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Description
Property Name: The house of Hussein Rifai
Inventory No: 966-8-2
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2010-05-22
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province : Jazan
Town: Farasan
Geographic coordinates: 21°16’8.35″N 40°23’58.10″E
Historic Period: Late Ottoman
Year of Construction: 1920s
Style: Red Sea Coast
Original Use: House/Palace
Current Use: Museum
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The House of Hussein Rifai is currently owned by the family of Rifai, on Firsan Island in the Jazan region. This historic house consists of a large main gate, characterized by its unique decorations and influenced by exquisite Islamic art. There is a sitting area which showcases Arabic calligraphy, beautiful inscriptions and symmetrical shelves.
Selection Criteria
ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
State of Preservation
Restored
References
Commission of Tourism and Heritage