Egypt are Building a Huge New Capital City. Here's Why.

[@megaprojects9649]

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[@BrunoDias1234]

Please talk about the high speed rail in Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@tripwire3992]

@@BrunoDias1234did those guys build a new rail network?

[@Wake13]

“Egypt are” or “Egypt is”…?

[@AL-lh2ht]

Basically started as a practical new infrastructure that turned into a massive wealth transfer by the the corrupt military junta.

[@patrickguinnane]

Can you do an episode on Ireland's new childrens hospital that is looking like it's going to cost nearly 3 BILLION euro

[@Tomberculosis-q1i]

From what I understand, it's a way of separating the people of Egypt from the seat of power. A ploy to prevent another coup from happening.

[@Inucroft]

*Counter-Coup to remove the Military from power

[@AL-lh2ht]

Considering there is a coupe like every seven years it makes sense for them to do so.

[@Tomberculosis-q1i]

​​@@ksegg_ffs Nations where the military has more power over laws and regulations than elected officials have this problems.

[@anngo4140]

But making it so outrageously expensive isn't very ideal

[@gladefoam]

@@anngo4140expensive for people, not for leadership. Most of these construction contracts are given to companies owned by Egyptian military generals.

[@nicotti]

Did you say monorail? Well there's nothing on Earth like a genuine, bona fide, electrified six car monorail!!

[@lazypigeon6612]

Monorail!

[@mycosys]

Monorail Monorail Monorail Monorail Monorail

[@lilindoguy]

MONO..... DOH!

[@Moohstaffah]

I hear those things are awfully loud?

[@scottyelder8351]

MONORAIL !!!!!

[@jamesragsdale3069]

"Let's pack up and move and leave all these gross humans we're supposed to take care of."

[@aaroncruz9181]

And this is why Israel exist low-key but they won’t admit.

[@MrSheduur]

Exactly that. Also, they will be not directly in the line of fire if an uprising begins in Cairo, like it has been in the past. You can be sure that this new city will be a hub for all the rich and wealthy too... absolutely disgusting.

[@MrMCDiggles]

Like how Elon wants to get people on Mars cause earth will be uninhabitable.

[@Findyification]

yuuupp

[@EternalKhann]

​@@MrMCDigglesI think you conflate a rare global scale extinction event with your average run of the mill Arab dictatorship that wants to live a lavish life without having to move to Dubai.

[@AhmedMo-ec4kz]

As an Egyptian who has been living in Alexandria for the past 24 years. I can confirm that our issue is not that we have overcrowded cities, but we have an overflow of thieves. All this money is probably in the pockets of the Wealthy (Businessmen and Military Personal). At the time of this comment 1 USD = 50 EGP (2024) vs. 1 USD = ~7 EGP (2014) 😃so much for A NEW CAPTIAL CITY.

[@AhmedMo-ec4kz]

BTW: at 8:15 it was in 2018 not in 2008 (I think) 🙃

[@Watermelon43564]

Cairo isn’t overcrowded? I’m not the biggest fan of how they’re executing the new capital but it seems like a necessity. Cairos infrastructure is very outdated. Attempting to update it or modernize it would be a complete nightmare. Having an effective and efficient IT infrastructure, waste management, electrical grid and traffic management would greatly boost Egypts economy. The birth rate is too high to support cramming more people into Cairo. Tackling inflation and the dropping Egyptian pound is important but it will come with growing pains. To start cutting back on subsidies is necessary, Egypt cannot afford to keep prices so low. Floating the pound will and has attracted more foreign investment. As for corruption, well that’s definitely a problem, you can’t do anything without a little “baksheesh” being involved. The government should do more to prevent bribes and nepotism.

[@AhmedMo-ec4kz]

​@@Watermelon43564 Great. It seems like we have a real patriot here. Isn't this the same talk we see and hear in the STATE media for the past 11 years? If BS was a Company, General CC-and his PATRIOTS-would have been the CEO by now 😃 And tell my friend do you live in Egypt or مصر ? or Let's talk about the New Suez Canal 😂

[@Watermelon43564]

@@AhmedMo-ec4kz I’m not an Egyptian nor a patriot. You’re assuming I agree with everything the government is doing and I don’t. Numbers and facts don’t care about your feelings. Egypt needs to make drastic changes if it wants to be a part of the 21st century. So I’ll ask you. What do you think the solution is?

[@AhmedMo-ec4kz]

​@@Watermelon43564 Let's build a NEW CAPITAL CITY 😂

[@lochnessmonster5149]

Egypt's ruling class is building these cities to separate themselves from the plebians. They'll have their own neighborhoods, shops, restaurants, malls, mass transits, etc. All so they don't have to mingle with the people they're impoverishing.

[@FuhrerNCheifTrump]

America didn’t that long ago.

[@blammela]

My first thought was “can’t only the wealthy afford to move?”

[@CaptainDickGs]

@@FuhrerNCheifTrumpHell seems like all major countries are doing it right now! Every US aligned, globalist, WEF member, agenda 2050, WHO propagating, public/private partnerships/collabarting pushing, slave state country, including the US itself.

[@bluegold1026]

From the filthy peasants.

[@scarecrow8004]

Eventually, they're going to have to mingle with the impoverished plebians. I mean, who else is going to operate all of those shops, restaurants, malls, mass transits and all of the other etcetera that the ruling class are not going to lower themselves to operate.

[@_NoDrinkTheBleach]

The opulence of the administrative buildings really outline how this is only about the government officials, and not the citizens who need relief from the pressures of Cairo and Alexandria.

[@jayl878]

The rich and powerful don't want to breathe in the pollution and among poor people

[@Bob-t8l]

Tax payer funded Administrative buildings. The ruling class need somewhere to hang out i guess 😂

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

Especially the presidental district.

