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Unleashing Provincial Cities’ Urban Heritage Potentials: Esna Experiment
Virtual Meeting

Unleashing Provincial Cities’ Urban Heritage Potentials: Esna Experiment

27/08/2024

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Focus of the Webinar

1.The competing heritage narratives in the case of Egypt
2.Local and international trends of cultural tourism
3.Linking cultural tourism to integrated urban revitalization in Esna (Luxor Governorate)
4.Experimentation in urban, social, economic, and cultural revitalization in Esna

The Presenter

Guest: Arch. Kareem Ibrahim

Kareem Ibrahim is an Egyptian architect and urban researcher who graduated from Cairo University in 1995. He worked on the UNDP’s Historic Cairo Rehabilitation Project and for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture on the Darb al Ahmar Project. From 2010 to 2017, he was a Senior Development Manager for Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate. He has collaborated with various international agencies on urban development projects. In 2009, he co-founded Takween Integrated Community Development. Currently, he is Chief of Party for a USAID-funded tourism project in Esna. Mr. Ibrahim has received several awards and served on the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Master Jury.

Guest: Arch. Kareem Ibrahim

Kareem Ibrahim is an Egyptian architect and urban researcher who graduated from Cairo University in 1995. He worked on the UNDP’s Historic Cairo Rehabilitation Project and for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture on the Darb al Ahmar Project. From 2010 to 2017, he was a Senior Development Manager for Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate. He has collaborated with various international agencies on urban development projects. In 2009, he co-founded Takween Integrated Community Development. Currently, he is Chief of Party for a USAID-funded tourism project in Esna. Mr. Ibrahim has received several awards and served on the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Master Jury.

Moderator: Dr. Abdullah Dhifallah

Urban researcher and expert in Saudi urban affairs, holds a PhD in urban planning from Sheffield University.

Moderator: Dr. Abdullah Dhifallah

Urban researcher and expert in Saudi urban affairs, holds a PhD in urban planning from Sheffield University.