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Cairo is often described as an ancient city, full of wonders that are thousands of years old. Yet Mohamed Elshahed persuasively argues, in the newly released "Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide", that the city we see today was largely shaped by twentieth-century concerns. By Marcia Lynx Qualey

Cairo is often described as an ancient city, full of wonders that are thousands of years old. Yet Mohamed Elshahed persuasively argues, in the newly released "Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide", that the city we see today was largely shaped by twentieth-century concerns. By Marcia Lynx Qualey

The country’s ancient wonders still hold us spellbound, but its pulsing, intense present is just as intoxicating

Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide - Winner of Egypt’s Ministry of Culture’s Award for Architectural Publication 2021 The city of a thousand minarets is also the city of eclectic modern...