[@morstyrannis1951]

Very much like the astounding buildings of ancient Egypt.

[@In-Gall_Tegidda_n_Tesemt]

Well if you knew anything about ancient Egyptian history, Egypt’s oligarchy was one of the most important classes within Egyptian society, _heri tep_ meaning “top head” refers to a Nomarchs that made up the ancient Egyptian elite, many of which were lured by Senusret III(1836-1818 BC) Egyptian labor sites like Wah-Sut to be heavily surveillance and eventually abolished as they posed a threat to pharaohs power… The 12th dynasty is considered one of the most prosperous periods in Egyptian history, and every single pharaoh of era from Amenemhat I down to Sobekneferu (1760-1755 BC) built either a new capital or a pyramid or temples… Whether Sisi acting solely on his own… he is doing exactly what pharaohs of ancient times did in Egypt, build a new capital; originally ancient Memphis was the capital of Egypt, then it moved to Thebes, and eventually it moved ti Piramsesses during the reign of Ramsesses II(1300-1213 BC)…

[@videowilliams]

Oh I never thought the new capital was meant to help out Cairo- just to lift the government outside its problems.

[@nisrmasry2134]

Simple Answer : there were two reasons 👇 1) Strategic and Security reasons : it's about the security of the elites in the far new cities away or far from the public mass. Easier to control from far. 2) Financial reasons : about the commission and the financial corruption. Also, the idea of selling a big sectors of the new cities in the future to the Rich Arab investors of the Golf such as what's happening in the Northern coast in Egypt right now on the Mediterranean sea.

[@videowilliams]

@@nisrmasry2134 Thanks for that detail. Makes good sense. For the Egyptian elite, I mean ;p

[@killerlork]

From the sounds of things you were absolutely right, but the military needs to _claim_ there's a more altruistic reason.

[@rorytribbet6424]

Betcha like nuts… good thing I keep them thangs on me at all times

[@filamupictures9349]

the government has to move to make the new city significant, people move to a place when it is powerful and wealth and government people and investments will make the new place powerful and wealthy people will just move there without much further intice

[@Albert24346]

Having politicians living in a bubble outside of the cities is the worst idea ever. They live in a bubble as it is, that can only detach them even more from the problems of the population and make them feel like they're a different kind.

[@RedXlV]

That's exactly the point. The politicians want to be physically separated from the people, so that the people will have dozens of military checkpoint they'd have to get past if they want to overthrow the government.

[@anubisRN555]

From the start of the republic in 1950s Egypt immediately had multiple wars so the military in 1960s and 1970s get alot of independence from the government and actually had alot of power to control anything the civilian government do Every country have an army the Egyptian army have a country

[@zurielsss]

Same for China, North Korea, Pakistan and lots of military dictatorships

[@arthas640]

Reminds me a lot of Myanmar. The military is basically a political party too that usually holds the highest offices and generals gp straight from a military position to a high ranking position in governmnt or government controlled companies

[@hornofsatanisksa]

LOL 😂

[@thenutella8846]

Considering their track record, the Egyptian army is only good at fighting their own unarmed civilians while selling the nation out to the wealthy and foreign businesses. It's disappointing that had I been an Egyptian that wrote this comment their government would put me on a watchlist instead of feeling a bit of shame.

[@cariopuppetmaster]

​@@zurielsssnot for China. The party controls the gun very clearly

[@shawngrinter2747]

Cleopatra was closer to the iPhone than she was to the building of the Pyramids!

[@JohnWick-stardawg]

Closer in time* if you're gonna steal someones quote,at least get it right 🤦

[@shawngrinter2747]

@@JohnWick-stardawg yeh, I would have credited whoever but I forgot where I heard it 🤪

[@MixoZ]

@@JohnWick-stardawg "steal someone's quote" hahahah you're a dummy

[@richardchurchill702]

Dope, you know how years work!

[@Mytelefe]

@@JohnWick-stardawg Why didn't you credit the person that said "if you're gonna steal someones quote,at least get it right " first

[@TalesOfWar]

The wide boulevards and long straight streets with points you can easily see down them from to make protest more difficult is why Paris is designed the way it is after the revolution. You'll notice a lot of the big wide streets meet at large roundabouts, some of them with things that troops can shoot easily into crowds from.

[@VanillaMacaron551]

Wow. TIL ...

[@marifromky]

viva la revolution!

[@hishamkatcho8883]

There are high quality places in New Cairo. Go to Google Maps and check. Here I mean New Cairo, not the New Capital.

[@Eaglesrule199126]

Last year I visited Egypt. As much as I enjoyed my 10 day trip as a whole, Cairo was a nightmare. I do recommend to people to visit if they haven't, but no more than 2 days. I was there a total of 4 (2 on the front end, 2 on the back end). If I ever go to Egypt again, I'll probably just go straight to Luxor after a short layover in Cairo I guess.

[@tiernancregan1924]

Same. 2 days is enough time to see the place and go to the pyramids. It’s nice that it’s so cheap for us westerners going over but fk me, was dying sick from the air there

[@ovvsterancebaileysr3221]

Why luxor when there's better places such as the North coast like el alamein city, marassi, hacienda

[@mohammedhagag8841]

​@ovvsterancebaileysr3221 في الأقصر في آثار ومعابد ومش زحمة زي القاهرة او محافظات بحري

[@hishamkatcho8883]

There are high quality places in New Cairo. Go to Google Maps and check. Here I mean New Cairo, not the New Capital.

[@hishamkatcho8883]

There are high quality places in New Cairo. Go to Google Maps and check. Here I mean New Cairo, not the New Capital.

[@joyfuflower]

It is ironic that a city that was partially billed as a solution to the insane congestion in Cairo is almost entirely car-centric, now you'll have 20 lanes of gridlock instead of 6!

