Mohamed Mahdy

The project is a long term collaborative project that aims to amplify the voice of a community that was displaced from its land in Alexandria, and to generate public pressure to help them preserve their identity and history. Using multimedia as a narrative tool, Mohamed Mahdy delves into family archives and presents the last of community’s handwritten letters. The aim of the project is to raise awareness on the adverse impacts of demolishing certain urban areas for commercial benefit, a phenomenon that affects people in developing countries in particular, and that has grown rapidly in Egypt during the past decade.