Drinking Water as a Message, article in Rivers of Paradise: Water in Islamic Art and Culture Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom, ed. , Yale University Press, 2009.
Wer soll Meister sein? Travelling Journeymen in Cairo, article in Who Travels Sees More:Artists, Architects and Archaeologists Discover Egypt and the Middle East Diane Fontenberry, ed. Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2007
Heliopolis: Rebirth of the City of the Sun, American University in Cairo Press, 2006 (with Jaroslaw Dobrowolski)
The Building Crafts of Cairo: A Living Tradition, American University in Cairo Press, 2005
Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha and his Sabil, American University in Cairo Press, 2004 (with Khaled Fahmy)
The Sultan’s Fountain: An Imperial story of Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam, American University in Cairo Press, 2011 (with Jaroslaw Dobrowolski)
Forthcoming The White Jewel of Cairo. Conservation of the Complex of Buldings of Nafisa al-Bayda in Cairo, ARCE Conservation Series, American University in Cairo Press
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