This newsletter, first of its kind, provides a compilation of work from the EZBET project, which works with the mission of upgrading the urban and social fabric of informal settlements with out changing its logic, culture and identity. Furthermore, having a vision of improving life, together with the place. It was developed under an academic initiative in the frame of cooperation between the University of Stuttgart and Ain Shams University. It was fully supported and financed by the DAAD program (Universities partnership). The Project’s academic backbone was the department of International Urbanism at Städtebau Institut (SI). The project works with five main tracks….El-Shahat, M.F & Annisa, S. (2018) “Ezbet 5 years of experience”. EZBET project, University of Stuttgart, SI - Städtebau-Institut, Stuttgart, Germany.
