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Al-Amiriya () is a 16th-century
Retrieved 2009-03-25. It was built in 1504 and is an example of the architecture of Tahirids, Yemen. The monument was in poor condition until 1978 when Iraqi-born archaeologist
Qudad, Re-inventing a Tradition
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The restoration of the Amiriya Complex was awarded the Aga Khan Award website
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* Qadad
Al-Amiriya () is a 16th-century madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
(educational institution) located in Rada
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the S ...
, Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...
. It is under consideration for inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...
.The Madrasa Amiriya of Rada - UNESCO World Heritage CentreRetrieved 2009-03-25. It was built in 1504 and is an example of the architecture of Tahirids, Yemen. The monument was in poor condition until 1978 when Iraqi-born archaeologist
Selma Al-Radi
Selma Al-Radi () (July 23, 1939 – October 7, 2010) was an Iraqi archaeologist who began and led the over twenty-year restoration of the Amiriya Madrasa, which is under consideration as a UNESCO World Heritage Site."Selma Al-Radi, Restored His ...
saw it and enlisted financial help from foreign missions to restore it in a more than twenty-year effort which she led.
Significance
This site was added to theUNESCO
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World Heritage
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Tentative List on July 8, 2002, in the Cultural category.
The restoration process revived the art of qadad, a form of waterproof interior and exterior plastering. In 2004 a documentary film, Qudad, Re-inventing a Tradition
', was made on the subject by the filmmaker Caterina Borelli
preview
.
The restoration of the Amiriya Complex was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies in the field ...
in 2007./ref>
See also
* Qadad
References
Bibliography
* Al-Radi, S.; Barnes, R.; Al-Nasiri, Y.; Porter, V.; Hillenbrand, R. (1997). ''The 'Amiriya in Rada' : the history and restoration of a sixteenth-century madrasa in the Yemen''. Title of Series: Oxford studies in Islamic art; 13. Oxford: Oxford University Press, for the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. {{Tourist attractions in Yemen Buildings and structures completed in 1504 Madrasas in Yemen Educational institutions established in the 1500s