Cairene green

Been reading about the new Al-Azhar park in Cairo, built by the Aga Khan trust. It's in the old city, near Azhar and the Citadel, and is built on what was most recently a trash dump on the even older site of a medieval fortification against the Crusaders. They cleared out all the garbage and uncovered the historical wall. This may sound like a remarkable story to anyone unfamiliar with Egypt, but for anyone who's spent some time there, it's not especially surprising. Hopes are high for this new green space; folks are hoping it will lead to a revitalization of the neighborhood. I do recall reading a critical design review in the NYTimes, however; the article suggested that the designers of the park had squandered an opportunity to put forth a new Islamic architectural vision that could point to a way past the Islamic/Western divide. Not having seen it myself, I'll reserve judgement, but I'd love to get to see it while it's still new. Who knows how long it will be before the social realties of urban Cairene culture transform it into something else?