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UNESCO to save New Qurna village in Luxor
Mohamed Sameh Amr, Egypt's ambassador to UNESCO, said the
organization is dispatching a team of experts to restore and maintain
the New Qurna village, which was built by renowned architect Hassan
Fathy in Luxor.
The village has a unique heritage value and reflects the grandeur
of Hassan Fathy’s architecture, which is taught in many universities
abroad.
It offers a global model as to how to build housing that
commensurates with the surrounding environmental conditions and gives
solutions to housing problems for low-income social classes.
Amr said part of the project will be financed by UNESCO’s Nuba Fund.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
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