| Description |
300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 27 cm + 1 DVD (53 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-299). |
| Contents |
The historical development of Cairo 20-923/642-1517: an overview / Ayman Fuad Sayyid -- The urban character of al-Darb al-Ahmar / Nasser Rabbat -- A Traveller's account: Nasir-i Khusraw in 5th/11th-century Cairo / Alice C. Hunsberger -- The economy of Historic Cario: a case study of the markets of Mamluk Cario / Kassem Abdou Kassem -- The question of guilds / Pascale Ghazaleh -- Regulating medieval Cario / Kristen Stilt -- Women and family life in the drab / Amira Sonbol -- Learning and science in Historic Cairo / Heinz Halm -- Coptic Christians : faith and practice in Egyptian contexts / Febe Armanios -- The Jewish presence in medieval Cario / Norman A. Stillman -- Faith and pratice : Muusims in Historic Cario / Roy Mottahedeh -- The architectural hertige of al-Darb al-Ahmar / Caroline Williams -- From shards to bards : pottery-making in Historic Cario / Fahmida Suleman -- Music in Historic Cario: a sonic excavation / Jonathan H. Shannon -- The representation of medieval Cairo in modern Arabic literature / Randa Abou-Bakr -- Transition, colonialism, modernisation; living with 'Ali Mubarak Pasha : state and civil society in Egypt / Elizabeth Bishop -- Contemporary observations of al-Darb al-Ahmar / Karim Ibrahim, Swif El-Rashidi -- Remaking Cairo, revisioning al-Darb al-Ahmar / Kamran Asdar `Ali, Martina Rieker -- The contemporary labour market in Egypt: formal and informal institutions in the construction sector / Ragui Assaad -- Restoriation processes for historic monuments : an introduction / Robert K. Vincent Jr. -- Urban conservation : the inevitable task during single monument conservation in practice in Historic Cario / Nairy Hampikian -- The Sam Ibn Nuh Mosque : a community support project, Cario 2000-2001 / Agnieszka Dobrowolska, Barbara Drueskens -- Cooperative renovation of old houses in al-Darb al-Ahmar : a case study / Salah Zaky Said -- Restoring the Qijmas Mosque : a community undertaking by the residents of al-Darb al-Ahmar / Hisam, Ali Mahmoud -- The Projects of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in al-Darb al-Ahmar area of Historic Cairo / Stefano Bianca, Francesco Siravo, Frank Matero -- Background : starting up the Aga Khan Project / Mohamed E.-Mikawi -- Combatting urban poverty in al-Darb al-Ahmar : intervention and strategies for proverty reduction in Historic Cario / Mohamed Abdel Hafiz Kotb -- Heritage protection against what? A model to explain adverse change in historic districts / Dina K. Shehayeb, Ahmed Sedky -- Representing al-Darb al-Ahmar of film / Maysoon Pachachi. |
| Summary |
The film portrays al-Darb al-Ahmar, a section in the heart of the old city. Conceived to accompany this book, "Living in historic Cairo", the film follows several interwoven restoration projects undertaken in Cairo. The projects combine conservation with social, cultural and economic neighbourhood schemes. Directed by Maysoon Pachachi and produced by Elizabeth Fernea. Echo Productions, c2001. |
| System Details |
DVD. Aspect ratio 4:3; Stereo 2.0, NTSC, region 0. |
| Subject |
Cairo (Egypt) -- History.
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Cairo (Egypt) -- Pictorial works.
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Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customs.
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Cairo (Egypt)
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Urban renewal -- Egypt -- Cairo.
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Urban renewal. |
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Egypt -- Cairo. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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| Added Author |
Daftary, Farhad.
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Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, 1927-2008.
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Nanji, Azim.
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| ISBN |
9781898592280 |
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1898592284 |
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