Societies & Awards

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Egyptian Order of Engineers

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Egyptian Order of Architects

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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 - 2002)

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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.

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Board member of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA)

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Board member of the Cairo University Faculty of Archaeology Council

1981

Appreciation Award: "History of Architecture of the Arabs & the Muslims",
Kuwait Foundation for Scientific Development; State of Kuwait

1989

First Award: "Publishing in the field of Islamic Architecture",
Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities; Saudi Arabia

1989

Aga Khan Award for Architecture: "The Restoration of the Great Omari Mosque"; Sidon, Lebanon

1992

Award of the State of Kuwait: "Islamic Architecture",
Kuwait Foundation for Scientific Development; State of Kuwait

1992

Architects Award, Organization of Arab Towns; Doha, Qatar

1994

Award of Amin Madani: "Research in the History of the Arabian Peninsula"; Saudi Arabia

1999

Award for Architectural Documentation Studies for Historic Mosques: "Documentation and Restoration of Farag ibn Barquq in Cairo"; King Sa'ud University, Saudi Arabia

2004           

Aga Khan Award for Jerusalem: "Dar Al-Aytam Complex Documentation and Restoration Project"; Jerusalem

2005

The shield of the Arab Archaeologists Union for the works in restoration science in Egypt

2010

European Awards - Cultural joint project by EU Delegation and Dayra Foundation, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

2010

Hassan Fathy Award for Architecture, Gold Medal for architectural heritage preservation:
"Restoration of Wakalat Bazar’a"; Library of Alexandria; Egypt.
The award is co-organised by Alex Med and the Architecture Committee of the Egyptian
Supreme Council for Culture.

2011

Appreciation Medal in recognition of the services to conserve and preserve the cultural heritage in Egypt;
Supreme Council of Antiquities; Egypt

2014

Shield of the Hariri Foundation for sustainable heritage development; Beirut, Lebanon

2015

Association of Islamic Universities Appreciation Award

2018

International Federation of Architects Award for the African continent in the field of heritage preservation:
"Restoration project of Al-Azhar mosque"; Cairo, Egypt 

2018

International Gazzola Price
Icomos recognition of lifework in the field of heritage preservation

2019

Shield of Appreciation of the Center for Research and Studies; Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah; Saudi Arabia

2020

National Organization for Urban Harmony
Appreciation Prize for great efforts in conservation of the Arab heritage

2022

H.R.H. Prince Sultan bin Salman Life Achievement Award for urban heritage 

2024

Tribute of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists; Egypt

2024

Tribute of the Egyptian Urban Planning Association; Cairo, Egypt

2024

Tribute of the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University; Cairo, Egypt

1977

Visit to different Research Centers in the field of restoration in West Germany (3 months);
Invitation from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); Germany

1978

Visit to the Department of History of Architecture and Restoration at Aachen University (1 month);
Aachen, Germany

1982

Visiting Professor at the Department of Architecture, Mousil University (one month); Al-Mousil, Iraq

1984

Visiting Professor at the Department of Islamic Architecture Umm-al-Qura University (2 weeks); Mekka, Saudi Arabia

1985

Visiting Professor at the Department of Islamic Architecture Umm-al-Qura University (2 weeks); Mekka, Saudi Arabia

1986

Visiting Professor, Department of History of Architecture Harvard University (3 months); Boston, USA

1986

Visiting Professor, Beirut Arab University (1 month); Beirut, Lebanon

1988

Visiting Professor, Department of Archaeology, Tanta University; Tanta, Egypt

1989-90

Visiting Professor, Department of Archaeology, Tanta University; Tanta, Egypt

1990-91

Visiting Professor, Beirut Arab University (2 months); Beirut, Lebanon

1991

Visiting Professor, Restoration Research Centers of the State of Bavaria; Germany
Historic site visits and exploration of restoration methodologies
Invitation from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)