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Miral Ramzy is a graduate of the Interior Design Department of Alexandria University's Faculty of Fine Arts. She currently works as an interior…

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The Islamic-era architectural heritage of urban Egypt makes Egyptian and world-wide news more frequently now than ever before. This collection…

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From a proper remove, nothing endures, except Cairo, which seems to have been spawned along with the world itself. (Or, as “'umm al-dunya”…

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Black vinyl san-serif Roman letters manually applied (the penciled guidelines were not washed away!) to a white-painted plywood sheet hung from two…

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The Madrasa of 'Amr Sarghitmish (CCMAA/SCA Monument: 079) is an accomplished work of medieval architecture. Completed in AD1356, the building clings…

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This al-Darb al-Ahmar riwaq masged gumm'aa is a creature of a son-in-law of Sultan al-Nasir Nasir id-Diin Muhammad ibn Qalawun, one of the great…

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The current importance of the Mausoleum Sultaniyya (also known as Mausoleum 'Umm al-Sultaniyya) rests not only on what it is (an exceptional work of…

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Muhammad 'Ali Basha was born Greek to Albanian parents. He went to Egypt at age 32, an executive officer in regiment that was part of the AD1803…

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The first of the Northern Qarafa's great attempts at architecture and the creation of a desert community, and the second signal work of Burgi Mamluki…

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Ishma'il Khedive declared, in AD1879, that "My country (Egypt) is no longer in Africa; we are now part of Europe. It is therefore natural for us to…

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