Egyptian Order of Consulting
Engineers (Restoration of Islamic Architectural Heritage)
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Member of the Egyptian National
Committee of ICOMOS
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Member of the German Institute of
Archaeology
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Member of the Society for
Preservation of Egyptian Architectural Heritage (SPARE)
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Member of Specialized National
Councils; Council for National Heritage Egypt
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Member of the International
UNESCO Committee for the conservation of the Historic City Jerusalem
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Member of the International
Executive Committee: ICOMOS (1994 - present)
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Organization Of Islamic Capitals and Cities (OICC) Consultant for Islamic Architectural and Urbanity
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Member of the Board of the Association of the Arab Archeologists (2002 - present)
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Egypt representative at the Arabic Supreme Council for Urban Heritage
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Member of the German Architectural Historian Society, Koldewey-Gesellschaft 2003.
Awards
1
Kuwait Foundation for Scientific Development: Appreciation Award (1981):
"History of Architecture of the Arabs & the Muslims"
2
First Award (1989): "Publishing in the field of Islamic Architecture"
Organization of Islamic capitals and cities
3
Aga Khan Award for Architecture: Award (1989): "The Restoration of the Great
Omari Mosque", Sidon, Lebanon
4
Kuwait Foundation for Scientific Development: Award (1992) of
state of Kuwait: "Islamic Architecture"
5
Organization of Arab Towns: Award of Architects (1992)
6
Award of Amin Madani: Researching in The History of the
Arabian Peninsula (1994)
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Award of Documentation Studies for Historic Mosques, for the
project of documentation and restoration of Farag ibn Barquq in Cairo, king
Sa'ud University, Saudi Arabia (1999)
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Aga Hkan Award for Jerusalem (2004) - Consultant of DarAl-Aytam Complex Documentation and Restoration project.
Academic Visits
1977
Visit for 3 months to Research Centers in the field of
restoration in West Germany; invitation from German Academic Exchange
Service
1978
Visit for one month to the Department of History of Architecture and
Restoration at Aachen University
1982
Visiting Professor at the Department of Architecture, Mousil
University, IRAQ
1984
Visiting Professor at the Department of Islamic Architecture Umm-al-Qura
University, Saudi Arabia
1985
Visiting Professor at the Department of Islamic Architecture Umm-al-Qura
University, Saudi Arabia
1986
Visiting Professor, Department of History of Architecture
Harvard University (3 months)
1986
Visiting Professor, Beirut Arab University (1
month)
1988
Visiting Professor, Department of Archaeology, Tanta University, Egypt
1989-90
Visiting Professor, Department of Archaeology, Tanta University, Egypt
1990-91
Visiting Professor, Beirut Arab University (2 months)