American Studies InstituteAin Sukhna, Egypt January 2005
Slideshow Eight:The Gayer-Anderson House
A Joint Project of Binational Fulbright Commission-Egypt
and
James Madison UniversityOffice of International Programs
Lee Sternberger, Principal Investigator
Project Directors Noha El Gindi (Fulbright)
Lorie Merrow (JMU)
JMU FacultyPhilip Bigler, Steve Reich
Elizabeth Chew (Monticello) Mark Facknitz, Howard Lubert
Fulbright AssistantsMariam
Laila HusseinJMU Student Assistant
Bareza Rasoul
A walk through Islamic Cairo
First stop,
The Gayer-Anderson House
A museum of two restored Muslim homes
And oriental artifacts collected by a British physician
A museum guide
opens a hidden door to
a small chamber where
women sat protected
behind a grillwork and
watching gatherings of
men below
The Women’s Room
View from the Women’s Room
Furniture and
other details
The homes
exhibited many
different styles of
decor
A bedroom ceiling
A folding chair
inlaid with ivory
A birthing chair with carved script from the Quran
A portrait of
Mohammed Ali
ca. 1850
A rooftop terrace with wooden grillwork, water jugs and other amenities
The view from the rooftop terrace
Overlooking the courtyard of the adjacent Ibn Tulun Mosque