[@AL-lh2ht]

In reality people drive cars. In reality Cario is one of the dencist places on earth. In reality they are building rails too.

[@CromemcoZ2]

Tanks can't ride mass transit ;)

[@geodkyt]

Ah, but the new city will (allegedly) be laid out with planning for mass automotive transit from the beginning, as opposed to trying to graft automotive infrastructure around a core that predates automobiles. Not saying it's a *good* idea overall, but it will likely be better than Cairo now. Of course, corruption and embezzlement will destroy most of the good ideas, by doing them poorly so officials can line their pockets with the "savings".

[@phaedrapage4217]

With that much traffic and all the buildings looking the same, I would be so incredibly lost and overwhelmed. It looks so futuristic and cold.

[@mycosys]

@@AL-lh2ht In reality people drive cars because they have to

[@haroon420]

I inadvertently booked a luxury hotel in Cairo at a really good bargain. However the taxi took me to the New Capital. It was such a haunting experience when compared to the great unwashed that you saw in Cairo. I saw such wealth and luxury being built in the middle of nowhere to the point it was sickening. Like, the hotel was massive. All built with marble. It looked like something that would take 2-300 years to pay back. We only paid something $400 for three nights. It was absurd. How were they even turning a profit? I felt like I was enjoying my time on the back of the poor of Egypt. We were confined to the compound. We couldn't even venture out 'for security' reasons. And I thought to myself that surely if security is an issue then maybe spend money on that than this nonsense.

[@kel8026]

The "security" reasons are just bullshit, there is no real danger, just overly enthusiastic police that need to "protect" foreign tourists, ordered by the government to protect the tourist industry. It's annoying and unnecessary.

[@jamesverner9132]

Did you really have to buy the room ticket before finding out this sickening weath gap. You have (however slightly) contributed to the justification of this dystopian project by participating. You have rewarded the rich by only buying from the rich

[@haroon420]

@@jamesverner9132 we were visiting Cairo to see the pyramids. We saw a good looking resort for a very reasonable price so we booked it. We only realised where we were once the taxi driver started taking us there. Anyway, understand that we contributed but won’t ever be going back and will be telling everybody the truth. If they go, it’s on them.

[@orangeyewglad]

lol They make like 1/30th our income $400 is like the equivalent of paying $2000 so when you think of it in those terms it makes more sense. You can get a hostel in Thailand in a private room for like $8, you're paying $60 for a shared room in NYC so it's about cost of living and if anything paying over $100 a night for a hotel no matter how nice it looks is quite a lot in Egypt.

[@alexmousley7213]

My experience in Egypt was very different, but I made £200 last me over a month- for everything- travel, food, accomodation. The 75 pence a night hostels were OK if you used your own sleeping bags on top of the bed and didn't look too closely! I was surrounded by the "great unwashed"- the constant hustlers are OK if you are prepared for them and keep both firm, polite and a sense of humour! Though, this was in the 1980's!

[@paulgaida2601]

I’ve been going to Cairo for over 10 and used to live there for a while. Big infrastructure building of roads and massive widening of the main arterial road has meant a huge reduction in cross Cairo traffic congestion. Last two times I have seen the construction of a central monorail.

[@hishamkatcho8883]

There are high quality places in New Cairo. Go to Google Maps and check. Here I mean New Cairo, not the New Capital.

[@dinsdalemontypiranha4349]

Another great Megaprojects video. Thanks Simon!

[@Ffourteen]

In videos about city building, you often go through a list of cities that were built to be capitals, but you never mention Washington DC. It was built specifically to be the new capital of the country after it had been in Philadelphia and New York.

[@karlbrundage7472]

Yes, and it should be relocated to Kansas or Nebraska and the current District of Columbia turned into a museum. The various departments and agencies should be scattered throughout the country, with only the Departmental Secretary's offices located in the new capitol. The level of corruption "inside the beltway" is beyond fixing. Move the essential government and make the rats that currently live off or the system pay their own way- I'm looking at you, K-Street denizens.......................

[@geodkyt]

Of course, the fact that Washington, DC was laid out in the 18th amd early 19th Century, long before automobiles, directly contributes to the congestion and parking issues that plague the city today. The last time I was working there, I was paying over $200/month (and that is *after* my company subsidized the parking garage permit) for a parking garage where I couldn't even park a third of the time, and half the time during baseball season I would have to vacate by 3 pm so the parking garage managers could double sell *the entire parking garage* for parking for the Nationals Stadium (which was stupidly built without parking). I ended up dropping my parking contract, parking on a sketchy street at a construction site, and walking a mile and a half one way.

[@olencone4005]

@@karlbrundage7472 It's not the location that's the problem when it comes to corruption, it's the system -- and most especially the people who oversee it.

[@arthas640]

It is one of the few succesful planned cities... just dont go to the slums

[@billpetersen298]

As long as the corporations are running healthcare and other services. There is a problem.

[@RichardGeiszler]

Egypt has also suffered from lower traffic through the Suez Canal. Less traffic, less collected Suez Canal transit fees.

[@harrythedirty4256]

Between 67-75 we didn’t have Suez Canal or tourism yet our economy was booming thanks to Nasser’s industrial revolution. We don’t have that any more, Al-Sisi is liberalizing the economy and turning us into a mafia state that is not self dependent

[@JNAMOTORSPORTS]

Egypt is a shit hole

[@BlancheLancelot]

The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

[@kel8026]

Bought a huge apartment with garden out there in the new capital, for about $290 per square metre, a year later valued at $400. Amazingly affordable real estate.

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

0:30 "Look at you... you used to be so proud..."

[@ShadyAli17]

As an Egyptian i can not agree more, i hate to say it but your are right.

