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CITY OF THE FUTURE - 2004-05-07
Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage
Date:
Friday, 2004, May 7Location:
City of the future: Cairo
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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV- 2071 reads
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City of the future: Cairo's five centuries of rubbish is now a park, thanks to the Aga Khan - CITY OF THE FUTURE - 2004-05-07
Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage
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www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11648 This vast landscaping and urban renewal project has also uncovered Saladin's walls. An enormous rubbish heap in the centre of Cairo, has been turned into a park thanks to the Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim, and it is to be inaugurated this month. He is well known for his interest in the architecture of Islam, and this is an exceptionally ambitious project by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) that has involved also restoring parts of the ancient city walls, the Darb al-Ahmar area in a socially responsible way.
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