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NPR's 'Here and Now' Interviews Jadaliyya Co-Editor Rosie Bsheer About...
In this interview with NPR's Here and Now, Jadaliyya Co-Editor Rosie Bsheer discusses urban redevelopment in Mecca following the tragic stampede that killed over 700 pilgrims in Mecca on 24 September...
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TandemWorks Launches its Rehabilitation Scheme of Beirut River
The founders of TandemWorks, Mayssa and Alia Badawi, are pleased to announce their inaugural project, Hammoud Badawi, in collaboration with theOtherDada (tOD) Integrated Architecture Lab, the Lebanese...
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LCPS Interviews Jadaliyya Co-Editor Ziad Abu-Rish on Electricity in Early...
In the following interview with the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), Jadaliyya Co-Editor Ziad Abu-Rish discusses the history of electricty in Beirut during the early independence period, and...
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مدن الحداثة
كان أدب الحداثة التجريبي، الذي ظهر في السنوات الأخيرة من القرن التاسع عشر، وتطور في القرن العشرين، فنَّ مدنٍ. كان فنَّ المدن ذات اللغات المتعددة، التي تميّزت بنشاط مكثّف، وحظيتْ بشهرة عالمية كمراكز...
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Whitewashing Colonialism
Sharon Rotbard, White City, Black City: Architecture and War in Tel Aviv and Jaffa. Translated from Hebrew by Orin Gat. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2015.As the “enlightened public” and guests from...
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A Spatial History of a Main Baghdadi Street
“The sidewalk was like a mirror Now, a sanitation worker collects the bodies of dead people […] My memories died yesterday But a tree smiling in Abu Nuwas has enlivened them” – Iraqi poet Fadhil Abbas....
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ICRC Report: Urban Services During Protracted Armed Conflict
This report seeks to stimulate a much-needed discussion on developing a better approach to assisting people in urban areas that have been affected by protracted armed conflict. Currently, some fifty...
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الإسكندرية كمان وكمان
يذكّر اسم مدينة الإسكندرية المصرية خارج الشرق الأوسط بصور منارة المدينة، التي هي إحدى عجائب العالم القديم السبع، أو بمكتبة الإسكندرية القديمة. وترمز كلٌّ من المنارة والمكتبة إلى عصر ذهبيٍّ للثقافة...
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New Texts Out Now: Robert Saliba, Urban Design in the Arab World:...
Robert Saliba, editor, Urban Design in the Arab World: Reconceptualizing Boundaries. London: Ashgate, 2015.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Robert Saliba (RS): The idea for this book was...
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Cities Media Roundup (October 2015)
[This is a monthly roundup of news articles, and other materials related to urban issues in the region, and beyond. It does not reflect the views of the Cities Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
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Seminaire doctoral: Societes urbaines mediteraneennes: Histoire et anthropologie
L’Institut interdisciplinaire d’anthropologie du contemporain/Laboratoire d’anthropologie urbaine (IIAC/LAU) et le Centre de recherche Europes-Eurasie de l’Institut nationale des langues et...
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Seminaire: Mais que veut donc le peuple?
Ce séminaire est organisé par Habib Ayeb (Université Paris 8), François Ireton (CNRS) et Vincent Battesti (CNRS). Il aura lieu deux fois par mois le mercredi de 15h à 18h à l’Université de Paris 8...
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Dalieh’s Civil Campaign’s Open Ideas Competition: Jury Report
The jury held its official deliberation on Saturday 30 May 2015 at the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut.The jury members included Jad Chaaban (AUB); Habib Debs (URBI); Marwan...
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Dalieh’s Civil Campaign’s Open Competition: Results
When we started working on the ''Revisiting Dalieh'' competition about a year ago, our goal was to involve the largest number of people in shaping visions for the location of Dalieh of Raouche, as a...
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Revisiting Dalieh: Open Ideas Competition Results & Updates
In June 2015, The Civil Campaign to Preserve the Dalieh of Beirut announced its open ideas competition results at the Lebanese Ministry of Environment. The Civil Campaign is a coalition of individuals...
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Asad’s Officer Ghetto: Why the Syrian Army Remains Loyal
The Syrian army’s officer corps has remained intact despite the immense pressure of nearly four years of civil and military conflict, a fact that has prevented the fall of Syrian President Bashar...
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Dalieh Civil Campaign’s Open Competition: Background Report
The Civil Campaign to Protect the Dalieh of Raoucheh authored a competition brief to guide all participants to the competition in elaborating and proposing their entries. It is available in English and...
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Dalieh’s Civil Campaign’s Open Competition: Three Winning Entries
Last June 2015, The Civil Campaign to Preserve the Dalieh of Beirut announced its open ideas competition results at the Lebanese Ministry of Environment. The jury selected three winning entries from...
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عن العمارة ونهاياتها
”قد تدوم أساسات مبنى لألف عام، بينما يستوجب تغيير هيكل السطح بعد ألف شهر. وقد تدوم التمديدات الصحية لألف أسبوع، والدهان الخارجي لألف يوم، واللمبة لألف ساعة. يجب أن تُفهم المباني من خلال مقاييس زمنية...
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City Talks: Timothy Mitchell on the Materialities of Political Economy and...
[City Talks provides a platform for conversations around the social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental transformations that define the historical and contemporary geographies of the...
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