Egyptian award-winning journalist Shahira Amin slammed the ongoing that once chronicled the country's history, describing it as being "similar to the Taliban's ."
"It's a crime. Not only is it part of our irreplaceable monuments…being removed, it's also very painful that the remains of our loved ones have to be removed from their graves," Shahira Amin, also former deputy head of state-run Nile TV International and the ex-CNN correspondent in Egypt, told °®Âþµº.
Most recently, Amin learned that the mausoleum of her paternal grandmother, Zeinab Fahmy, had been slated to be demolished, among other sites, to make way for a highway and road infrastructure.
Fahmy was the wife of the late prominent Ahmed Amin, best known for his book on ethics.
The demolished graveyards or those pending removal mostly host the remains of public figures. They are featured by their historical as well as ascetic values.
Amin vowed to take whatever action necessary to voice her objection towards what she described as "a crime against our culture and heritage."
"I will stop it at any cost, even standing with an objection sign in front of a bulldozer to stop any destruction of my late grandmother's grave," said Amin, also the former head of state-run Nile TV International.
For months now, the government of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has been facing backlash over the demolition of historic Cairo cemeteries in the Al-Khalifa neighbourhood in southern Cairo, known as and those of .
Over the past months, the government has been relocating thousands of human remains from the cemeteries in question. Parts of the graves had been within the UNESCO-listed , which hosts renowned public figures, writers, intellectuals and artists. The remains were moved to the outskirts of Cairo.