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Karim set up his private practice in Cairo in 1939, launching a career that spanned over half a century. He designed iconic public and residential buildings in Cairo, including a proposal for The
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One of his main drivers was a question about 'what can a national style be in Egypt, and how to promote it. Karim has dealt with this question in an exhaustive and authentic way, calling on other disciplines such as sociology, psychology, but also the history of art and architecture, and holding
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Majallat al-'Imarah (also titled Emara, Alemara
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Largely the project of editor Sayyid Karim, Majallat al-Imarah presented contemporary architecture in pre-war and post-war Cairo. A near comprehensive collection is digitally held by
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In 1965, however, the Nasser regime put him under sequestration and house arrest – a move from which the architect never recovered, prematurely curbing his career.
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As an urban planner, Karim lamented the missed opportunity to rebuild Cairo according to modernist planning scheme that could have come if Cairo was damaged in
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