Island v megacity: the Cairo islanders fighting violent state evictions

Warraq has become a battleground as Egyptian authorities demolish houses in what locals fear will be a glossy transformation of their islandHeba Nagaa Otmorsi was at work when a relative called to say her house had been demolished. That day she had boarded a ferry from Cairo’s Warraq Island to the mainland, unaware her home was under threat.Most families had been asleep when government forces arrived early in the morning in armoured cars. “It was our neighbours who rescued the childr