Xenia Nikolskaya: Cairo's Forgotten Architecture · كسينيا نيكولسكايا: عمارة القاهرة المنسية

from Orient Expressed · host Emmy Plaschy

This episode explores Cairo’s disappearing architecture through the lens of award-winning photographer Xenia Nikolskaya, whose long-term project documents Egypt’s overlooked heritage.We discuss photography as a tool for memory, the journey to becoming a photographer, and how artists record cultural change in contemporary Cairo.Watch the full filmed conversation on YouTube.📚 CHAPTERS00:00 Intro · مقدمة00:50 Who is Xenia Nikolskaya? · من هي كسينيا نيكولسكايا؟01:30 Starting photography · بداياتها في مجال التصوير الفوتوغرافي05:00 Coming to Egypt · وصول إلى مصر06:30 Her book "Dust: Egypt's Forgotten Architecture" · "كتابها "غبار: العمارة المنسية في مصر09:09 Villa Casdagli: a challenge · فيلا كازداغلي: موقع يشكّل تحدّيا للتصوير10:13 Photography, all about social skills · التصوير الفوتوغرافي والمهارات الاجتماعية11:46 Why document heritage? · لماذا يُعد توثيق التراث أمرا ضروريا؟12:59 Maria Golia: Photography in Egypt · ماريا غوليا والتصوير الفوتوغرافي في مصر13:49 AI and art: good or bad? · الذكاء الاصطناعي والفن بين الإيجابيات والسلبيات15:05 How to become an artist? · كيف يمكن للمرء أن يصبح فنانا؟18:12 What it takes to be an artist · متطلبات أن يكون الإنسان فنانا18:48 Ongoing project: "Plastic Jesus" · "مشروع مستمر بعنوان "يسوع البلاستيك😎 GUEST Xenia Nikolskaya is a Russian-Swedish photographer, curator and educator, based in Cairo. She currently teaches photography at German University in Cairo. Xenia took part in more than 40 international exhibitions, 20 of them solo shows. She is the author of "Dust: Egypt’s Forgotten Architecture", a project spanning 2006 to 2022 that covers 30 locations and documents Egypt’s fading and forgotten architecture.🔎 FIND OUT MORE Instagram: @xenia_nikolskaya_photography👁️ ABOUT Orient Expressed Orient Expressed is produced by Emmy Plaschy, to bring a new perspective and build bridges between the worlds of Europe and SWANA – with a focus on art, culture, and growth.Season 2, Episode 2Produced by: Emmy PlaschyShot at: AUC Press

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