[@cowboybeboop9420]

My guess is this city will probably end up like Brazil`s new capital. It`s a shiny new modernist city for the rich that`s easy to defend and kind of separated but at the same time ALL of the land around it is filled with the shitty houses and chaos of a typical Brazilian city. The poor people just moved around it and did what they always do. I can totally see Egypt`s new capital having a "modern" part and then being surrounded by typical Egyptian neighborhoods in about 50 years time. Maybe less.

[@htdtr]

You're*

[@mohammadhassan8833]

انت مجرد جاهل وصاحب القناة قد يكون جاهل أو مضلل أيضاً

[@cashewnuttel9054]

Let me rule your country and I can fix you.

[@mostafaabdelnaby6346]

A foreigner who knows nothing about Egypt: "Egypt is mmmm.... Egypt are mmmm ....." A dumb Egyptian who likes to bend and kneel: "As an Egyptian i can not agree more, i hate to say it but your are right." Kosomak ya shady

[@pelleskanal7660]

Considering the problem seems to be population growth the money would probably be better spent on free contraceptives and education.

[@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751]

Agreed , those folks clearly don't understand what's causing the problem

[@zion3335]

in in 30 years cry like Europe that there less young people...and allow immigration....egypt has vast land and the nile is one of the biggest rivers...there is no lack of resources here..proper management will lead to development

[@sifergy8412]

@@zion3335no just no it doesn’t have vast amounts of land it has vast amounts of desert! What Egypt should do (as with many desert nations) is look at how to us3 water waaaay more efficiently and maybe look at how to desalinate sea water using little more than sun power both of which they have in abundance

[@jonathanstensberg]

Population growth is *never* the problem. Contraception is *never* the solution.

[@zion3335]

@@sifergy8412 yes this city is built in the desert only, the nile has huge amount of water that flows in to the Mediterranean in wet season., egypt should build canals and reservoirs, desert can be terraformed, look at china terraforming the gobi desert, this endless land can be used for growth. technology enables us to grow food in california's deserts so why not in egypt. Only resource is human ingenuity and humans themselves. If we cannot think of expanding into the desert how could we dream of terraforming mars?

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

What’s this? A thumbnail with the correct use of “it’s”?? I knew you could do it! So proud!

[@high-captain-BaLrog]

I love the commentators here!

[@johnkaeding784]

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 proud of it’s while missing the “are” vs “is” lol 😆

[@ZGryphon]

@@johnkaeding784 That's just a UK-English thing. Collective nouns that would be treated as singular in US English are often treated as plural there (e.g., the names of sports teams and corporations).

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

@@johnkaeding784 Hey man, I see progress! Baby steps…

[@l3v1ckUK]

I'm in Alexandria right now. The main city is traffic chaos. It's the "force your way through" style of driving here. If there are three lanes painted on the road, there's five lanes of traffic . Also the exchange rate is a big issue for them here. When I arrived in March, I could get about 30-40 EGP to £. Now I can get 60.

[@FlyWithFitz81]

Egypt seems like a scary place. All those mummies running around. Leave it to the pro's like Brendan Fraser.

[@tomholroyd7519]

We don't even know if Egypt is plural or not, apparently.

[@sabrinarodrigues629]

As a woman I'd never go there.

[@Joeriks2]

​@@sabrinarodrigues629 Yeah I don't think they need Karens there. The keinemusik egypt party by the pyramids was lit and was literally filled with beautiful people, let alone the praising touristic experience videos on KZbin from Solo female travelers in Egypt. Like I said a self-h.a.ting Karen like you wouldn't be welcomed anywhere.

[@Joeriks2]

@@sabrinarodrigues629 Yeah I don't think they need Karens there. The Keinemusik Egypt party by the pyramids was lit and was literally filled with beautiful people, let alone the praising touristic experience videos on KZbin from Solo female travelers in Egypt. Like I said a pessimistic Karen like you wouldn't be welcomed anywhere.

[@FlyWithFitz81]

@@tomholroyd7519 Dats the sound of the Grammar Police

[@OptimisticTacoTruck-bp4e]

Heres simon uploading to multiple channels at once stealing 2 or 3 hours of my day. Look man im just trying to be productive and you mess it all up by uploading more fascinating shit. Lol

[@OkkenBomm]

😂😂😂 Sounds a bit familiar…

[@YuNherd]

cmon man, the fact boi just doing fact things, leave him be.

[@kiriuxeosa8716]

Thats because you're not doing it right Throw on some headphones put on a Playlist and set your body on autopilot while you get distracted with random bits of information You'll be done before you even know what you were trying to complete

[@nisrmasry2134]

Simple Answer : there were two reasons 👇 1) Strategic and Security reasons : it's about the security of the elites in the far new cities away or far from the public mass. Easier to control from far. 2) Financial reasons : about the commission and the financial corruption. Also, the idea of selling a big sectors of the new cities in the future to the Rich Arab investors of the Golf such as what's happening in the Northern coast in Egypt right now on the Mediterranean sea.

[@stevenclark2232]

So instead of working on poverty they are moving away to a new police state city that they can feel safe in and avoid the poor

[@AL-lh2ht]

To be fair there is a coup attempt every few years.

[@bernieburton6520]

The future of every nation coming by the end of the century I'd be willing to bet

[@stevenclark2232]

@@bernieburton6520 I agree, we will be slaves before we know it

[@Telexic]

You can't force humans to work. Nobody has a right to live a comfortable life at the responsibility of others. Work to make money, to get what you need. Or get/make what you need yourself. Opening a new city, opens up a ton of jobs. It's not just a benefit to the "wealthy".

[@djan0889]

@@TelexicYou don’t know anything about economy. And i don’t want to explain. -_- Be slave

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Insert: "All of the money spent building this boondoggle could have been put towards improving the livability conditions of Cairo' and Alexandria"

[@AL-lh2ht]

In reality Egypt has many other infrastructure projects being worked on.

