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Why Egypt Is Building a New Capital City

2021-12-13

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Egypt is building a new capital city right in the middle of the desert. But why are they doing this and why would they choose this unfavorable landscape outside of Cairo in the sahara desert for the project?

Select video clips courtesy of Getty Images

Map source by MapTiler / OpenStreetMap Contributors via Geolayers 3

Thanks to Doug Barnard for allowing me to use his footage.

Check out his video on this topic:

https://youtu.be/20FwFfwZs7c


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