Yesterday I mentioned
the long comments thread at Arabic Media Shack dealing with the recent spate of articles about Cairo bars. The debate has continued, and I've put my two piastres in, if you scroll down far enough, though I don't say anything I didn't already say here.
In light of dawning architectural and cultural interest in the development of the modern city as exemplified by the current ARCE lecture-walking tour of downtown, it seems quite legit to pencil bars and night life into the research agenda. And don't forget Alexandria!
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ARCE WALK
Admire Some Architectural Masterpieces of
Down Town Cairo: Al-Isma’iliyya Quarter
with
Tarek Swelim, Ph.D.
Architectural Historian
This is a first of its kind – never been offered before – come and be the pioneers of this tour
Maydan al-Tahrir & Mosque of Umar Makram
Shari’ Muhammad Mahmud: AUC, Lycee and Frere schools & Apartment Building opposite
Maydan al-Falaki & the Closed Bab al-Luq Market
The Ministry of al-Awqaf Building
Shari’ Qasr al-Nil & the Trieste Building
Shari’ Muhammad Farid & the Bank Misr Building
Maydan Mustafa Basha Kamil
Cross 26th of July Street
Along Shari’ Imad al-Din & the Shawarbi Building
Shari’ Ramsis & the Engineer’s Syndicate, Engineer’s Society, Music Institute & Muslim Youth Building (al-Shubban al-Muslimin) as well as, many others
Along Shar’ Champollion
Maydan Tala’at Harb
Back to Maydan al-Tahrir & ARCE