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