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"HeritageForAll" initiative offers a variety of study topics and articles that are viewed the diversified perspectives and overviews of cultural heritage and museological sectors.

Articles

Courtyards: Influence of the Indian Traditional Architectural Element on Community Interactions
 

New Delhi-supported Initiative GoUNESCO
By Mr. Mohamed Badry in 7 September 2016

 

The built vernacular heritage is usually constructed regarding the interaction between the human being and the surrounding environment, whatever its type, that to be subjected to the social, economic, cultural, and climatic factors.

Bayt al-Kritliya (Gayer-Anderson Museum): Vernacular Heritage in Egypt
 

New Delhi-supported Initiative GoUNESCO
By Mr. Mohamed Badry in 5 September 2016
 

Vernacular architecture is, regarding UNESCO world heritage convention, a result of interactivity between the environmental context and the human being and their socio-cultural behavior. It is a narrator storytelling the heritage attitude of indigenous people and their life way. 

Vernacular Architectural Heritage and Egyptian Western Desert
 

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By Mr. Mohamed Badry in 13 August 2016

 

People attempt to design and construct their settlements, regarding the surrounding environment as well as available material, in form which through, they satisfy their needs, and create comfortable environment. The desert environment in Egypt is considered regionally the most magnificent example of vernacular heritage. Here, the vernacular architecture heritage is, regarding UNESCO world heritage convention, a result of interactivity between the environmental context and the human being and their socio-cultural behavior. So, Dabaieh considered a vernacular architecture as a narrator storytelling the heritage attitude of indigenous people and their life way.

Milk and Egyptian Heritage Dishes
 

New Delhi-supported Initiative GoUNESCO
By Mr. Mohamed Badry in 29 July 2016

 

Unfortunately, most of Egyptian intangible cultural heritage, including Egyptian heritage lifestyle, food, traditions, and customs have not been well recorded and therefore we don’t have plenty of resources documenting the memories for future generations.  On the other hand, I would like to acknowledge Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT) which is dedicated to documenting Egyptian intangible heritage through its innovative information and digital technologies as well as its publications.
Egyptian dish still has its unique features and taste, although Egyptian culture knows various dishes as a result of globalization.  Regarding to the origins of lifestyle in Egypt, major Egyptian intangible heritage features belong to rural community including customs, traditions, proverbs, dishes etc.  Egyptian kitchen has its culinary traditions exploring the ingredient “milk” specifically with dessert dishes.

World Heritage Sites and Strategic Management Planning: A Case Study on Mit Rahina, Open Air Museum
 

New Delhi-supported Initiative GoUNESCO
By Mr. Mohamed Badry in  7 January 2016

 

Mit Rahina has a great significance that representing the civil life of an ancient city “Memphis”, by contrast, its other part which is represented in Saqqare necropolis.  So, if this city was vanished, we would loss the high magnitude of an ancient Egyptian history-related period that the archaeological site till now has been kept on the ruins of the 18th dynasty king Ramsses II’s palace which is considered a rare model for the palace structures during the ancient eras and besides, the layout of Akenaten palace in Tell al–Amarna, Menia governorate.
Mit Rahina is included in the World Heritage Site “Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur” which has been inscribed in 1979 under the criteria (I), (III), and (VI) (UNESCO, Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur).  An ancient town Memphis (Mit Rahina) is considered an original unit with temples, palaces, houses and estates, industrial areas, artisan communities, army training camp and riverine port. It had religious, political and economic significance along the history (Kamel, 1985, p. 26).
The paper has been used archaeological and Egyptological-related libraries, internet sources and besides, oral sources that are done within a field trip interviewing the site inspector Mr. Mohamed Fathy Mansour – Mit Rahina Inspectorate register – on Tuesday, 12th August 2014 that he is informatively supported.  The visitation was evaluated the ground cover and potential for buried archaeological materials as well as noticing any standing or obtrusive archaeological and historical feature.

Traditional Architectural Heritage and Management: Rashid, Heritage City


New Delhi-supported Initiative GoUNESCO
By Mr. Mohamed Badry in 5 October 2016​

 

​Construction of  houses, settlements, or dwellings, in any architectural expression, is aimed at creating security and a comfortable environment.  This perspective appears clearly within Islamic traditional architectural heritage in Egypt especially during Mamluk and Ottoman periods.  During Islamic era, there are architects who built settlements considering the regulations of Islamic religion while the others built dwellings serving the community interactions specifically their socio-cultural needs.  The former aspect is appeared through Rosetta/ Rashid urban-cultural landscape.Rosetta is an Egyptian city. It is located in northern coast beside Alexandria. This city is called“Rashid” by Egyptians . It has a great historical significance. It was flourished at the end of Mamluk period as a military town specifically with Qaitbay Fortress where Rosetta stone was discovered as well as a commercial town. The military, commercial and political role of Rashid was continued along Ottoman period and modern history.

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