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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The right to housing?\N-OK and have you heard of such a thing as the right to housing?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.00,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-What?\N-The right to housing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course - as an Egyptian citizen I know I have the right to decent housing, a decent life and livelihood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But where - who will get me these rights?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.00,0:00:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the right of every Egyptian to have housing, to be able to live decently - all of this is your right as an Egyptian!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.00,0:00:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's my right, sure - but who do I demand this from?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.01,0:00:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I don't know about these things...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.01,0:00:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My right to housing... I've heard of it, but I don't see it in front of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.01,0:00:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it doesn't exist. At all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.01,0:00:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right to housing? There is no equality in housing at all. None whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.01,0:00:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Urban Dangers\N1. Pollution
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.01,0:00:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no attention paid to sewage systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.01,0:00:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They regularly burst,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.01,0:01:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[44.4% of housing units in Egypt are not connected to sanitation systems.]\N-Maintenance is neglected,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.01,0:01:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're ruling over the country, and it remains in filth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.02,0:01:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not once have they come here and paved the road or anything for this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.02,0:01:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those people that won in the elections promised to fix things and pave the roads and so on - and we've seen none of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.02,0:01:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constant fires... smoke... all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.02,0:01:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only thing the district would do is come here and expand the roads and pile up the garbage... until you've got mountains of it.\N00:01:28:000 --> 00:01:30:00\NSee this power line?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.02,0:01:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If one of Habib el Adly's men were living near this power line it would have been removed by now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.02,0:01:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Urban Dangers\N2. Collapsed buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.02,0:01:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-They pulled me out from beneath all of this rubble,\NLook what it's like down there - if you look at it, you'd be too scared to pass down there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.02,0:01:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This house collapsed, and the rescue team came, and got them out from above,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.02,0:02:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neither the district nor the governor has paid any attention to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.02,0:02:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The house collapsed, and we've been stranded like this since Monday.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.02,0:02:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no one gives a damn. No one's paid any attention to us, no one's come to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.03,0:02:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around 2% of housing units presently have construction flaws.\N00:02:24,026 --> 00:02:26,000\NUrban Dangers\N3. Forced Eviction
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.03,0:02:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first day the military police came, and the Ministry of Interior, they raided us out of the blue, at 6 am,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.03,0:02:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Text] This is how the poor are treated in Egypt.\NThey just kept demolishing everything... without a word.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.03,0:02:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ended up with our things out in the open, abandoned. They broke all our things, demolished them, beat us and abused us, and then left us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.03,0:02:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did nothing else. We asked about halting the order for the demolitions - they said no, there will be no halting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.03,0:02:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They demolished the building with everything inside, furniture and all. They didn't even let anyone.... take even their personal things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.03,0:03:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if we're in Gaza.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.03,0:03:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Lacking the Basics]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.03,0:03:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll show you that the flat consists of a room, and something like a kitchen to keep equipment in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.04,0:03:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A room, where seven people sleep. Seven people, and a common toilet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.04,0:03:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A common toilet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.04,0:03:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has neither housing, nor home, nor living.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.04,0:03:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He and his family sleep here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.00,0:03:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around 4.5% of families live in a single room.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.04,0:03:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around 6% of families use common toilets.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.04,0:03:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't ask me why I sell a loaf of bread for 50 piastres now,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.04,0:03:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask the governor! The governor refuses to subsidize you here, tells you you don't deserve it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.04,0:03:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, you live in Mohandiseen [an upscale neighbourhood]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.04,0:04:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We pay a lot for the gas canisters - when we find them. We rarely find them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.04,0:04:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirty, thirty-five pounds. ($5)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.05,0:04:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around 76% of Egyptian families depend on gas canisters to cook with.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.05,0:04:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Transportation]\N-Yeah, transportation, we ride in semi pick-up trucks,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.05,0:04:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The drivers don't stop, and we can't climb in from the back,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.05,0:04:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's 1 pound ($0.17) per person, no matter how short the distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.05,0:04:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give them half and they keep fighting with you, and there we are standing at the stop,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.05,0:04:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And riding in the back, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.05,0:04:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The semi-formal public transport sector (microbuses) provides around 35% of transportation needs in Cairo.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.05,0:04:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Water]\N-We get water but, I mean, it's usually polluted.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.05,0:04:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You pay for the water, either way you're paying, whether you like it or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.06,0:04:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't pay they cut off the water supply.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.06,0:04:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm living in Nile country. We're surrounded by Nile water.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.06,0:04:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water cuts for a day or more in Cairo: 37 %
