A man looks at graves demolished to make way for a new highway in Cairo, in 2020.
A man looks at graves demolished to make way for a new highway in Cairo, in 2020.
  • Since 2015, Egypt's government has been working to create a new, modern Egypt.
  • They are building a $59 billion city in the desert and have already built 4,350 miles of new roads and 900 tunnels and bridges. 
  • To make way for its new infrastructure, thousands of graves have been razed as well as hundreds of acres of public green space. 

Cairo is in flux.

Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is trying to turn Cairo into a modern city, like Dubai. 

He's also building a whole new city in the middle of the desert near Cairo to house his government as well as 6 million residents. It will be called the New Administrative Capital.