"مناقشة كتاب "أربعون

About the Guest

I like narrating stories about architecture and places through teaching, writing, photography, city walks or public lectures. I’m an architect with multi-disciplinary interests ranging from Egyptian 19th & 20th century architecture to cultural heritage, architectural advertisement and urban history. With over nineteen years of experience in the architectural profession. The Last ten years' academic knowledge and expertise gained by tutoring in the Credit Hour System at Cairo University (CUFE), then The Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT). Currently, I am an associate professor at the department of Architectural Engineering & Environmental Design there. I organized more than sixty architectural events between seminars, public lectures, national and international workshops in cooperation with different institutes. Furthermore, I organized city walks in Downtown Cairo, Shubra, Al-Dahir, Al Zamalek, Imbaba and Nasr city. My target is to discover uncommon districts and tell new stories about the architecture of the place as well as related movies, crafts, novels, minorities, food. Sometimes those stories are narrated by local residents. My passion for the city extended to discover the world. I have travelled to Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Turkey, Morocco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Ireland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates. I’m keen to learn new things and tackle fresh research topics. I acquired my Masters 2005 and Doctorate 2014 in Architectural Engineering from Cairo University. Two editions were published of my book "The Pioneer Egyptian Architects during the Liberal Era (1919-1952)”. Since 2007, I created my blog Keep hunting photos “Manseiat (Forgotten)” and then an electronic newspaper "The io Weekly" in 2012. Both were hubs sharing fresh news about Egypt mainly architecture, and heritage. I published numerous articles at international conferences, electronic websites, research journals, non-periodical publications and books. Recent publications include sustainable conservation strategy to the Eastern Necropolis in Cairo, the changing housing policies and sixth of October city, rebranding Cairo’s Downtown cinemas, perusal on urban fear - case study of the gated communities in Greater Cairo, Private initiatives versus state interventions in Downtown Cairo; an on-going debate questioning the sustainability of newly pedestrianised streets (the Kodak and Al-Alfi Passageways), The History of Monasteries in Egypt as Self-sustained

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Friends Sharing their preparations

for the book review :D