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.06,0:04:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,National rate of water network loss: 50%
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.06,0:04:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Community Self-Organization
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.06,0:05:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For them it's a slum, but for us, it's the best place in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.06,0:05:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's enough that not a single incident of theft has occurred.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.06,0:05:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one has dared to sneak into our neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.06,0:05:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we're real men and we stand up to protect it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.06,0:05:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we don't have singular roles - we take on the responsibility of the local government.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.06,0:05:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning district governance.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.07,0:05:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We clean... we do the job of the Ministry of Environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.07,0:05:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take on protection and security... the jobs of the police and the Interior Ministry.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.07,0:05:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We protect the place.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.07,0:05:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They spread the idea that people in slum areas are all filth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.07,0:05:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we don't know anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.07,0:05:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poverty isn't a shame!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.07,0:05:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the reason - this poverty is targeted - they are the reason it exists.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.07,0:05:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 20 years this place was a garbage dump.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.07,0:05:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cleaned it up of our own accord.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.08,0:05:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they refused to - even the gas canisters, we get them from outside to distribute among people here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.08,0:05:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But state - there is no state. Government? There is no government.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.08,0:06:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got these numbers - up till 100,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.08,0:06:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To get a canister, you take a card, let's say number 8 - and you get that canister.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.08,0:06:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of a very small amount, I have to spend daily wages for protection,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.08,0:06:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the same amount, I get bulbs and wires, to light the roads,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.08,0:06:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I use it to clean.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.08,0:06:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see, some passerby donate as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.08,0:06:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can say... there is still good in Egypt.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.08,0:06:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just need more of an awakening in conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.08,0:06:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stood and protected the place - why?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.09,0:06:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean.... it's your country, your people, your blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.09,0:06:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's your place, where you live, where you grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.09,0:06:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That goes for the poor as well as the rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.09,0:07:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the days of the revolution, things got a bit out of control,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.09,0:07:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We work hard, and build,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.09,0:07:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lest they pop up again and cause any disturbance, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.09,0:07:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's your property and everything, but it brings quite a burden,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.09,0:07:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For anyone who wants to build. Especially someone who's ill - won't build anything at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.09,0:07:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slums? Of course not.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.10,0:07:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean I was born here, 80 or 90 years ago, and we're doing work no one knows anything about,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.10,0:07:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's developed properly, it'll be the best place in all of Egypt.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.10,0:07:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These 'slums' are their own creation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.10,0:07:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am, thank God, a poor man with faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.10,0:07:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, thank God, I am rich with God's blessings and people's prayers for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.10,0:07:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have the capability and the ability to do things even the biggest authority in the country can't accomplish!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.10,0:07:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why, because I live in the area, and I know what will benefit the area, and what it needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.10,0:07:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now who are they that can benefit the country?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.10,0:08:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who will listen to us, and help us, and see what our demands are.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.10,0:08:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our demands are not personal demands for us - they are public demands.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.10,0:08:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That can benefit the country, benefit the citizens using these roads.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.11,0:08:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The right to housing, and a just and sustainable society.\NHave you taken your rights?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.11,0:08:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Special thanks to the people of: Kom Ghorab, el-Basateen, Shubrament, St. Katerine, Greater al-Amrawi farm, el-Hagana farm, el-Muneeb.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.11,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Right to Housing Series\NFirst Episode