{"id":13378,"date":"2025-02-21T11:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=13378"},"modified":"2025-02-21T11:09:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:09:59","slug":"is-downtown-cairo-the-next-dubai-uae-expansion-raises-sovereignty-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/02\/21\/is-downtown-cairo-the-next-dubai-uae-expansion-raises-sovereignty-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Downtown Cairo the Next \u201cDubai\u201d? UAE Expansion Raises Sovereignty Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-It seems that the UAE&#8217;s expansion in Egypt is no longer limited to traditional investments but now threatens the heart of Cairo itself. Reports have revealed that the Emirati company Emaar, led by businessman Mohamed Alabbar, intends to take control of downtown Cairo and transform it into a new \u201cDowntown Dubai.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This move has sparked widespread controversy over the extent of Emirati influence on Egypt\u2019s sovereignty, especially amid the economic pressures the country is facing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"dc59bd18-b384-479a-bc73-ffb883f93a33\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"81\">UAE Influence in Egypt: Is Downtown Cairo the Next Target?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"922\">The support the UAE has provided to Abdel Fattah El-Sisi\u2019s regime since his coup against the late President Mohamed Morsi has never been a secret. However, this support did not come for free. Over time, it has turned into a tool of economic pressure, leading to the acquisition of massive projects inside Egypt\u2014including islands, coastal areas, and ports. Now, it appears that downtown Cairo is the next target.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12401\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12401 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/023-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mohamed Alabbar Emaar\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/023-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/023-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/023-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/023.jpg 1197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UAE investments in Egypt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"1404\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2024\/04\/07\/emirati-billionaire-mohammed-alabbars-global-real-estate-ventures-from-belarus-to-serbia\/\">Mohamed Alabbar<\/a>, the founder of Emaar, has openly expressed his desire to turn downtown Cairo into a global tourism hub, similar to what his company has done in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"1404\">However, these projects are unfolding alongside a growing wave of forced displacement of Egyptians. Entire residential areas in Cairo have been demolished to make way for large-scale investment projects, including skyscrapers and shopping malls\u2014developments that do not benefit the average citizen.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1693\">This raises an urgent question: Is this merely another investment deal, or does it represent an attempt to reshape Cairo\u2019s identity under Emirati influence? Could the UAE\u2019s role go beyond investment, extending to direct political and economic dominance over Egyptian territory?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1695\" data-end=\"2036\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With Egypt\u2019s worsening economic crisis, El-Sisi appears to have few options. Could downtown Cairo become yet another gift to Mohammed bin Zayed in exchange for continued financial support? The coming days will reveal how the Egyptian state will handle these plans\u2014and whether Egyptians will move to defend the heart of their capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-It seems that the UAE&#8217;s expansion in Egypt is no longer limited to traditional investments but now threatens the heart of Cairo itself. Reports have revealed that the Emirati company Emaar, led by businessman Mohamed Alabbar, intends to take control of downtown Cairo and transform it into a new \u201cDowntown Dubai.\u201d This move has sparked &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,4053,4052],"class_list":["post-13378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-egypt","tag-mohamed-alabbar-emaar","tag-uae-investments"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Downtown Cairo the Next \u201cDubai\u201d? 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