Ahmed Seddik: Egyptologist, Lecturer, Translator, Editor, Media Producer and Tour Guide

Gates of Glory and Façades of Fame* Dawn Walking Tour of Islamic Cairo Ahmed Seddik Wednesday, 30 May, at 4:30 a.m. For reservation: call: 0100-67-68-2-69 or email: ahmed.seddik@gmail.com In this beautiful tour of words and deeds, history and architecture are elegantly braided together. Travel back in time to the splendid scents, sights and sounds of historic Cairo, the fabled bridge between ancient Egypt and modern Egypt. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Islamic Empire. In this tour, I shall prove that there exists an architectural historian technique whereby history can be interpreted through architecture. Behold! Seddik technique is unique. "Travel. Set out and head for pastures new. Life tastes richer when you've rode warm feet. No water that stagnates is fit to drink, for only that which flows is truly sweet ...." - Ibn Battuta "behind the gates of glory and façades of fame lie unique stories of rise and fa...

Shine from the Shrine: Tour of the City of the Dead (Al-Qarafa) The Sahara of the Slave Sultans Saturday, 26 May, 2012 at 4 p.m. For reservation: call: 0100-67-68-2-69 or email: ahmed.seddik@gmail.com The scintillating City of the Dead, anecdotally known as Al-Qarafa, is so full of life and amenities that if you sum, you realize it is more town than slum. We will be able to label the fabled vast necropolis and feast our eyes on monuments glorious from the City Victorious. True to the vision of some of its founders, the City of the Dead has the power to entertain the mind and retain the body. Around 100,000 Cairenes live here amongst the dead. At the pinnacle of Islamic art, the monuments are architected to articulate the vision of the stellar dweller. The Mameluke Sahara is the modern Sakkara. Picnic among the graves in the City Beyond the Walls! We attempt to see: Mamelukes St. Sultan Ahmed St. Mausoleum of Sir Ahmed Hassanein Pasha (1889-1946), Author o...

Gates of Glory and Façades of Fame* Walking Tour of Islamic Cairo Ahmed Seddik Friday, 25 May, at 10 a.m. For reservation: call: 0100-67-68-2-69 or email: ahmed.seddik@gmail.com In this beautiful tour of words and deeds, history and architecture are elegantly braided together. Travel back in time to the splendid scents, sights and sounds of historic Cairo, the fabled bridge between ancient Egypt and modern Egypt. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Islamic Empire. In this tour, I shall prove that there exists an architectural historian technique whereby history can be interpreted through architecture. Behold! Seddik technique is unique. "Travel. Set out and head for pastures new. Life tastes richer when you've rode warm feet. No water that stagnates is fit to drink, for only that which flows is truly sweet ...." - Ibn Battuta "behind the gates of glory and façades of fame lie unique stories of rise and fall that teach us to...

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Gates of Glory and Façades of Fame* Auroral Tour of Islamic Cairo Ahmed Seddik Saturday, 12 May, at 5 a.m. For reservation: call: 0100-67-68-2-69 or email: ahmed.seddik@gmail.com In this beautiful tour of words and deeds, history and architecture are elegantly braided together. Travel back in time to the splendid scents, sights and sounds of historic Cairo, the fabled bridge between ancient Egypt and modern Egypt. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Islamic Empire. In this tour, I shall prove that there exists an architectural historian technique whereby history can be interpreted through architecture. Behold! Seddik technique is unique. "Travel. Set out and head for pastures new. Life tastes richer when you've rode warm feet. No water that stagnates is fit to drink, for only that which flows is truly sweet ...." - Ibn Battuta "behind the gates of glory and façades of fame lie unique stories of rise and fall that teac...