The street markets of Cairo: the example of Matariya

200811032015Creation of the Informal Settlements Development Fund (ISDF)"Informal" markets officially recorded in 2015Beginning of the programme to close down “informal” marketsSource: ISDF Min al-ebra lil saroukh (from a needle to a missile). The expression used by vendors and shoppers at Souq el-Khamis (the Thursday Market) in Matariya to the north-east of Cairo captures the importance of street markets for the customers from a huge low-income neighbourhood. Despite the diversification of s...