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This book is a delta of sorts where different stories flow together. They all converge on the nineteenth-century history of the construction of the Suez Canal as it was witnessed mainly by migrant workers in the project’s first and northernmost worksite-turned-..

In the early hours of 8 March 1930, a spring storm dumped torrential rain on the Suez Canal cities of Isma‘iliyya and Port Sa‘īd.[1] The rain fell quickly and the subsequent flooding caused widespread damage across Isma‘iliyya due to the city’s inadequate stormwater drainage system. A network of..

Valeska Huber, Channelling Mobilities: Migration and Globalisation in the Suez Canal Region and Beyond<..

Many people in Suez proudly claim that they initiated Egypt’s “January 25 Revolution.” There were several demonstrations in opposition to Gamal Mubarak inheriting the presidency from his father as early as July 2010. Relations between the police and the people were tense after a police..