US$40 billion
Cost of a program to build 1 million
homes in Egypt
ge
A pilot boat leads a tanker carrying
liquefied natural gas through
the Suez Canal.
“The country has been going
through continuous turmoil, facing
one of the greatest social crises.
The Suez Canal has a very strong
symbolic value for many Egyptians.”
—Amr Adly, PhD, Carnegie Middle East Center, Cairo, Egypt
