NOTE ON THE RESTORATION OF FIVE EGYPTIAN MOSQUES
(Ar) ملاحظات على ترميم خمسة مساجد مصرية يناقش هذا البحث الخسارة الثقافية لخمسة مساجد مصرية في أقاليم مصر نتيجة عمليات الترميم بها يضم البحث السجلات التاريخية المختلفة التي وصفت أهمية تلك المساجد وكيف أن الترميم الحديث قضى على الكثير من تفاصيلها التاريخية. يوضح البحث من وجهة نظر ادارة التراث غياب...
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ملاحظات على ترميم خمسة مساجد مصرية
يناقش هذا البحث الخسارة الثقافية لخمسة مساجد مصرية في أقاليم مصر نتيجة عمليات الترميم بها يضم البحث السجلات التاريخية المختلفة التي وصفت أهمية تلك المساجد وكيف أن الترميم الحديث قضى على الكثير من تفاصيلها التاريخية. يوضح البحث من وجهة نظر ادارة التراث غياب التنسيق بين وزارة الأوقاف ووزارة الآثار والسياحة لعمليات الترميم التي تتم للتجديد وليس للترميم بهذه المساجد التاريخية، هذا لا يؤثر فقط على التراث الإسلامي لريف مصر، بل يؤثر أيضًا على النسيج العمراني حول تلك المساجد. تناقش هذه الورقة مساجد المتولي في جرجا، قمن
.العروس في بني سويف، المحلي وزغلول في رشيد
(En) This paper discusses the cultural loss of five Egyptian mosques in Egypt due to their renovation. While illicit digging, encroachment, and real estate unplanned development has damaged ancient Egyptian heritage, in particular in the last eleven years, Egypt has a long history of faulty restorations of Islamic monuments, which include demolition, wholesome reconstruction, and unhistorical additions. Few of the original early Islamic monuments survive today, the oldest being the Nilometer on Rawḍa Island (869 AD), which dates to two hundred years after the Arab conquest of Egypt. Interventions in the capital Cairo are often subjected to media coverage and the scrutiny of the public, but in the provinces, violations are widespread and many botched restorations go virtually unnoticed. This paper discusses five Egyptian provincial mosques whose more or less recent restoration has had catastrophic results on the original buildings: al-Mitwally mosque in Čirǧā (Sūhaǧ), Qimn al-ʿArūs mosque (Bāni Sūayf), Zaġhlūl and al-Maḥally mosques in Rāšid (Baḥayra), al-‘Amry mosque in Dumiyāt. The paper will briefly describe the appearance of these buildings, discuss their history based on the few primary (including historical photographs and accounts) and secondary sources (literature in English and Arabic), and report on an eyewitness survey of their current state carried out between 2018 and 2020, after restorations that have wiped away many of their intricate historic details. The lack of coordination between the Ministry of Endowments and the Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism has resulted in renovation instead of restoration for these mosques. This does not only affect the Islamic heritage of rural Egypt, but the urban fabric around those mosques accordingly. In the conclusions, the author proposes a way forward to overcome problems in the coordination and execution of restoration works and guarantee the functionality of the buildings for the communities they serve without damaging their historical features. First, the author proposes an implemented code as an addendum to the antiquities law that is enforced on all companies working in conservation. Secondarily, workshops carried out by various academic boards and the Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism should discuss the concept of authenticity and how this should codify all future heritage practices.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ff1740566fe4c9c807a8c425f806c1c2023-02-26T13:33:22ZengThe General Union of Arab ArchaeologistsJournal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists2537-026X2537-02782021-06-0162212232 10.21608/JGUAA2.2021.58863.1049 NOTE ON THE RESTORATION OF FIVE EGYPTIAN MOSQUESMonica Hanna0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2521-8172Acting Dean, College of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt (Ar) ملاحظات على ترميم خمسة مساجد مصرية يناقش هذا البحث الخسارة الثقافية لخمسة مساجد مصرية في أقاليم مصر نتيجة عمليات الترميم بها يضم البحث السجلات التاريخية المختلفة التي وصفت أهمية تلك المساجد وكيف أن الترميم الحديث قضى على الكثير من تفاصيلها التاريخية. يوضح البحث من وجهة نظر ادارة التراث غياب التنسيق بين وزارة الأوقاف ووزارة الآثار والسياحة لعمليات الترميم التي تتم للتجديد وليس للترميم بهذه المساجد التاريخية، هذا لا يؤثر فقط على التراث الإسلامي لريف مصر، بل يؤثر أيضًا على النسيج العمراني حول تلك المساجد. تناقش هذه الورقة مساجد المتولي في جرجا، قمن .العروس في بني سويف، المحلي وزغلول في رشيد (En) This paper discusses the cultural loss of five Egyptian mosques in Egypt due to their renovation. While illicit digging, encroachment, and real estate unplanned development has damaged ancient Egyptian heritage, in particular in the last eleven years, Egypt has a long history of faulty restorations of Islamic monuments, which include demolition, wholesome reconstruction, and unhistorical additions. Few of the original early Islamic monuments survive today, the oldest being the Nilometer on Rawḍa Island (869 AD), which dates to two hundred years after the Arab conquest of Egypt. Interventions in the capital Cairo are often subjected to media coverage and the scrutiny of the public, but in the provinces, violations are widespread and many botched restorations go virtually unnoticed. This paper discusses five Egyptian provincial mosques whose more or less recent restoration has had catastrophic results on the original buildings: al-Mitwally mosque in Čirǧā (Sūhaǧ), Qimn al-ʿArūs mosque (Bāni Sūayf), Zaġhlūl and al-Maḥally mosques in Rāšid (Baḥayra), al-‘Amry mosque in Dumiyāt. The paper will briefly describe the appearance of these buildings, discuss their history based on the few primary (including historical photographs and accounts) and secondary sources (literature in English and Arabic), and report on an eyewitness survey of their current state carried out between 2018 and 2020, after restorations that have wiped away many of their intricate historic details. The lack of coordination between the Ministry of Endowments and the Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism has resulted in renovation instead of restoration for these mosques. This does not only affect the Islamic heritage of rural Egypt, but the urban fabric around those mosques accordingly. In the conclusions, the author proposes a way forward to overcome problems in the coordination and execution of restoration works and guarantee the functionality of the buildings for the communities they serve without damaging their historical features. First, the author proposes an implemented code as an addendum to the antiquities law that is enforced on all companies working in conservation. Secondarily, workshops carried out by various academic boards and the Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism should discuss the concept of authenticity and how this should codify all future heritage practices. https://jguaa2.journals.ekb.eg/article_157479_e5204c5b2d58a859c57d3e80a7f5acc6.pdfislamic heritagerestorationmosquesrāšidčirǧādumiyāt |
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| title_sort | note on the restoration of five egyptian mosques |
| topic | islamic heritage restoration mosques rāšid čirǧā dumiyāt |
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