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The Cairo heritage: essays in honor of Laila Ali Ibrahim

The Cairo heritage: essays in honor of Laila Ali Ibrahim
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ISBN 9774245687 (hbk.)
9789774245688 (hbk.)
Title The Cairo heritage : essays in honor of Laila Ali Ibrahim / edited by Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Publisher Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2000
Physical desc. viii, 340, [1] p. ; ill. (b&w), maps ; 24 cm.
Note "Dar el Kutub no. 17601/99" -- T.p. verso.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references
Contents Laila Ali Ibrahim / Doris Behrens-Abouseif -- History: Outsiders in the city / Jean-Claude Garcin -- Al-Maqrizi's Khitat, an Egyptian Lieu de mémoire / Nasser O. Rabbat -- Al-Maqrizi's reinvention of Egyptian historiography through architectural history / Sabri Jarrar -- Waqf as remuneration and the family affairs of al-Nasir Muhammad and Baktimur al-Saqi / Doris Behrens-Abouseif -- Architecture and urban history: Graffitti or proclamations: why write on buildings? / Oleg Grabar -- The minaret of Ibn Tulun reconsidered / N. Tarek Swelim -- Function and allusion: a note on the Bab al-Saʿat / Finbarr B. Flood -- Turbat al-Sitt: an identification / Howyda al-Harithy -- The mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib / Chahinda Fahmy Karim -- Domestic and religious architecture in Cairo: mutual influences / Bernard O'Kane -- The Qaysariyya of Sultan al-Ashraf Inal according to waqf documents / Husam Ismail -- A Mamluk institution for urbanization: the waqf / Sylvie Denoix -- Istibdal: the game of exchange and its impact on the urbanization of Mamluk Cairo / Leonor Fernandes -- The sabil of Yusuf Agha Dar al-Saʿada (1088/1677) according to its waqf document -- André Raymond -- Learning from Mamluk architectural esthetics / Khaled Asfour -- Decorative arts: Egyptian luster-painted pottery from the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods / Abd al-Raʼuf Ali Yusuf -- Further thoughts on Mamluk enameled glass / J.M. Rogers -- Preservation of the urban and architectural heritage: Revitalization of historic cities: the need for a new economic analysis / Ismail Serageldin -- Reading the historic city / François Vigier -- The present situation of the historic city: a road not taken / John Rodenbeck -- Laila Ali Ibrahim bibliography.
Person as subject Ibrahim, Laila ʻAli
Subject Islamic architecture -- Egypt -- Cairo
Architecture -- Egypt -- Cairo
Architecture, Mameluke
Islamic decorative arts -- Egypt -- Cairo
Decorative arts -- Egypt -- Cairo
Historic preservation -- Egypt -- Cairo
Waqf -- Egypt -- Cairo
Cairo (Egypt) -- History
Added name(s) Behrens-Abouseif, Doris ed.
Ibrahim, Laila ʻAli
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10002895 709.17671 BEH
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