identity

Kuwait Transformed: linking urban development to social change

It was a real treat to read Farah Al Nakib’s book: Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life.  I’ve captured some of my thoughts in a recently published review piece, excerpts are below: Al-Nakib vividly depicts the economic, social, and political interactions occurring in the port, the suq (market), the mixed-class firjan (neighborhoods), and the homes of pre-oil …

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The Battle for Home: exploring questions of identity and architecture

My latest article on The Nature of Cities highlights and explores some of the questions raised by Marwa al-Sabouni’s thought-provoking book, The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria. The article does not do justice to Marwa’s book, which is packed with brave questions, observations, and challenges to current thinking and …

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