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31 May, 2024 • Nadine Aranki

What Is Home?—Gazans Redefine Place Amid Displacement

Continuously displaced Palestinians redefine "home" in Osama Kahlout’s surprising photographs from the war on Gaza.

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3 May, 2024 • Mohamed Gohar

A Proustian Alexandria

Claiming a past that never existed previously in the city, nostalgia overwhelms the inhabitants of Alexandria, writes Mohamed Gohar.

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25 December, 2023 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Meditations on Occupation, Architecture, Urbicide

In Gaza, the rubble and ruin must remain in full view not only as evidence of war crimes, but as living testimonies of shattered lives.

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3 December, 2023 • Naima Morelli

Demolition and Recreation in Benghazi: Interview with Sarri Elfaitouri

Sarri Elfaitouri on urbanism, social reforms, and the legacy of colonialism in Libya after the March 2023 demolition of the city's center.

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5 November, 2023 • T.H. Shalaby

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.

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5 November, 2023 • Rabi Georges

Interview: Oorvi Sharma, Architectural Researcher and Designer

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

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5 November, 2023 • Mischa Geracoulis

Ammar Khammash’s Sustainable Architecture

Mischa Geracoulis reviews a lavish coffeetable book that examines the sustainable building practice of Jordanian architect Ammar Khammash.

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4 June, 2023 • Safae Daoudi

Olafur Eliasson’s Curious Desert Contrasts Qatar and Iceland

Safae Daoudi takes in the scope of Scandinavian artist Olafur Eliasson's Curious Desert exhibition in Doha.

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24 January, 2022 • Yahia Dabbous

Mapping an Escape from Cairo’s Hyperreality through informal Instagram archives

Even as the despotic rulers of post-revolution Egypt attempt to remake greater Cairo, hoping to gloss over the regime's dismal human rights record, one writer sees through the smoke and mirrors.

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14 July, 2021 • Hadani Ditmars

Review: Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope

Hadani Ditmars reviews the new tome from Terreform and AUC Press that gives Gazans hope for a better future, if they can build it.

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