Zeinhom is one of the largest squatter areas in Cairo as its area amounts to 50 acres. When the implementation of this development project started in 1999, it was inhabited by 4000 households (about 20,000.00 capita).

January 11, 2010, heavy winds and rains swept across four of Egypt’s governorates. The rains flooded away homes, damaged infrastructures, and interrupted normal running of life within the four affected governorates of North Sinai, South Sinai, Red Sea, and Aswan.