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egypt on one side: gated communities (compounds), international schooling, malls and maybe even a home in sahel

egypt on the other side: national (public or language schools), less fun things to do, struggling to live every month etc

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Okay since this didn't get much answers, I'm gonna just say this:

Income inequality is common in every society, unless you live in some small anarchist commune or something

I don't know much about Egypt, but what you describe reminds me of where I was born, People's Republic of China.

There is this system called Hukou, or Household Registration. This Hukou system is a registry of where your ancestry is. So, for example, my parents are from villages within 台山 (Taishan), which is a rural area, very poor compared to the cities. At first, movements were restricted, people weren't allow to migrate outside of where their Hukou is registered, but later they relaxed the rules and allowed migration. So then, my parents moved to 广州 (Guangzhou), which is like one of the top 5 cities in mainland China. Because of this Hukou system, their rights were restricted. I was born in Guangzhou, but my Hukou was still had to be registered where my parents were, in Taishan. Because my Hukou was not in Guangzhou, I was not allowed to go to public school there, even though my parents have an apartment unit in Guangzhou and we lived there. Any social benefits that you might get would not be accessible.

In the United States of America, where I currently live, the there are still similar occurances. For example, all the good schools are in places where property and rent is expensive. If you find cheap housing, then the schools around that area are horrible, and underfunded, lots of bullying.

So... I get it. You aren't alone.