Paid internship opportunity for ERTH: Athar Lina Climate and Heritage Project

ERTH- A project focused on integrated solutions for climate change impact on heritage buildings through conservation, training and community participation invites students and young professional architects and conservators to apply to its annual paid internship.

The internships will be in the following fields:

• Conservation – conservation training at the domes of Yahya al-Shabih and Safiyy al-Din Jawhar.

• Groundwater solutions and reuse – research and design for pilot interventions that will be implemented in conservation sites affected by groundwater.

• Community outreach – designing and conducting outreach awareness on heritage and climate change targeting the communities surrounding the domes conserved by the project.

Participants are encouraged to select the area that best fits their interest and skills when applying. Residents of Historic Cairo are encouraged to apply and will be given first priority.

Duration: 2 months (June+July OR August+September)

The first round will begin on June 13th. The second round starts in August, interested applicants should fill the application form linked below before June 8th: https://shorturl.at/BDNOP

For more on ERTH: https://atharlina.com/…/erth-athar-lina-heritage-and…/

ERTH is run by Megawra’s Athar Lina Initiative under the supervision of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities with funding from the British Council’s #CulturalProtectionFund, in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

May al-Ibrashy selected as a finalist for the DIVIA Award

From 27 nominees, May al-Ibrashy has been selected amongst five finalists for the DIVIA Award 2023. The Diversity in Architecture divia award aims to promote the visibility of women in the international architecture industry.

The five finalists are: Tosin Oshinowo (Nigeria), May al-Ibrashy (Egypt), Marta Maccaglia (Peru), Noella Nibakuze (Rwanda), and Katherine Clarke and Liza Fior (UK).

For more information on the award and the finalists visit: https://diversityinarchitecture.de/

New blogpost by May al-Ibrashy on the Tahayyuz blog

Al-Khalifa Urban Dreams films win in the the Golden Cubes Awards!

We’re delighted to share the news of al-Khalifa Urban Dreams film series winning the Audio-Visual Media category in the the Golden Cubes Awards!

Congratulations to all the hardworking young filmmakers and to many more achievements!

To watch al-Khalifa Urban Dreams films: https://shorturl.at/tMPS0

More on the competition and award: https://shorturl.at/mrtwz

The filmmaking project is in partnership with international place-making filmmakers Jessica Jacobs Film Geographies and Vitor Hugo Costa Metafilmes and in collaboration with Nature Conservation Egypt (NCE)and is funded by Landscapes of Hope.

The fifth edition of the Golden Cubes Awards is organised by the UIA Architecture and Children Work Programme.

ERTH – Athar Line Heritage and Climate Project

More about the project: https://shorturl.at/cGHT9