Living in Cairo during her year abroad, Staff Writer Daisy Wright has seen first-hand how the Egyptian state is attempting to reclaim the desert through the construction of dystopian satellite cities. In this column she explores what that means for the future of Egyptian society.

With the open eyes of someone living in a majority Muslim country for the first time in her life, Daisy Wright reflects on the way the holy month of Ramadan changes the city which she lives in.

In the second instalment of her column, written on her Year Abroad, Daisy Wright gives her take on the debate about environmentalism in the Egyptian context.

Year Abroad student Daisy Wright explores the intricacies of getting to know a new home in the first instalment of her column.