Egypt Paint NYT The view from an interchange in the direction of the Giza Pyramids, in Cairo, Egypt. President Sisi has declared that Cairo's high-rise buildings should be painted in an effort to spruce up the city. February 3, 2019 Sima Diab for The New York Times

Egypt Paint NYT Trinket and snack sellers off the side of the Ring Road, a freeway that loops around Cairo, Egypt. President Sisi has declared that Cairo's high-rise buildings should be painted in an effort to spruce up the city. February 3, 2019 Sima Diab for The New York Times

Egypt Paint NYT Sprawling low income neighborhoods with high rise buildings dot either side of the Ring Road, a freeway that loops around Cairo. Egypt. President Sisi has declared that Cairo's high-rise buildings should be painted in an effort to spruce up the city. February 3, 2019 Sima Diab for The New York Times

Egypt Paint NYT Unfinished buildings in a neighborhood near the Giza Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. President Sisi has declared that Cairo's high-rise buildings should be painted in an effort to spruce up the city. February 3, 2019 Sima Diab for The New York Times

Egypt Paint NYT High rise buildings seen across the freeway from a low income neighborhood near the Giza Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. President Sisi has declared that Cairo's high-rise buildings should be painted in an effort to spruce up the city. February 3, 2019 Sima Diab for The New York Times

Egypt Paint NYT Densely built apartment blocks in a low income neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt. President Sisi has declared that Cairo's high-rise buildings should be painted in an effort to spruce up the city. February 3, 2019 Sima Diab for The New York Times

Egypt Paint NYT Exposed brick buildings dot the Cairo landscape, many of them denote low income neighborhoods. President Sisi has declared that Cairo's high-rise buildings should be painted in an effort to spruce up the city. February 3, 2019 Sima Diab for The New York Times

Egypt Paint NYT Exposed brick high rise buildings off the side of the Ring Road, a freeway that loops around Cairo, Egypt. President Sisi has declared that Cairo's high-rise buildings should be painted in an effort to spruce up the city. February 3, 2019 Sima Diab for The New York Times

Egypt Paint NYT Mostly private efforts, espeically in downtown Cairo have revived some of the city's prime real estate while lower income neighborhoods and exposed brick high rises in other areas are eye sores. President Sisi has declared that Cairo's high-rise buildings should be painted in an effort to spruce up the city. February 3, 2019 Sima Diab for The New York Times