User:Ypedia1

I am interested in all things housing and urban, and their intersection with political economy and history. I come from the Arab world and have lived in many cities in and outside of it, and speak 2.5 languages.

WikiProject Egypt/Member

WikiProject AncientEgypt/Member

Current focus
Egyptian cities, their districts and their architectural, housing and urban history. Updating, correcting, translating (from Arabic) and creating pages with a focus on:


 * Administrative divisions based on primary sources:
 * Local Administration Law 49/1979, and other laws and decrees from the free to access legislative portals cc.gov.eg/legislations and manshurat.org
 * Governorate websites for division names and maps, for example Cairo.gov.eg, Giza.gov.eg, ...
 * General Organisation for Physical Planning maps and reports.


 * Poulation from the latest (2017) census and previous ones from the CAPMAS digital map and database.


 * Urban and architectural history from credible scholarly or media sources, especially contemporary local or regional publications and/or archives for example:
 * Majallat al-‘imara
 * Alam al-Benaa
 * Medina
 * Al-[https://www.almadaq.net/en/maps/?_cntxt=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%3D Madaq] (historic map archive)