Fishawi, Jeddah

I took the bus down to Al Balad today. The Arab News has an opinion piece today by Abeer Mishkhas entitled, "It is High Time We Thought of a Plan to Save Jeddah's Old Buildings."
Sami Nawar, the man in charge of the historic district. She says he refuses outright to knock down old houses. I think that is rather good. But she thinks there should be a plan to merge the new with the modern.

At any rate that is what is happening. It just needs to be appreciated.

Another article in the same Arab News today talks about the Prince Sultan bin Salman, sec-gen of Supreme Council for Tourism's Awards: Architectural heritage projects, urban heritage research, and conservation fo urban heritage projects. The King Abdul
Aziz historical Center in Riyadh was given the first award, Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Kaky, the second for his study of Madina, and the Village of Rujal Amaa, near the Souda Park, near Abha the third. Fatimah Abu Ghass--a leading craftswoman in plaster carving did the interior of the Museum in Rujal Amaa.