Living with the past / an Echo production ; producer, Elizabeth Fernea ; director, Maysoon Pachachi.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pachachi, Maysoon, director.

Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, 1927-2008, producer.

Fernea, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1932- narrator.

Gaballa, G. A., interviewee.

Hampikian, Nairy, interviewee.

Gayer-Anderson, Theo, interviewee.

Vincent, Robert, interviewee.

Mahmoud, Hisham, interviewee.

Mahmoud, Ali, interviewee.

Shehayeb, Dina, interviewee.

Shahata, Abdul Rahim, interviewee.

Dobrowolska, Agnieszka, interviewee.

Zaki, Saleh, interviewee.

El-Habashi, Alaa, interviewee.

Mikawi, Mohamed El, interviewee.

Ibrahim, Karim, interviewee.

El-Rashidi, Self, interviewee.

Fouad, Ghada, interviewee.

Selim, Aida, interviewee.

Hussein, Hassan, interviewee.

Hafiz, Mohamed Abdul, interviewee.

Badawi, Saad Mohamed, interviewee.

Shannon, Jonathan, composer.

Icarus Films.

Echo Productions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Conservation and restoration--Egypt--Cairo.

Architecture.

Architecture--Human factors--Egypt--Cairo.

Neighborhoods--Economic aspects--Egypt--Cairo.

Neighborhoods.

Social planning--Egypt--Cairo.

Social planning.

Neighborhoods--Economic aspects.

Architecture--Human factors.

Architecture--Conservation and restoration.

Egypt--Cairo.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming media file (56 min) : digital, sound, color

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, 2001.

System Details:

System requirements: access to Internet or Intranet ; media player.

Summary:

Follows several restoration projects in progress in Darb-al-Ahmar. The projects are the Great Gate of Bab Zuwayla, the Mosque of Emir Qijmas al-lshaqi, the Church of the Virgin, and the Walls of Saladin. With all of this comes neighborhood improvement: social, cultural, and economic.

Participant:

Narrator, Robert Fernea ; interviewees, Gaballa A. Gaballa, Nairy Hampikian, Theo Gayer-Anderson, Robert Vincent Jr., Hisham Mahmoud, Ali Mahmoud, Dina Shehayeb, Abdul Rahim Shahata, Agnieszka Dobrowolska, Saleh Zaki, Alaa El-Habashi, Mohamed El Mikawi, Karim Ibrahim, Self El-Rashidi, Ghada Fouad, Aida Selim, Hassan Hussein, Mohamed Abdul Hafiz, Saad Mohamed Badawi.

Credits:

Producer, Elizabeth Fernea ; director, Maysoon Pachachi ; music, Jonathan Shannon ; editor, Terry Twigg.

Notes:

Originally produced by Echo Productions in 2001.

Funded by The Ford Foundation.

Publisher Number:

if-past Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.