[@VOTENATIONALALLIANCE]

​@@AL-lh2ht with what money, Egypt has no real economy.

[@1320crusier]

@@VOTENATIONALALLIANCE If you believe in Keynesian Economic Theory... that spending is perfectly fine

[@mycosys]

@@VOTENATIONALALLIANCE what an insane claim

[@mycosys]

Yes, it seems like getting away form the plebs is more important than the plebs having things like public transport to allow them to live

[@Mr79Shahin]

I just came back from Cairo. It was the most intense, hectic, assault on my senses that I’ve ever experienced, and I’ve been to places like Delhi, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila etc. 2 days in Cairo is more than enough!

[@hishamkatcho8883]

There are high quality places in New Cairo. Go to Google Maps and check. Here I mean New Cairo, not the New Capital.

[@hishamkatcho8883]

There are high quality places in New Cairo. Go to Google Maps and check. Here I mean New Cairo, not the New Capital.

[@caesarshotdogchampion8738]

IS, Simon! IS BUILDING!

[@definitelynotjasonmomoa]

Calm down, ffs

[@caesarshotdogchampion8738]

@@definitelynotjasonmomoa For fucks sake, False Jason Mamoa! For fucks sake!

[@high-captain-BaLrog]

Grammar nazis are a boon to society.

[@thepax2621]

😂

[@timdeneen2463]

Thank you!

[@diysecuritygear9594]

It's like escape from New York and hunger games had an evil baby

[@davidhiatt1486]

Makes perfect sense, because it wouldn't be the first time the capital has changed locations in Egypt historically.

[@ponyclub3198]

If you were paying for it, it would have made less sense.

[@GabrielalmightyTanzania]

Reviving Ancient Egypt. ❤ 🇹🇿

[@SMlFFY85]

Seems to me the only reason for this is to separate the government from the people and any civil unrest.

[@HekaWaset]

Exactly to the point.

[@ha-meemfirozezaman1417]

Didn’t know that this project is mostly overseen by the Egyptian Defence Ministry. Once saw a Wall Street Journal report about this, they didn’t mention this particular fact at all.

[@MyGraveIsWaiting]

Americans don’t like to talk about the dictators they support

[@Mark2024Hola]

Interesting video. We took a holiday in Egypt maybe 12 years ago - it was amazing. One of the best I've had. Nile cruise and many ancient sites. Even went inside the Great Pyramid. Would certainly recommend it. Cairo was nuts though: traffic was crazy. I also saw building projects that were uncompleted and had obviously just been mothballed - this was way out though around Sharm-El-Sheikh. Just seems that a lot of time and money going into things that are not properly thought through. It's a shame.

[@benwood7475]

I really wish they deigned the government complex to mimic an ancient Egyptian city or temple complex. Cause it’d be cool

[@patrickguinnane]

Well, here in Ireland we are spending 3 BILLION euro on one children's hospital..just for perspective.... actually..the Irish children's hospital debacle would be a fantastic episode.

[@ManBearPigCreative]

Im pretty sure it was covered by one of his channels just within the past couple of days!

[@pbspbs9508]

This has already been covered. A huge waste of funds

[@bryanmccarthy6493]

Yeah, the Irish government has lost what very little respect that they had remaining with this obviously corrupt hospital project. Ireland deserves better, but you get what you vote for.

[@RP-ks6ly]

That's a lot of punts

[@philiparonson8315]

Brazil’s capital city of Brasilia was also a planned capital built in the 1960s far in the interior of Brazil. It was built to get the government out of Rio de Janeiro. Once built it had similar problems of affordability and practicality, so, in the Brazilian fashion, a series of unplanned towns grew around the planned city. This is where the lower government functionaries and those who work to provide the necessary services live. I was struck how on weekends and holidays how the jets lined up to fly the rich and powerful out of Brasilia to the more exotic cities and towns on the east coast. I can imagine that this project will have a similar result. Its begin so close to Cairo will just encourage the spread.

[@vaiyt]

Also, like this new city, brasília had the purpose of moving the center of power away from the center of population, making protest harder and isolating politicians in a bubble.

[@DevSarman]

Definitely need to create a video on Indonesia's one, since both Egypt and Indonesia new capital project are having the exact same motives.

[@gezirys6542]

VISIT EGYPT ALONG WITH AN EGYPTIAN FRIEND - this little piece of advice can literally change your life

[@thisbymaster]

Without addressing the issues that caused the problems of the big cities, the new cities will follow suit.

[@planetdisco4821]

Construction worker here, I’ve built monorails in Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook

[@paddyoak1]

Thank you Mr Lanley!

[@humblescribe8522]

Monorail! Monorail!

[@planetdisco4821]

@@paddyoak1 take my pen knife my good man!

[@Volnas97]

>So Egypt? Why are you building new city? >Just look at it. Our cities are overcrowded, the traffic is horrible, so many people are living in slums and crime rates are off the charts. >Oh, so you wanna help your people with those problems? >Nope, we want out, this place sucks and our futuristic city will allow us to ignore our people and their needs even harder

[@mostafaabdelnaby6346]

Is that's wha the goverment also spent Billions in the development inside Cairo? Ah, you didn't know about that, so stfu about it.

