Pandemic's Accentuations: Theoretical Reflection On The Politics Of Neglect Within Cairo's Urban Context

Right after WWII, informalities within Cairo evolved gradually, forming 70% of today’s urban spaces and 50% of the Egyptian economy. This paper aims to review the policies that triggered this growth over time, arguing that the incrementally implemented Politics of Neglect in Cairo shapes today’s severe urban segregation in the city. Furtherly, adopt the current pandemic crisis to address the effect of informal labourlabor on the city as a whole: the rich and the poor. Thus, asserting that the pandemic crisis must be a junction to reassess the Egyptian urban policies’ approaches and target groups, in contemplation of attaining Social Inclusion in Cairo. The paper is developed through analyszing the historicalhistoric trajectory and evolutional map analysis of Cairo’s urban growth, and examining the quantitative data of informal economy growth rates in Egypt. Accordingly, correlating data in the wayto ofin a way of understanding the evolution of informal labourlabor and informal ity settlements in relation to the cumulative policies applied in the city.