This year, familiar spaces serve as mediators of connections & conversations, becoming boundless, nurturing communities and melding venues, their histories & the people they bring together – Now in its 11th edition, Spend the Day in Khalifa centers around the interconnectedness between space, place, and people. Spanning 3 days across 2 ...
read moreEver wondered how houses were built in the past? Register for your children in Brick by Brick playdate, and join us for a unique architectural experience in al-Khalifa district! Children will explore the architecture of al-Khalifa district by strolling through Abd Al-Majeed Al-Laban and Al-Ashraf streets, and will play Treasures of Khalifa ...
read moreKhalifa Mini Camp is an intensive week-long program, designed for children aged 7 to 13 years old. The camp focuses on learning through experiencing life in one of the oldest neighborhoods of Historic Cairo. Activities include tours in the streets of al-Khalifa area, visits to historic sites, artistic and scientific applications, as well as group ...
read moreWe'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!
To watch al-Khalifa Urban Dreams films: https://shorturl.at/tMPS0
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.
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.
More about the project: https://shorturl.at/cGHT9