Tarek Swelim

Tarek Swelim ( Arabic طارق ﺳﻮﻳﻠﻢ Tārek Swēlim ) is an Egyptian art historian and photographer . He is the son of the archaeologist Nabil Swelim .

life and work

In 1979 Tarek first studied tour guidance and Egyptology at the Helwan University . In 1986 he began studying Islamic art and architecture at the American University in Cairo . He received his PhD in Islamic Art and Architecture from Harvard University in 1994.

In 1985/86 he supported his father in researching the Lepsius I pyramid , primarily through his photography. He earns his living mainly as a travel guide in Jordan , Lebanon , Yemen , Oman , Arab Gulf States and Libya .

Fonts

• The Mosque of Ibn Tulun - As a Misunderstood Building , The Netherlands Institute, Cairo 2004
• The Minaret of Ibn Tulun: Reconsidered in Cairo Heritage In Honor Of Laila Ali Ibrahim edited by Doris Behrens-Abouseif, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo 2000.
• The Mosque of Ibn Tulun: A New Perspective. , Harvard University, Cambridge, 1994.
• An Interpretation of the Mosque of Sinan Pasha in Cairo , in: Muqarnas X, Leiden 1993.
• Article Antinopolis in the Encyclopedia Of The Archeology Of Ancient Egypt edited by Kathryn Bard, London and New York 1999. [1]
• The Mosque of Ibn Tulun in Cairo in Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah 8, Kuwait 1997.

Web links

• Tarek Swelim
• Tarek Swelim: Publications