Unesco Heritage Site Haiku - Kasbah Of Algiers Poem by john tiong chunghoo

Unesco Heritage Site Haiku - Kasbah Of Algiers



Kasbah of Algiers
in this labyrinth of lanes
the history of algiers

kasbah of algiers
in all these lanes the confluence
of ancient powers

kasbah of Algiers
repository of the conquerors
and conquered

kasbah of algiers
a mishmash of turkish, arab and
mediterranean delights

Kasbah of Algiers
my legs take to the steps
of ancient conquerers

kasbah of algiers
i blend into the turkish, arab
and mediterranean fare


Kasbah of Algiers - The city combined the science of Turkish military architecture with Arab-Mediterranean architectural tradition.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
The Kasbah is a unique kind of medina, or Islamic city. It stands in one of the finest coastal sites on the Mediterranean, overlooking the islands where a Carthaginian trading-post was established in the 4th century BC. There are the remains of the citadel, old mosques and Ottoman-style palaces as well as the remains of a traditional urban structure associated with a deep-rooted sense of community.
website: http: //whc.unesco.org/en/list/565
The Kasbah preserves very interesting traditional Arab Mediterranean houses in which the ancestral Arab lifestyle and Muslim customs have blended with other architectural traditions.
It stands in one of the finest coastal sites on the Mediterranean, overlooking the islands where a Carthaginian trading-post was established in the 4th century BC. The Kasbah contains the remains of the citadel, old mosques and Ottoman-style palaces as well as the vestiges of a traditional urban structure associated with a deep-rooted sense of community.
The history of Algiers is even more complex and turbulent than that of the entire country. Located on the seashore, the site was inhabited from at least the 6th century BC, when a Phoenician trading post was established. Carthaginians, various Berber tribes, Romans, Byzantines and Arabs (beginning in the 7th century) took turns coveting and ultimately taking the city. Spain's expansionist policy also embraced Algeria and took advantage of weakness among local powers due to rivalries between the smaller Maghreb states that emerged from the Berber invasions.
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john tiong chunghoo

john tiong chunghoo

Sibu, Sarawak, Borneo East Malaysia
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