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Omniya Abdel Barr

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Architect, MA in Conservation, PhD in Islamic History. Head of Development at the Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation and Researcher at the V&A. Currently raising funds to restore Bayt al-Razzaz, a 15th c. palace in Historic Cairo built by Sultan Qaytbay.

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β€œGaza has 350 heritage sites, two third of them have been bombed or destroyed {by the IDF}” HRH Princess Dana Feras, president if the Petra National Trust.

03.12.2024 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starting "Facing Change" conference in Amman with professionals on cultural heritage preservation from the INTO network, by honouring Gaza and Palestine.

03.12.2024 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Sound of Revolution in Modern Egypt

The Sound of Revolution in Modern Egypt

For anyone searching for a podcast to play during a walk, while grading, or elsewhere, you might wish to check out this #Ottoman History series on the sounds of #Egypt over the past century, from WWI to the audiocassette to the Arab Spring. www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/p/the-sound-...

22.11.2024 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is where I work in Cairo: Bab al-Wazir in the 1920's with Bayt al-Razzaz (1474) to the right, and the Mosque of Umm Sultan Shaban (b.1367). To the left Bayt Sedki Pasha and the now lost Bayt Qura'a, Shaykh al-Azhar and Egypt's Mufti from 1921-1928.

Photo by Lehnert and Landrock.

18.11.2024 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is my very first post, Middle Eastern here :)

16.11.2024 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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