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rawi ع menu القـائمة تاريخ الطب والعلاج في مصر medicine and healing in egyptian history rawi series no 12 articles explore ancient egypt architecture coptic stories food islamic art intangible heritage costume modern art nineteenth century cinema wonders of modern day egypt by the mid twentieth century cairo s rapid urban expansion gave rise to a distinctive pentagonal paving pattern now known internationally as cairo tiling long familiar to cairenes as part of the city s everyday landscape it achieved global mathematical fame for its unusual geometric properties even as its local origins remained largely overlooked by david r m bailey cairo tiling from cairo streets to global mathematical fame online exclusive a matter of faith in the late roman and early byzantine eras clothing became a means of self expression incorporating everything from depictions of faith to rich colours elaborate embroidery and even amulets meant to protect and bring good fortune by engy hanna clothing in the coptic period coptic from staples to luxuries a glimpse into the food and foodways of the ancient egyptians over their 3 000 year history by mennat allah el dorry what did the ancient egyptians eat ancient egypt the golden land nubia has a rich history of distinctive jewellery with each style given its own name and imbued with individual meaning although today it may be difficult to find pieces made in the traditional ways it is not impossible by yasmine el dorghamy searching for the traditional jewellery of nubia adornment port said wooden galleries several storeys high adorn the buildings of port said this unique type of architecture characteristic of a certain era is today at risk from a continuously increasing population poor planning and lax implementation of building regulations anybody strolling the streets of port said cannot help but be struck by the omnipresence of wood in the buildings most of them dating back to the turn of the century are fronted by three or four storey high wooden galleries or verandas as they were called at the time this remarkable architecture is found nowhere else in egypt or anywhere else in the world for that matter and sadly it is under threat the veranda characterised tropical architecture it was adapted to the hot climate protecting the building s façade from the direct rays of the sun it was widely disseminated in all european overseas territories particularly the spanish portuguese and french ones beginning in the early nineteenth century and was also very popular in the architecture of french resorts in the 1860s napoleon iii french emperor from 1852 to 1870 had seven chalets with very similar wooden verandas built on his vast property in vichy a spa town in central france the seaside resorts of the norman basque and mediterranean coasts also offer fine examples of fretwork decoration reminiscent of the balconies of port said it is the height and the scale of the constructions of port said that set them apart there are of course buildings with verandas in new orleans saint louis senegal pondicherry and the west indies to mention only the most well known examples but they are rarely more than two storeys high and their porticoes are made of cast iron for the most part the first wooden constructions built on the isthmus of suez were also characterised by their low height there are traces of their origins in the extensive archives of the suez canal company which became the suez canal authority in 1956 in roubaix france in 1858 the suez canal company launched an invitation to tender for the provision of workers chalets meant to equip the camps along the course of the future canal many french firms replied to the tender in the end it was victor fréret s firm in fécamp normandy which specialised in wooden constructions that won the firm supplied most of the building site sheds as well as more prestigious constructions such as the chalets meant to house the managers of the suez canal company five of which were erected along the beach at port said ferdinand de lesseps chalet in ismailia is the only surviving example it was also the fréret firm that supplied and assembled onsite the spectacular gallery running along the permanent façade of the suez canal company offices located along the freshwater canal at ismailia during this first phase the suez canal company obtained its supplies from merchants in the major mediterranean ports the marseille firm rouffio et cie was thus called upon in 1859 to negotiate the best price in various markets for the provision of wood for the wharf of port said it was also via the port of trieste then part of the austro hungarian empire that pine was procured from central europe also mentioned in 1874 in the 1880s the success of the canal attracted a new population of merchants and contractors mainly from greece italy malta and the provinces of the austro hungarian and ottoman empires to port said they purchased plots of land situated on property jointly owned by the egyptian government and the suez canal company to build investment properties that contained flats as well as offices which were let to various shipping or trading companies connected to the activities of the port at that time they adopted construction techniques that combined masonry construction with the wooden architecture that had already been used in the past in front of the main section of the building in stone or brick masonry a veranda was systematically added which was the same height as the rest of the building the scarcity of suitable land to build upon the new city was situated on a narrow sandbar between the lake the canal and the sea prompted builders to construct buildings of three or four storeys whereas buildings were rarely more than one storey high in ismailia where land was much cheaper there are of course buildings with verandas in new orleans saint louis senegal pondicherry and the west indies to mention only the most well known examples but they rarely have more than two storeys and their porticoes are made of cast iron for the most part a few fine examples of this type of architecture survive in the centre of port said the slavick building constructed in the 1880s by the swiss architect alberti on palestine quay the coroni building on ramses street dating to 1888 and the virginia arvanitopoulos building constructed in 1891 at the corner of al geish and ahmed shawki streets other buildings also contain spectacular wooden staircases for example the building located at the corner of al geish and mohamedd mursi streets in 1889 new planning laws enacted by the egyptian state imposed the construction of arcades on the model of the rue de rivoli in paris along the main roads and limited the construction of wooden verandas which were henceforth only authorised on streets less than fifteen metres wide in 1921 verandas were permanently banned by order of the municipal commission of port said by a strange irony of fate verandas were denounced for their insalubrity where fifty years earlier they had been recommended for the well being and comfort of residents today verandas still represent the rich cultural heritage of the city the quality and infinite variety of their decoration are thanks to the talent of the artisans who crafted them and about whom little is known the proximity of the city of damietta renowned for the skill of its woodworkers was perhaps a contributing factor to the incredibly diverse forms of the angle braces railings balusters and lambrequins found in both the former european quarter and the arab quarter the association for the protection of the cultural heritage of port said celebrated a victory when it managed after a long struggle to register 505 of the city s most precious buildings for protection let s hope that the enthusiasm and determination of the young association continues and moves up to the next level which is to preserve and bring back life to the buildings that have suffered from decades of neglect it s a challenging task but their perseverance which has caught the attention of the whole country gives much reason for optimism by claudine piaton decaying wooden verandas tell the story of a city architecture deir al surian wadi al natrun a geological depression west of the delta is one of the cradles of coptic monasticism in the fourth century hermits retreated here in search of asceticism and solitude but soon the monasteries that developed out of these anchoretic communities became centres of ecclesiastical culture one of them deir al surian the syrian monastery is of particular interest by karel innemée treasure chest in the desert coptic timeline explore publications explore issue 11 2021 egypt s costume history issue 10 2019 egypt s culinary history issue 9 2018 the cinema edition rawi on google arts culture explore محـــــــتــوي راوي جوجـــل للثـقــافـــــة والفــــــنــــون محـــــــتــوي راوي جوجـــل للثـقــافـــــة والفــــــنــــون محـــــــتــوي راوي جوجـــل 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