Ahmad AL-Bindari is an architectural historian and photographer of modern Cairo. His work also coversthe documentation of the architectural heritage of modern Egypt (19th and 20th Centuries). His work comprises archival research on various aspects relating to culture and social history. He was in charge of cataloguing the archives of Khedive Abbas Hilmi II, on deposit with the Special Collection Library, University of Durham, United Kingdom. The archives hold the documents that cover the period corresponding to the reign of Abbas Hilmi II in Egypt from 1892-1914 and until his death in Geneva in 1944. He is also specialised in organising architectural walking tours in Cairo. He has contributed to many publications relating to modern architecture in Cairo.