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The new administrative capital project \u201cis part nationalist symbol, part desert<\/strong> reclamation project, and part suburban fantasyland,\u201d <\/strong>Ursula Lindsey writes in Places Journal<\/a>. She says the project \u201cserves a rhetorical purpose. The government and media can talk about this chimera rather than what is really happening on the streets of Egypt. They can act like they are trying to solve the country\u2019s problems, not avoiding (or, in fact, aggravating) them.\u201d Oh, and Lindsey also believes the project has been finally given a name: Wedian<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new administrative capital project \u201cis part nationalist symbol, part desert reclamation project, and part suburban fantasyland,\u201d Ursula Lindsey writes in Places Journal. She says the project \u201cserves a rhetorical purpose. The government and media can talk about this chimera rather than what is really happening on the streets of Egypt. 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