Citizen Participation in Historic Cairo (CPHC)
Figure 1 Aerial view of part of the Study Area. © Daniele Pini
b) Al-Khalifa Street Area: Al-Khalifa Street Area is the focus of the component of the Management Guidelines for Heritage Sites – applied to the neighbourhood of al-Khalifa. This corresponds to the Athar Lina 1 action area, located to the south-east of Historic Cairo within the Study Area mentioned above. From the north, al-Saliba Street borders the area, from the east Darb al-Husr Street, from the south al-Sayyida Nafisa Square and from the west the Mosque of Ibn Tulun. Since 2012, Athar Lina Initiative has operated along the following three main lines of action: 1. Conserve and rehabilitate monuments and historic buildings to turn them into a community resource. 2. Establish and strengthen ties between the community - particularly women, children and youth - and their neighbourhood’s heritage 3. Link heritage to economic and social development through an integrated approach that enhances and improves quality of life in the historic city.
Athar Lina Initiative operates within the framework of a partnership between a number of governmental and non-governmental entities – principal partners being The Built Environment Collective and Megawra in collaboration with Cairo Governorate and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
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