Islamic Art - The Barakat Trust

Secret Geometry with Wael Sabry and Seif El Rashidi

Asia House Arts and Learning Season 4 Episode 3

Join Wael Sabry on his quest to save the ancient craft of Kundekari - complex wooden geometry. Sabry is  tracking down the few remaining master carpenters in Turkey and Egypt, trying to learn their carefully-guarded  secrets, hidden even from father to son.  Discover how he is using technology to save this remarkable craft from disappearance and inventing  new machinery that might give this craft a new life.