Designing cities: Should we build from scratch or keep history alive?

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Apr 9, 2026, 4:40 pm130 ptsTrending
Cities are often described as living archives of human memory. Walk through an old neighborhood in an Islamic city like Fez in Morocco or Cairo in Egypt, and you can see layers of history in its streets and buildings. Traces of the past remain visible in everyday life.

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