Photographs, images, and drawings are courtesy

of the Rare Books and Special Collections Library,

The American University in Cairo,

Cairo, Egypt.

Article by

Conchita Añorve-Tschirgi is an Architect and Curator

of the Regional Architecture Collections, Rare Books

& Special Collections Library, American University in

Cairo and Lesley Lababidi.

Published in Obelsique Magazine, Volume 15,  2013

All Photographs and text are under international copyright laws. No re-use without the written permission of Lesley Lababidi 2023.