Arab-Israeli conflicts are still an issue in the world today. There is an unnecessarily large number of wars that have been fought solely because of difference in religion. The majority of the population of Cairo and most of Egypt is Muslim. This seems to be the case with all of the Middle-Eastern …show more content…
These components include the government system, economy, social structure, and the culture of the city’s people. For years, the government was headed by a combination of national policy makers and and local administer until the municipality of Cairo was created in 1949. A municipality is a city that has corporate status and a local government. It was inaugurated with the town council in 1950. The boundaries of Cairo’s government only included half of the city’s urbanized areas. The head of the government system in Cairo is the governor, who is appointed by the president. The governor is helped by an executive committee and the Municipal Council of Cairo, which made up the governorates of the city. The executive committee includes secretaries from the ministries of education, housing, health, social affairs, and finance. Members of the council were elected representatives and former office members. The council was dissolved in 1971. The Popular Assembly was created to replace the dissolved group. The national government has financial control over local programs and budgets, but the governorate’s policies are directed by the Assembly that consisted of elected …show more content…
The transportation network of Cairo was laid out by British infrastructure designs. It connects the country’s urban centers with the capital. Within Cairo there are both formal and informal sectors. In the 1950s, the Public Transport Authority introduced a very successful bus network that is still used today. There is also a vast assortment of authorized and licensed cabs that operate in the city. Informal transportation also exists. These services include minibuses and taxis. These services became available for use in the late 1970s and 1980s. They continue to be a leading element in areas that help the expanding neighborhoods. There is also a Cairo metro system available. It is a citywide subway system that has built a substantial number of bypass highways and overpasses. It was created in 1987. It is also responsible for the spread of the Egyptian government. Cars, minibuses, buses, streetcars, taxis, trolleys are still the main forms of transportation. Even though they are technically outlawed, donkey-drawn carts are still sometimes seen on the streets of