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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central argument? Question 2 of 6How does the state treat the informal neighborhoods, according to the essay? Question 3 of 6What does the farmer calling the sale "fate" suggest? Question 4 of 6What does the author mean by "the city doesn't grow because someone decided it should"? Question 5 of 6What do residents of the center rolling up their car windows imply? Question 6 of 6What does the final sentence warn of? Vocabularyحَطَبfirewood
الْعُمْرَانconstruction, built-up area
نَصِيبfate, lot; share
الْأَحْيَاء الْعَشْوَائِيَّةinformal settlements
الْمَجَارِيsewers
أَمْرًا وَاقِعًاfait accompli
تَرْخِيصlicense, permit
مُعَلَّقَةsuspended
الْعَدَمnonexistence
يَتَعَفَّنُrots
عَاجِلًا أَوْ آجِلًاsooner or later
يَتَرَاكَمُaccumulates