Felix Speller

1 week ago | admiddleeast.com | Aidan Imanova |Felix Speller

It is a thirty minute-or-so drive from the centre of Cairo to the family home of the Egyptian designer Tarek Shamma; the city’s electric energy – the cacophony of life pouring through its traffic-filled streets – is now behind us. The distance is enough to disconnect. Here the roads are darker, and after several days in one of the world’s most vibrant cities, a pleasing quiet begins to settle in. It is one of the things Shamma loves most about the location of the house.