Traditional places of historic Jeddah are facing new changes and may be replaced by modern concepts. Two artists, Sarah Abudawood and Samir Nicolas Saddi offer their interpretation of “Old Jeddah”, as they are both directly implicated.
As an Architect and photographer, Samir Saddi spent two years shooting the architecture of Al Balad between 1994 and 1996 and has a record of more than 1500 images of this unique heritage. “It is important not only to preserve and sustain Al Balad as part of the UNESCO World Heritage but most importantly to regenerate its urban fabric and research its wealth of architectural solutions to the climate and context of a historic city in hot-humid zone”.