ALEXANDRIA’S THIRD PLACES
STORY 09 Madad-Madad Alexandria was a hub of Sufism. Sufi scholars settled down here and had their disciples. In the piazza of mosques in Bahari, facing the two domes of the Sufi Emam Abu el-Abbas el-Mursi, I observed this tiny door located on the left side of the square. Beside the entrance, written in primitive…
Culture
Workshops|Conferences|Exhibitions Alexandria Today Week Downtown Alexandria, designer|organizer October 2022Read here Alexandrie| Marseille regards croisés, exhibition French Institute Alexandria, curator October 2022Read here Forgotten Entrances exhibition French Institute Alexandria May 2022Read here Designing Modernity Goethe-Institut Palestinian Territories, speaker May 2022Read here Alexandrie| Marseille Échanges entre deux territoires métropolitains, Pedagogical partner2022Read here Research camp/workshops ULC, Urban Lab Camp…
ALEXANDRIA’S THIRD PLACES
STORY 08 Amir Studio I have the impression that a number of shops, especially in downtown Alexandria are still working only to keep a family business. A few meters beside Khan El Khalili shop on Fouad street we see this small vintage photography studio. It could represent one of the firms that could not compete…
Destinations exhibition at SHELTER Art Space, Alexandria
On the 23rd of November 2020, at SHELTER Art Space in cooptation with French Institute of Egypt launched the exhibition “Destinations” to explore the richness, diversity, and beauty of Alexandria through the artworks of artist Benoit Guillaume and myself. The exhibition features both visual art and architectural elements to explore a live walk to different destinations within…
ALEXANDRIA’S THIRD PLACES
STORY 07 Khan Khalil “I once was about to exit the shop, opened the door, stepped out, and was almost hit by a youngster on a skateboard speeding on the sidewalk in front of my door” … The husband tells me. The eye can not miss the shopfront with the curved corner. A façade of oriental features…
Mucem, Marseille, France | 8 février 2023 Alexandrie: futurs antérieurs L’exposition « Alexandrie : futurs antérieurs » revisite l’histoire et le présent de la ville égyptienne, loin des mythes et des stéréotypes qui lui sont traditionnellement associés. Conjuguant deux approches – la recherche archéologique et l’art contemporain –, elle nous invite à considérer Alexandrie sous un…
MINIATURES OF ALEXANDRIA DOWNTOWN وسط البلد Handmade paper-artwork postcards Printed on 300 g/m2 paper, size 14.8 x 10.5 cm CITIES miniatures Vol.1 ALEXANDRIA Miniature art has a long history that dates back to the scribes of the medieval ages. In this series of cities miniatures, I am trying to build visual observations on the cities…
ALEXANDRIA’S THIRD PLACES
STORY 06 La Maison I do not know when this shop came to exist. To my eyes, it has been always there. Never seen it open, but my parents did. It is abandoned but I recall the façade was renovated, perhaps before 2011. La Maison in French means the house. It is/was a furniture store. The…
قصة قصيرة جداً في الأزريطة في يوم من ايام شهر نوفمبر حيث بدايات اجواء الشتاء السكندري التي لا تفقد سحرها، و مظاهر البهجة قد رسمت على اوجه المارة و المتسكعين دون سن الخامسة والعشرين، والذين رغم تقلص المساحات العامة مازلوا قادرين على خلق مساحاتهم و الاستمتاع بالمدينة. كنت في طريقي الى مكتبة الإسكندرية و كالعادة…
Loading…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Follow My Blog
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.
Mohamed gohar 