Usually representing spirits, ancestors or the primordial couple, these figures were placed in shrines and treated with great respect. Through a wide range of style, scale, belief and function the couples depicted share a timeless, serene equality necessary to the continuity of their societies.

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Hassan Fathy and The Architecture for the Poor: The Controversy of Success

© A Recent image of New Gourna Mosque, Circa 2007

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© Streets in Habous Quartier in Casablanca, Morocco

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© Le Corbusier’s domino house, a basic structure using concrete slabs and minimal support

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© Hassan Fathy Architecture for the Poor

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© Streets in Habous Quartier in Casablanca, Morocco Flickr

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© Streets in Habous Quartier in Casablanca, Morocco

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© Hassan Fathy Architecture for the Poor Market 02

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© A recent image of New Gourna, circa 2007_ Photo Louise AL

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© Hassan Fathy Architecture for the Poor 02

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© Hassan Fathy Architecture for the Poor Market

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© Hassan Fathy Architecture for the Poor Portrait

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© Hassan Fathy Architecture for the Poor Building

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© Pottery court stairs roof workshop, RWWAC, Architect Ramses Wissa Wassef, 1962. Photo 2

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© An Art Deco apartment building Ali Labib Gabr across from the Banque Misr Headquarters on Mohamed Farid St. Cairo

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© Pottery-court-stairs-roof-workshop.-RWWCA.-Architect-Ramses-Wissa-Wassef-1962.-Photo-by-Ikram-Nosshi-2011

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© A Recent image of New Gourna Mosque, Circa 2007

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© Streets in Habous Quartier in Casablanca, Morocco

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