[@HomeCinema-FuZion]

Bro you need to make a deep research things aren’t what you think lol What’s happening basically is the government loses more than $18 billion because of congestion and that’s not only in Cairo but in most of the cities and that’s because when congestion happens slums start forming up and this destroys the infrastructure not to mention that the infrastructure is really old making it really hard in trading which stops foreign investors from coming to Egypt So basically the president abdelfattah elsisi made a vision of 2030 to put a plan to make the country a more sustainable developed country In which he developed sea ports and infrastructure in general including roads and train rails and internet services And decided to make a new city in each governorate with modern infrastructure and sections separated for trading and resedential and Industry This way he could decrease congestion Attract investors Stop corruption Decrease slums And also use the roads and rail tracks with new modern fast trains to connect important new cities together with its factories with modern sea ports that countries in the brics like china have invested in to put services especially because Egypt has one of the most important geographical location and controls more than 40% of the worlds trading This will result in a huge financial return and will develop the cities increase the return of tax because of foreign investors and also will give more job opportunities I hope you got the point

[@ibrahimsadek7944]

28 new cities

[@richardchurchill702]

"Whats been built?" "OH, well not much really....but the Presidential Palace is look WAY WAY dope!"

[@MohammedMohammedgamalabdelazim]

Egypt is improving and developing the trouble cities

[@ArtAniStokuv]

I love how detailed yet summarized report and the simplicity to give it :)

[@cachecow]

Another Forest City? I love ghost cities!

[@YT-mn4eq]

Simon puts out more content than i can consume

[@lb9355]

A new capital makes sense for such a congested city, but that whole octagon thing is excessively lavish. I also can't believe there was a defense of Morsi in this...unbelievable.

[@adamkassemtv]

Simon *are* very good at titles!

[@r.awilliams9815]

'Egypt are building...' That's a brilliant way to trigger the angry English teachers! Keep it up!

[@boxcarhobo8315]

Lol free content interaction statistics

[@ecoideazventures6417]

There is an apt name for the New Administrative Capital of Egypt - Sisi City!

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

The new capitol " Taco ,Bell Pepsi City" looks fab.

[@fyrstikken]

Awesome video - can you please do a video on the Bosnian Pyramid? I really want to know as much about it as possible

[@sailinbob11]

Kinda says something when you build a city knowing you will have to put down mass protests and designing it with putting down those protests as a major design factor.

[@AL-lh2ht]

This is Egypt. The they have coups every few years. They have never recovered the last one either.

[@ZGryphon]

Borrowing a page from Napoleon III, who ordered a rebuilding of Paris along exactly those lines in 1854. Ironically, while Napoleon's imperium fell in 1870, the city renovation project continued into the 1920s under the Third French Republic, as the leaders of one government after another looked at the plans, considered Parisians' long tradition of protest and riot, and thought, "Hmm... ce n'est pas une mauvaise idée."

[@cashewnuttel9054]

@@AL-lh2ht How is that even possible? They are an ancient civilization that hasn't matured yet?

[@ZGryphon]

@@cashewnuttel9054 The continuity of civilization Simon asserts here is... debatable.

[@KhaliKhaled.4jp]

Egypt is building 30 cities. Egypt is building a modern state that suits it. 90% of the projects have been completed, including national and security projects, the reconstruction of Sinai State, and deep tunnels under the Suez Canal to connect Cairo to Asia.

[@stevenschalck2781]

They are hiding from the citizens they are fucking over 😂

[@johnjon1823]

Who knew there was more than one Egypt!

[@Squatch_needs_no_heroes]

Is it ‘Egypt are building’ or ‘Egypt is building’? Thanks to Simon I’m going to be up all night pondering this and screaming.

[@netizencapet]

Video's intended content begins at 6:35.

[@DistrustHumanz]

'Egypt are building...' shouldn't that be Egypt IS building, or Egyptians ARE building?

[@saiyedakhtar3931]

In British English "are" is used with collective nouns. In American English, some collective nouns are considered singular or plural depending on how they are viewed. If the country is viewed as a single entity, then "is" is used. In some cases "are" is used to emphasize the entity is made up of many individuals.

[@mathewfullerton8577]

​@@saiyedakhtar3931So, the exact opposite of the American rule. Seems that if the individuals are being labeled collectively, it is a singular entity, hence a country IS doing x. The verb reflects the subject, in this instance, a singular country.

[@saiyedakhtar3931]

@@mathewfullerton8577 generally speaking, the American style is more intuitive. In the context of the video, if you consider Eygpt a singular entity, all making a collective decision, then IS should be used as it would make sense to a lot of non native speakers.

[@DistrustHumanz]

​@@saiyedakhtar3931 Just wanted to acknowledge how refreshing it is to have a civil discussion for a change. Well done all around. Thank you for this.

[@williampalmer8052]

@@saiyedakhtar3931 Could you specifically point out where you learned this?

[@hvymax]

This could help spread development over a larger area diminishing the squalid conditions of the cities.

[@General_Ward]

Don't forget the part where their GDP is dominated by nonessential goods and their agriculture shifted into cash crops decades back for money. AKA a biblical famine will occur with the continuing of American deglobalization. Tough to stay in power if the starving can fight back. Move the capitol. They also have a long history of mismanagement leading to civil unrest. Makes a ton of sense to me frankly

[@sagittated]

You actually made this America's fault? Impressive.

[@edfj61]

Indonesia is also building its new capital, Nusantara. Speaking with local people, I discovered that it’s quite a controversial yet fascinating project. It would be great to see a video about it made by GreatProject!

[@stilleswassermaximalist]

Egypt IS building! "Egypt" is treated as a singular noun because it refers to a country, so the singular verb "is" is used.

[@ravenlasky5286]

Egypt BE building.

[@jimmendorferful]

Going to the NAC during construction was truly profound. Controversy aside, highly recommended the detour from cairo city to NAC for those with an adventurous spirit. There’s not many opportunities in our life to see a opulent city of such a scale to be built…

[@sarreqteryx]

Sorry, I've got to be that guy: Are there multiple Egypts? "Egypt is". "Egyptians are" wouldn't work either, because it sounds like a group has decided to move the capital without the government's backing.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:45 - Mid roll ads 3:00 - Chapter 1 - Cairo, the capital city 6:35 - Chapter 2 - Development of the new city 8:45 - Chapter 3 - New administrative capital 11:25 - Chapter 4 - The new capital; a self ruin ?

