Omschrijving
The city of a thousand minarets is also the city of eclectic modern constructions, turn-of-the-century revivalism and romanticism, concrete expressionism, and modernist design
[A] call to arms, a rallying cry to take another look at the everyday fabric of this richly layered city.
Mohamed Elshahed is a Cairo-based architect and specialist on modern Egyptian architecture, urbanism, and visual culture. He completed his PhD in Middle East Studies at New York University and holds an MA in architecture studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He blogs at cairobserver.com.