Omniya Abdel Barr
@omabarr.bsky.social
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.
Currently raising funds to restore Bayt al-Razzaz, a 15th c. palace in Historic Cairo built by Sultan Qaytbay.
Starting "Facing Change" conference in Amman with professionals on cultural heritage preservation from the INTO network, by honouring Gaza and Palestine.
December 3, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Starting "Facing Change" conference in Amman with professionals on cultural heritage preservation from the INTO network, by honouring Gaza and Palestine.
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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-...
November 22, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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-...
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.
Photo by Lehnert and Landrock.
November 18, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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.
Photo by Lehnert and Landrock.