What’s the first image that comes to mind when you picture the heart of historic Cairo? Is it the architecture? people in the streets? markets and their vibrant noise? Or something else entirely? We invite you to see the city from a whole new angle in our upcoming tour and bird’s-eye drawing workshop led by artist Mohamed Wahba. As we move ...
Join us on our upcoming tour of al-Darb al-Ahmar to discover this remarkable neighbourhood and explore how its stories have been passed down through generations. We’ll begin our tour at one of Cairo’s historic gates — a site that has witnessed major events over the centuries and still stands today. As we go along the route, we’ll visit ...
Join us on our upcoming tour as we explore how architecture — in its diverse forms and philosophies — has contributed to the production of knowledge across time, continuing into the present. At each stop, we’ll discover how architecture has served as both a source and a medium for conveying knowledge and becoming an integral part of the ...
Paid internship opportunity for ERTH: Athar Lina Climate and Heritage ProjectJun 06 , 2023
ERTH- A project focused on integrated solutions for climate change impact on heritage buildings through conservation, training and community participation invites students and young professional architects and conservators to apply to its annual paid internship.
The internships will be in the following fields:
• Conservation – conservation training at the domes of Yahya al-Shabih and Safiyy al-Din Jawhar.
• Groundwater solutions and reuse – research and design for pilot interventions that will be implemented in conservation sites affected by groundwater.
• Community outreach – designing and conducting outreach awareness on heritage and climate change targeting the communities surrounding the domes conserved by the project.
Participants are encouraged to select the area that best fits their interest and skills when applying. Residents of Historic Cairo are encouraged to apply and will be given first priority.
Duration: 2 months (June+July OR August+September)
The first round will begin on June 13th. The second round starts in August, interested applicants should fill the application form linked below before June 8th: https://shorturl.at/BDNOP
ERTH is run by Megawra’s Athar Lina Initiative under the supervision of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities with funding from the British Council’s #CulturalProtectionFund, in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Al-Khalifa Urban Dreams films win in the the Golden Cubes Awards!May 04 , 2023
We're delighted to share the news of al-Khalifa Urban Dreams film series winning the Audio-Visual Media category in the the Golden Cubes Awards!
Congratulations to all the hardworking young filmmakers and to many more achievements!
The filmmaking project is in partnership with international place-making filmmakers Jessica Jacobs Film Geographies and Vitor Hugo Costa Metafilmes and in collaboration with Nature Conservation Egypt (NCE)and is funded by Landscapes of Hope.
The fifth edition of the Golden Cubes Awards is organised by the UIA Architecture and Children Work Programme.
ERTH – Athar Line Heritage and Climate ProjectMay 04 , 2023
Site preparations and preliminary conservation works have started in the dome of Safiyy al-Din Jawhar and dome of Yahya al-Shabih as part of Athar Lina’s Heritage and Climate project funded by the British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund, in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.