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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 on lands sold by the Egyptian government to businessman Ahmed Baghat. Designed as a North American-style residential suburb for the wealthy, it includes an amusement park, a five-star hotel, and a golf course.
The project has been criticized by some, such as economist David Sims, 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. 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.
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ AlSayyad, Nezar (2013). Cairo: Histories of a City. Harvard University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-674-07245-9.
- 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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