[@jim2376]

Listening at 0.8 speed makes this video easier to follow.

[@Reprint001]

Yeah, while I can follow Simon I think a voice/presentation coach (I'm sure this isn't the name of the profession) would advise that he slows down. All of his videos feel rushed. He makes a lot so maybe he is just rushing to get to the recording of the next one. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jacobaud6562]

"Egypt is building new infrastructure" is the correct sentence. In English, countries are treated as singular entities, so the singular verb "is" should be used.

[@tommix6016]

City of the Aten mk II, probably with the same longevity

[@aspalovin]

Cairo smells like a hot, full outhouse with a glass roof. Moving is prolly a good idea!

[@daviddelgado6090]

Cairo's infrastructure cannot be upgraded further. Inevitably the distance between Cairo and the new capital will be populated.

[@cowboybeboop9420]

From what I`ve researched Cairo doesn`t have traffic lights, public transport and the metro lines are barely existent. It`s just a complete mess. A lot of people also seem to live in shanty towns. A lot of the money spent on the "new capital" could have been spent optimizing the public transport and just giving away housing to the poor in order get rid of the ghettos and shanty towns.

[@anubisRN555]

@@cowboybeboop9420 actually in Cairo we have a very good underground railroad the problem with Cairo that is so old city with over 30 million people any adjustments to the roads or public transportation affect other things

[@cowboybeboop9420]

@@anubisRN555 From what I understand you have just 3 underground lines serving 20-30 million people. That`s not a lot.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@cowboybeboop9420Egypt is in fact doing many many other infrastructure projects. They don’t get clicks though so he does not talk about them.

[@angelachouinard4581]

@@anubisRN555 I was just thinking to do a massive roadway upgrade and even to build new housing lots of old neighborhoods would have to be flattened. Even when old neighborhoods look bad to outsiders they often contain a strong community where people know each other. It's actually as you say, many thing are affected.

[@sidneyvandykeii3169]

They can build that massive military complex for an estimated $400 million US. Yet in the USA we cant even build a sports stadium for less than $1 billion US.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Yeah, 400 million seems positively affordable.

[@MDFISDEAD]

Either I'm seeing this dude on multiple channels or this is just what men look like now.

[@abdelazizmohammed2210]

I would highly recommend to revisit the scenes, they’re pretty old and sometimes the scenes doesn’t match the audio

[@SkepticalChris]

Egypt is not a continuous civilization, the Egyptian civilization effectively collapsed after the fall of the Roman Empire, when its indigenous cultural systems were destroyed by the rise of Christianity then Islam. The form of government of Ancient Egypt, the Pharoahs, the religious beliefs, the culture, all ceased to be practiced after the rise of Christianity and Islam that systematically destroyed anything that was left of the Polytheistic culture of the past.

[@beckysam3913]

thats not true, the old egyptian population still exist, even native coptik christian in egypt exist, without their mothertongue and language abilities, the hyroglyphs would not be translated bc their language, which is used today and in thousand years old religious scripts, is still used and spoken today. only whites with need for superiority deny that continuity isnt there, but science and dna says otherwise. even whites deny that their roots come from anatolian path and the other is ukraninian yamnaya culture path, the whites are white bc anatolian civilisaiton as they still exist today in country called turkiye, are whites. check out all video on youtube by the biologist team with johannes krause in the lead, where europeans and whites come from, from mother side and from father side.

[@ismailfahmy1550]

Considering majority of Egyptians are largely descendants of ancient Egyptians according to DNA tests, we are the only country that can trace our origins back to the same people that lived within largely the same borders 15,000 years ago. Ancient Egyptian words, traditions, and holidays are still practiced and celebrated in Egypt. Politically, religiously, a lot may have changed, but Egypt is in fact, by several metrics beyond what you mentioned, a continuous civilisation.

[@evelynbarry5046]

People are complaining now but the city has improved leaps and bounds from when I first moved here 7 years ago. The new Capital is impressive and a great improvement from before. Serving a city of more than 20 million and growing, itmakes sense. It it makes sense also to expand outside the main city of Cairo. Eventually, the space in between will fill up. There have also been massive improvments in highways in bridges. My city in Canada will take the same amount of time to fill a couple potholes as Egypt takes to construct a new bridge. I don't know where you get housing shortages from, there is more than enough housing for everyone here. I am not sure if you even visited it? In 20 years from now those who complained will appreciate Egypt keeping up with the infrastrcture. A lot of people here have poor thinking instead of progressive thinking. Some are satisfied living in unfinished buildings with garbage surrounding them

[@robabramovitz5192]

You don’t mention Washington DC as another purpose built capitol city that was built away from other major cities in America. This is not a new phenomenon.

[@TheOffkilter]

It speaks volumes that the first building completed in the city was the Presidential Palace.

[@TheRyanandRachael]

Older to him than it is to us in 2024? Somebody help me with this, how is that possible? Doesn't a city continue to get older?

[@drewrubtheMando]

I think he meant to say the city was older to Alexander than Alexander is to us today.

[@TheRyanandRachael]

@@drewrubtheMando Ooooh. Thank you!

[@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751]

​@@drewrubtheMandothat would make sense

[@richteffekt]

He's actually referring to Alexander going to Memphis, the old Egyptian capital. It had been around since at least 2800 BCE so was roughly 2500 years old when Alexander was visiting. Cairo, depending on how you look at it, either as sprung from a Roman fortification or founded by the Abbasids 643 or the Fatimid dynasty in the 10th century (CE) would be younger. Unless of course you count Iunu (or "Heliopolis") which is likely about as old as Memphis and was located where Cairo is now. So, yeah, I guess he just thought it sounded cool and would help make a point about Egypt's deep, deep history.

