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Workshop agenda

Manzil al-Sadat al-Wafa’iyya: One place, several perspectives

Institut français d’archéologie orientale (Ifao)

28 May 2022

9:00 Meeting at Ifao, Coffee and tea

9:30 - 9:45 Welcome and Introduction

Prof. Abbès Zouache, Director of Studies, Institut français d’archéologie orientale

Prof. Mercedes Volait, Research Professor, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)  

Dr. Dina Bakhoum, Independent Scholar specializing in cultural heritage conservation and management

 

9:45 - 11:15 Session 1

• Prof. Richard McGregor, Professor of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University
  • “The Sadat al-Wafa’iyya – Performing Sufism in the Cairo Cityscape”
• Dr. Nayri Hampikian, Manager of Hampikian for Architecture and Heritage Management
  • “Qa‘at Umm al-Afrah in Bayt al-Sadat”

Discussants:

Prof. Giuseppe Cecere, Associate Professor, Arabic Studies, University of Bologna

& Prof. Mercedes Volait

11:15 - 11:30 Break

11:30-13:00 Session 2

• Mrs. Norhan Adel, Assistant Lecturer at Misr International University, Department of Architecture; Master of Arts, Islamic Art and Architecture, The American University in Cairo
  • “Reconstructing the house of Shaykh al-Sadat al-Wafa’iyya through the waqfiyyas of Shaykh Abu’l-Anwar: challenges and opportunities”
• Prof. Mercedes Volait
  • “A late refurbishment of Manzil al-Sadat al-Wafa’iyya after 1868”

Discussants: Prof. Giuseppe Cecere & Dr. Dina Bakhoum

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

15:00 Visit of manzil al-Sadat al-Wafa’iyya