Alst Wasila House

This house is located i the Al-Azhar area adjacet to Al-Hrawi House. It dates back to 1074 AH / AD 1664 AH (AH 11th / AD 17th cetury) by Abd al-Haq ad his brother Lotfi Mohammed Al-Kaai i the Ottoma era. It was restored withi the framework of the historical developmet project of Cairo ad was re-employed by the Cultural Developmet Fud as a Arabic poetry house. The etrace to the house overlooks the alleyway of the six aveues ad leads to the courtyard of the ope house, where architectural elemets are scattered aroud it. The groud floor cotais a group of storage rooms for the family ad a water well to serve the house. It is surrouded by a etrace leadig to the ” The souther side of the courtyard is occupied by a large amout of architectural ad decorative elemets represeted by the stable of horses o the groud floor ad the summer seat, which was opeed with wall walls to store the belogigs of the people of the house, topped by woode arches, Meh courtyard house called the documets “Mgaa wome”, ad the seat is decorated loft writte Baltzhab colorig tape record the verse chair ad the foudig text of the house, a juior seat extesio hall (sumptuous), especially wome. The decoratio of this seat is oe of the most beautiful decoratios remaiig i the seats of the Ottoma architecture i Cairo. It cosists of the gilded ad geometric decoratio of the woode woode ceilig ad the wall paitigs i the hall attached to the seat represetig the Prophet’s Mosque i Madiah ad the Holy Mosque i Makkah. The early ad uique appearace of this type of images i residetial buildigs i Cairo.