Beit El Suheimi is a complex of two homes built in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thanks to Cairo’s prime location on the trade route, many of the city’s residents lived in elegant homes, and Beit El Suheimi is considered one of the finest remaining examples of merchant homes.
The complex had long fallen to ruins with walls crumbling and wooden screens broken apart. For years, Beit El Suheimi sat in its dilapidated state, unused and unappreciated. However, a painstaking 1990s project to restore the historic site to its original state proved not only beneficial for the building; but for the entire neighbourhood as well
Most of the work presented here is inspired by ASSl WA WASSL (An Egyptian non profit firm that envision that a firmly rooted awareness of our shared common human history will inspire humans to work together for the well being of humankind)
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