Megawra Papers

In 2020, and in an effort to structure the process of knowledge sharing and exchange, Megawra-BEC started producing its occasional series, Megawra Papers. Through this series of publications, which are shared online and through a limited print, Megawra-BEC shares the outputs of its place-based applied research in Cairo. It is envisioned that researchers and practitioners will also be commissioned to write for this series on topics related to the built environment. Through Megawra Papers, Megawra-BEC has published the results of its conservation and management study of al-Khalifa Street area, a guide to legal parameters for interventions in the built environment of Historic Cairo, and a study of the specifics of the street elements of al-Khalifa Street.

01 – Citizen Participation in Historic Cairo (in Arabic and English)

02 – Conservation and Management Plan Al-Khalifa Street Area (in English)

03 – Historic Cairo Intervention Toolkit (in Arabic only)

04 – Glossary of the Street (in Arabic and English)

05 – Athar Lina Toolkit for Groundwater Solutions in Historic Settings (4 Sections)

• Introduction
• Rapid Assessment
• Decision-making Methodologies
• Treatment and Reuse of Water