Publication Data
- Title
Cairobserver
- Subtitle
Cairo's architecture, urbanism and culture
- Audience
The publication's primary audience is residents of Cairo but also visitors and scholars/students interested in Cairo's urban and architectural issues.
- Publisher
Mohamed Elshahed
https://cairobserver.com - Publication Date
ongoing journal since May 2012
- Identification
ISBN 3-933809-35-5
ISBN-13 978-3-933809-35-3
EAN 9783933809353 - Languages
Arabic
English - Editor
Mohamed Elshahed
- Description
Cairobserver focuses on Cairo’s architectural, urban and heritage landscapes. Cairobserver aims to broaden the conversation about Cairo’s urban and architectural heritage by focusing on specific buildings, sites, issues and presenting personal and historical perspective in an accessible easy-to-read presentation.
The website and blog are founded on the idea that Cairo will only transform into a better city if its residents are active observers of the changes taking place around them and if residents are better informed. Cairobserver was hosted at the Townhouse Gallery for three weeks in February 2012 as part of the “In Print” exhibition.
The printed editions of Cairobserver bring some of the mostly English on-line content from the site and present it in an Arabic printed form. - Keywords
Cairo
Egypt
Architecture
Urbanism
Heritage
urban planning
urban studies
history
architectural criticism
contemporary Egypt
May 2012 edition
»An invitation to observe.«
—Mohamed ElshahedAuthors
Adham Selim
Yahia Shawkat
Ahmad Borham
Ying Zhou
Hussein Omar
Shaimaa Ashour
Steven Viney
Max Rodenbeck
Tiffany Wey
Frederick Deknatel
May el Tabbakh
Abdulrahman al-Taliawi
Mohamed Elshahed
Meredith Hutchison
Nicholas Hamilton
Muneeb Ansari
Dana Kardoush
Rehan JamilContent
1. Invitation to observe, editor (Arabic + English)
2. Cairo is not a city of superlatives, Max Rodenbeck (Arabic + English)
3. A New beginning for Egyptian tourism, Mohamed Elshahed (Arabic + English)
4. Restoring authenticity in Mueiz Street, Frederick Deknatel (Arabic)
5. A lesson in Architectural history: Sultan Hassan and Rifaii mosques, Mohamed Elshahed (Arabic)
6. Who should save Egypt's archives, Hussein Omar (Arabic + English)
7. Cairo needs a landmarks commission now! Mohamed Elshahed (Arabic + English)
8. There is no such thing as heritage, May el Tabbakh (Arabic)
9. The effect of "study abroad" programs on Egypt's modernist architects, Shaimaa Ashour (Arabic)
10. Cairo's central markets, Mohamed Elshahed (Arabic)
11. Tyranny of the oblivious: on the results of the affordable housing competition in Egypt, Adham Selim (Arabic)
12. Specific weights of architecture: the Cairo probe, Ying Zhou (Arabic)
13. UN Habitat opens office in Cairo, will they support anti-forced evictions activists? Nicholas Hamilton (Arabic)
14. The people demand a respectable mode of transport, Yahia Shawkat (Arabic)
15. Paris was never along the Nile, Mohamed Elshahed (Arabic + English)
16. The municipality, public space and the parking attendant, Abdulrahman al-Taliawi (Arabic)
17. Ahmed al-Aqraa, the next head of the Bassatin Municipality, Yahia Shawkat (Arabic)
18. Transport models in Cairo, Tiffany Wey (Arabic)
19. The revolution didn't erupt to demand a monument, Mohamed Elshahed (Arabic)
20. Who rules: the importance of governance structures to urban planning (Arabic)
21. Mind the gap, Ahmed Borham (Arabic)
22. Reuniting Cairo and its residents through a better use of public space, Steven viney (Arabic + English)
23. A revolutionary duck, Mohamed Elshahed (Arabic)
24. Planner calls for popular engagement in urban planning, Steven Viney (Arabic)
25. Heritage landscapes, Mohamed Elshahed (Arabic)
26. Above the law, Dana Kardoush (Arabic)
27. How to confront Cairo's congestion, Rehan Jamil (Arabic)
28. Egypt's forgotten workers, Mohamed Elshahed (English)
29. A national style? excerpt from a 1940 lecture by Sayyed Kurayyem (Arabic)
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