S6E5: The Shrines of Alexandria’s Lake Maryut region, with Ismael Awad
From Islamic Art - The Barakat Trust by The Barakat Trust
May 25, 2026 · 30 min · Season 6 · Episode 5
About this episode
The episode discusses the cultural heritage and shrines of the Lake Maryut region near Alexandria.
On the periphery of Alexandria in the surrounding countryside is the Lake Maryut region, a vast expanse of flat agricultural land that used to be Lake Maryut, now just 18% of its earlier size. The lake separated the city of Alexandria from the rest of the country further south. Yet despite the shrinking of the lake and integration of the rural hinterland with the city during the 20th century the countryside and the cultural heritage that it contains remains under appreciated in Alexandria, as...
People in this episode
Guest: Ismael Awad
Topics covered
- cultural heritage
- Alexandria
- Lake Maryut
- agricultural land
- shrines
Keywords
- Alexandria
- Lake Maryut
- cultural heritage
- shrines
- agriculture
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Alexandria, Lake Maryut
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