Aga Khan Trust for Culture: 14th century Cairo mosque restored to glory

Developers unveiled the restoration of a 650-year-old mosque in Cairo’s old city, part of an effort to revitalize the impoverished district and boost tourism to the country’s treasure trove of Islamic sites. The three-year, $1.4 million project restored the Aslam al-Silahdar Mosque, built in
who rose to the position of “silahdar,” or “swordbearer” for Sultan al-Nasir [...]

Preserving cultural treasures in Afghanistan

The restoration work in the Afghan city of Herat is progressing, partly thanks to assistance from Germany. Most recently, experts restored a gate in the world-famous citadel while, at the same time, a workshop for the conservation and restoration of valuable museum objects was opened.
Herat National Museum
The citadel is currently being converted into a cultural [...]

Aga Khan Trust for Culture: Restoring Afghanistan

Afghanistan is not quite ready for tourists. But when it is they will stand here, at the edge of Kabul’s Old City, preparing to explore the area of a couple of square miles known as Asheqan wa Arefan. Though from a distance Asheqan wa Arefan looks downtrodden, on closer inspection it contains many lovely 18th- [...]

AKTC: MCD school does a U-turn, NGO helps

NEW DELHI-Shahdaan loves going to school these days. His classroom has recently been jazzed up with multi-coloured chairs and tables, besides a new blackboard. He joined the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) school for girls and boys in Nizamuddin basti in July. And the school saw many new enrolments like him from the basti area [...]

Aga Khan Trust for Culture: Afghanistan Newsletter 2009

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Aga Khan Trust for Culture: At Humayun’s tomb, weight is off

NEW DELHI: In a unique initiative to restore the architectural integrity and historical significance of the 17th century Humayun’s Tomb, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) have removed a thick layer of cement concrete from the mausoleum’s roof that was putting a pressure of about 10 lakh kg [...]