[@TheRyanandRachael]

@@richteffekt Thanks. I think the comment probably didn't contain enough context.

[@hvymax]

It's a great solution over trying to build in such historical areas as Cairo and Alexandria.

[@wetcoast1247]

Egypt "is". Egyptians "are".

[@itoncemighthave9666]

First one is probably the best

[@chappelle23]

Came here to comment that too. It really bothers me when people do that. The country is a SINGLE entity. Same thing with companies. It’s not “Apple are” or “Google are”. It’s “is”!

[@itsROMPERS...]

The Brits are unfortunately taking over with that nonsense.

[@wrux]

Cairo is one of the most interesting cities in the world. It's such a fun place to explore, eat and take photos

[@ahmedmoamen6447]

I am Egyptian and I reject your description of Egypt as part of the Arab civilization. There is no such thing as the Arab civilization. Egypt is ranked number one in the world as the richest in history and civilization in the world. There is no such thing as a ranking of Arab civilization. Egypt exists and its people exist and have a state, a ruler, and a life before the existence of the Arab race by about 33 thousand years in the pre-dynastic era. The Arabs are nothing compared to the giant Egypt. Here in Egypt, there are campaigns called “Egyptian, not Arab” and “Sons of Kemet” and other national campaigns in which Egyptians seek to restore their historical identity and their heritage that was stolen from them and obliterated by the Arab identity that was imposed on Egyptians. I hope you will support these national movements in Egypt and help us spread them so that we can save our country that has provided the entire world with a great service in all types of sciences and arts and exported progress and civilization to the entire world. I hope that you will return some of this favor to Egypt and help us spread the issue of the theft of the Egyptian identity so that we can return Egypt to its usual position.

[@MarcosSilveira]

I'm glad to hear that as I always thought the Arab culture has been taken you completely. With a past like yours, it would be a shame to bow down to the barbaric invaders from the levant. You've already lost your language though.

[@sumomaster5585]

I am confused, why are you choosing the older identity over the new identity? Why can't you be arab and son of kermet or whoever? you have arab connections that is a fact. Egypt didn't always speak Arabic, but they have for few centuries now which is part of your culture

[@Samir-zi2od]

As an Egyptian, I can assure you that not all Egyptians think this way. We're proud of our Arab heritage just as much as we are of Ancient Egyptian history.

[@ahmedmoamen6447]

@@sumomaster5585 You choose the old identity because it is my identity, the identity of my ancestors, and the identity of the original land of Egypt, while the new identity is the identity of an Arab occupier who imposed his identity on me by force, brainwashing, and the lack of awareness of the people. We are Egyptians only, and our identity is the Egyptian identity only, and within not long periods, Egypt will return to its original identity, and we will get rid of the identity of the occupier that was imposed. On us

[@ahmedmoamen6447]

@@Samir-zi2od Unfortunately, any Egyptian who does not think like this and is proud of the identity of the Arab occupiers who changed our identity and language is one of two things: absent and brainwashed, or a traitor to the homeland. Most of the elderly Egyptians, who are fathers, mothers, and grandfathers, have absent minds and washed brains, while the new generations and Egyptian youth have begun to understand the truth. Awareness is spreading among them, and everyone will know in the future that the Arabs are the occupiers who changed Egypt's identity and language, and Egypt will return to its true and authentic culture and identity again.

[@aaronwilliams9759]

Grammer mistake in the title. This should be a business blaze video!

[@efilhgih]

Not all is lost. Egypt will always have Israel to blame for its misfortunes.😅😅😅

[@seifelbagoury7182]

Actually no israel is a minor roadbump in the shitfest that is egypt’s problems if u want to deal with israel u have to treat successfully with america… improving cairo’s living standards without destroying half the city accidentally is what i would call our problem of the century.

[@Ynhockey]

14:09 Small nitpick: Vietnam is not significantly smaller in population than Egypt. They are actually almost the same.

[@bwhog]

I can't imagine what it is like to live in an area where you can't start a construction project without first calling an archaeologist because you might be accidentally obliterating something 4,000+ years old...

[@FlipzPlayz]

the defo just build straight on top of whatever's under it

[@toniderdon]

One could say that this is all very expensive stuff, but it really isnt in my opinion. Look at how much such a project would cost in the West, the mosque alone would be over 500 million, not just 20 million USD. Egypt can basically pay slave like wages and build stuff really cheap, that's something that can be used as a force for good.

[@_SJ]

If Egypt is one of the longest continuous civilizations, how come they forget how the pyramids were built 🤔

[@josephnjuguna1986]

Exactly

[@nathanrock6137]

I are Reading This Title in Confusion

[@scottishbananaclan]

Thank you, someone else saw it!

[@paularteau9482]

Egypt are? ...

[@RobertHohan]

The problem is that old Cairo does literally seem beyond fixing, with more than 90% of occupied buildings being barely finished and utterly non-compliant with any sane and rational construction regulation. Whatever outlandish solution is proposed might be beneficial compared to any incremental measure to improve the old capital.

[@MartmeisterPaladinHaven]

Are they going to call the new capital Akhetaten?

[@zapfanzapfan]

That'd be fun. The second try 🙂

[@andy_olive]

who else is distracted by the open door?

[@bluntone2273]

Basically the elites will get some new luxuries and the regular Egyptian will get the same scraps they are used to. Just once I’d like to see a project that actually helps the people that could use the help.

[@seancrawford3061]

It seems to me that the new capitol is cheaper than going to war. Bravo to Egyptians.

[@m.c.martin]

Simon starting the video “Egypt is a Country” You know, I would have never guessed that

[@catatonicbug7522]

Well, half of Americans think Africa is a country, so sometimes it helps to point out the otherwise obvious.

[@m.c.martin]

@@catatonicbug7522 Half of Americans don’t think that 😂