Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Emeritus professor in History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS University of London, specialist in Islamic architecture and Cairo history with books including Cairo of the Mamluks and The Minarets of Cairo.
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Jul 5, 2024 • 43min
Cairo
Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Emeritus professor of Islamic art and Cairo history, guides listeners through Cairo's layered past. She traces its rise from Fustat to Fatimid and Mamluk capitals. Short stops highlight surviving monuments, medieval skylines, hidden sites and street food tips. The conversation also touches on modernizing 19th-century reforms and surprising lost infrastructure.
