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Abdel-moniem El-Shorbagy The Guru

Hassan Fathy's Late Career

Architecture
English
14697 Words
Ages 14 and up
43
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Hassan Fathy returned from Athens to live in Cairo in 1962. He was thoroughly depressed at the thought of having to live among the noisy, crowded streets of modern Cairo. However, he lived in a flat in the Aly Labib house, a Mamluk house built in the 18th century and was known as Beit Al-Fan (home of the art). Not surprisingly, Fathy’s belief in the value of tradition was still strong. His primary concern was to develop his mud-brick style and the self-help building approach, which he had been experimenting with since the mid-1940s. In the period between 1962 and 1967, Fathy experienced misfortune in realizing many projects. However, since 1967 until his death in 1989, Fathy’ traditional approach began to be appreciated and he was able to design and build many different residential projects as well as commercial ones. In the 1980, Fathy’s effort was acknowledged by many awards including, the United Nations Peace Medal, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and the first Gold Medal of the Union Internationale des Architects. In 1989, Fathy died in his 18th century Mamluk house, Cairo. [more]

Keywords: Hassan Fathy, Cairo, Arab House, New Bariz, Dar Al-Islam, New Mexico, Nassif House, Jeddah, Kazerouni House, Shabramant, Tradition, Culture

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Klaus Metzger, Jutta Hartmann-Metzger Experiences with ARAB Countries

Egypt 2003, Morocco 2012, Oman 2018

Travel
English
6463 Words
Ages 6 and up
281
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With the Arab countries of Egypt, Morocco and the OMAN we were able to gain very different experiences [more]

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R.M. Ballantyne Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure

Fiction
English
93332 Words
Ages 18 and up
1
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Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who [more]

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Caroline Clough Full House

Short Story
English
3314 Words
No Age Recommendation
416
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Life with her mundane and disparaging family lead a young girl to fanatise about a night-time encounter with a glamorous stranger. When they meet again at a charity event for the local orphans, the girl is mortified when the beautiful one fails to acknowledge the connection she thought they had made. In her distress she tells the assembled families a few home truths about the so-called "grateful" orphans. [more]

Keywords: girl, families, horses, beauty, mystery, embarassment, wild, games, prize

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Danielle Nimmo Helpless House

Short Story
English
2 Words
Ages 14 and up
194
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"He’ll never be able to overlook that night." what happened in that house scared him for life. How [more]

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Jakob Imhoff Blackford House

Mystery & Crime
German
6721 Words
No Age Recommendation
245
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Milli lebt mit ihrem Vater in einem alten Herrenhaus, versteckt im Süden Englands, tief im Dartmoor. Durch die extremen Wetterbedingungen sind die Beiden den ganzen Winter über von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten. Anfangs verläuft alles wie gewohnt, doch dann überschlagen sich die seltsamen Ereignisse. Auf dem Stammbaum der Familie erscheinen plötzlich Sterbedaten von noch lebenden Menschen und Milli beginnt um ihr Leben zu fürchten. [more]

Keywords: Krimi Abenteuer Blackford House Horror Fantasy Geister

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