Dahab Island (or: Gazirat edh-Dhahab,

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: جزيرة الذهب, Ǧazīrat aḏ-Ḏahab, "Island of Gold") is a

Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest ...

island located in the metropolitan region of

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

near the eastern Nile shore south of

Roda Island Roda Island (or Rawdah Island, , ) is an island located on the Nile in central Cairo.http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/rawdah.htm Touregypt: Rawdah Island; accessed 02-28-2011 The mamluk Bahri dynasty originally settled on Roda Is ...

and near of Qorsaya Island. The island belongs to Giza and has a strong agricultural character. The Dahab Island is inhabited by roughly 11,000 fishermen and farmers. The island is accessed by ferry. There is an open conflict between the island residents and the Cairo-development plan of the Egyptian government.Dahab Island inhabitants face expulsion to give way to private development projects.
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