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Atom Bombs and Earthquakes: Changing Arabian Culture Via Architecture

Atom Bombs and Earthquakes: Changing Arabian Culture Via Architecture

T.H. Shalaby maps out and questions architectural planning in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By T.H. Shalaby
Stitching Baluchestan: Embroidery as Topography

Stitching Baluchestan: Embroidery as Topography

Contemporary artist Bibi Manavi's research into the iconic fashion designs of Mehremonir Jahanbani led her to the farthest...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Bibi Manavi
Interview: Oorvi Sharma, Architectural Researcher and Designer

Interview: Oorvi Sharma, Architectural Researcher and Designer

Rabi Georges reviews and interviews innovative architect Oorvi Sharma in Abu Dhabi.

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Rabi Georges
Experimental Saharanism: Exploiting Desert Environments

Experimental Saharanism: Exploiting Desert Environments

Brahim El Guabli urges us to studying deserts to push our thinking beyond ordinary notions of space and...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
The Bridge to Nowhere

The Bridge to Nowhere

Youssef H. Alshammari has composed a meditation on the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway in Kuwait — one...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Yousef H. Alshammari
The Floods of Derna: Historical Parallels to Libya’s Crisis

The Floods of Derna: Historical Parallels to Libya’s Crisis

Lama Elsharif finds that Derna’s harrowing flood proves a surprising catalyst for unity in a nation scarred by...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Lama Elsharif
Sustainability: Rethinking the City in the United Arab Emirates

Sustainability: Rethinking the City in the United Arab Emirates

Rana Asfour on the UAE's intervention solutions for energy-efficient, sustainable buildings rooted in the city.

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Rebuilding After the Quake: a Walk Down Memory Lane in Southeast Anatolia

Rebuilding After the Quake: a Walk Down Memory Lane in Southeast Anatolia

Sevinç Unal relives her memories as she surveys the region of her family and childhood in southeastern Anatolia...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Sevinç Ünal
On Fathers, Daughters and the Genocide in Gaza 

On Fathers, Daughters and the Genocide in Gaza 

The war on Gaza and Hamas reminds Palestinian American poet Deema K. Shehabi of her father and stories...

30 OCTOBER 2023 • By Deema K Shehabi
The Ongoing Nakba—Rasha Al-Jundi’s Embroidery Series

The Ongoing Nakba—Rasha Al-Jundi’s Embroidery Series

Exile retold through embroidered Palestinian stories, by documentary photographer and visual storyteller Rasha Al Jundi.

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Rasha Al Jundi
Vera Tamari’s Lifetime of Palestinian Art

Vera Tamari’s Lifetime of Palestinian Art

Taline Voskeritchian extolls a Palestinian's lifetime commitment to art as a powerful testament to human resilience.

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Taline Voskeritchian
In Praise of Khaled Khalifa—Friend, Artist, Humanist

In Praise of Khaled Khalifa—Friend, Artist, Humanist

Robin Yassin-Kassab pays tribute to late Syrian writer and humanist Khaled Khalifa, who died at the age of...

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Robin Yassin-Kassab
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