The Delta Project - The Backstory

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The Delta Project is an effort by three former Fulbright-Egypt grantees to document Egypt's historic upcoming fall and spring elections from the viewpoint of the largely unknown delta region, where all three individuals lived over the past year, and where 50% of the Egyptian population resides.

Each week the team will be traveling to different areas of the delta to film and write in depth articles that will collectively tell the story of how a lesser known region mobilized for democratic elections for the first time. With over 50 new political parties having emerged since the revolution, 50 million people eligible to vote, and nearly everyone passionately engaged in shaping the rebirth of their country, the Delta will be an unusually electric environment.

The goal of our coverage is to provide a layer of descriptive context that can play foil to the constructs which frame the stories coming out of Cairo, and which tend to focus on the same themes (muslims vs. christians, women and more/less rights, Islam and democracy).

In short, we'd like to go in depth and tell an entire election cycle's story, watch the drama unfold from a place few are familiar with, and allow people to get a very different glimpse into what will surely be a major world affair.

Every week we will be releasing one new segment onto our website. Each segment will focus on a theme or specific location in the delta, and will be comprised of a long form article and a series of short film clips. At the end of the project this spring, we will be compiling our segments to create an eBook which will tell the story of the delta's first elections.

We need all the help we can get, and are willing and able to do this on a shoestring budget (we learned long ago how to survive in Egypt on next to nothing), so we very much appreciate any amount of support you can offer.

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