Seif El Rashidi is an architectural historian whose work involves the preservation and regeneration of historic cities, as well as the development and management of heritage engagement projects. He is currently the director of the Barakat Trust and the Project Manager for the Institute of Historical Research’s Layers of London Project. He also is on the advisory board of the British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund and a member of the Fabric Advisory Committee of Chichester Cathedral.

He was previously the Magna Carta Programme Manager for Salisbury Cathedral (2015-2016), the coordinator of Durham World Heritage Site (2008-2014) and a historian and planner for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s Darb al-Ahmar Revitalisation Project in Cairo (1997-2008). He also previously worked for Ahmad Hamid Architects (1995-1997).

Seif El Rashidi has degrees in economics and the history of Islamic art and architecture from the American University in Cairo, as well as a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science in urban regeneration.

He recently co-authored The Tentmakers of Cairo: Egypt’s Medieval and Modern Applique Craft (2018). 

Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture