Academia
The nexus of urbanization, violence and conflict: Linking SDG 11 and SDG 16 (CLICK TO DOWNLOAD REPORT)
2016
2016
On April 18th, 2016, in preparation for the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) and Habitat III, and in coordination with the Global Alliance for Urban Crises, the co-hosts presented the one day panel event: “The nexus of urbanization, violence and conflict: Linking SDG 11 and SDG 16”.
The event was co-hosted by the City College of New York – CUNY, the Permanent Missions of Lebanon and Norway to the UN, UNDP, UN-Habitat, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
This report details the contributions by academics, policy makers and member states in the one-day panel event. They discussed contemporary understandings of urban violence and conflict, its consequences and possible ways in which it can be addressed. The report includes the six key recommendations from the participants to be taken forward to the WHS and Habitat III. The event highlighted the synergies between Goal 11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” and Goal 16 “Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies” through grounded case studies.
The event was co-hosted by the City College of New York – CUNY, the Permanent Missions of Lebanon and Norway to the UN, UNDP, UN-Habitat, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
This report details the contributions by academics, policy makers and member states in the one-day panel event. They discussed contemporary understandings of urban violence and conflict, its consequences and possible ways in which it can be addressed. The report includes the six key recommendations from the participants to be taken forward to the WHS and Habitat III. The event highlighted the synergies between Goal 11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” and Goal 16 “Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies” through grounded case studies.
Beyond the Square: Urbanism and the Arab Uprisings
2016
2016
Focuses on the urban spatial dynamics of the mass protest movements that have convulsed the Arab region since December 2010. The volume shifts attention away from public squares — and in particular Tahrir Square in Cairo — to consider the broader urban context in which the uprisings unfolded and how it has intersected with the events themselves. The essays are topically and geographically diverse, exploring a range of sociospatial phenomena in countries that have been at the heart of the Arab uprisings as well as those countries that have appeared peripheral to the regional upheaval. This breadth of perspective highlights the centrality of space and spatial concerns to the ongoing political transformations in the region. In this way, the volume provides a distinctive — and critical — analysis of one of the most signi cant political events of our time.
Dying to Live in Palestine: Steadfastness, Pollution and Embodied Space
2015
In Suicide and Agency Anthropological Perspectives on Self-Destruction, Personhood, and Power. Broz, Ludek and Daniel Münster, eds. London: Ashgate.
2015
In Suicide and Agency Anthropological Perspectives on Self-Destruction, Personhood, and Power. Broz, Ludek and Daniel Münster, eds. London: Ashgate.
Through tracing the occupied body at an extreme moment of violence, we argue that suicide attacks within the Palestinian-Israeli context can be understood beyond the binaries of an act of futile self-destruction or a heroic act of resistance. We view them as an act located in the space in-between resistance and submission. Moreover, this chapter contributes to theoretical understandings of embodied space and pollution. Specifically, we detail the ability of the body to pollute, symbolically and materially, and to communicate beyond its integral unit.
Jadaliyya
2012 - Current
2012 - Current
The Arab Center for Architecture (ACA): Interview with George Arbid
September 29th, 2015
Constellations: Searching for the Global Suburb
November 20th, 2013
Beware of Small Cities
September 6th, 2012
Urbanism and the Arab Uprising: Downtown Cairo and the fall of Mubarak
[Translated into Arabic]
August 6th [September 6th] 2012
The End(s) of Stability
May 8th, 2012
September 29th, 2015
Constellations: Searching for the Global Suburb
November 20th, 2013
Beware of Small Cities
September 6th, 2012
Urbanism and the Arab Uprising: Downtown Cairo and the fall of Mubarak
[Translated into Arabic]
August 6th [September 6th] 2012
The End(s) of Stability
May 8th, 2012
Street Life: Rebels, Rulers, and the Right to the City
Spring 2013
Arab Studies Journal
Spring 2013
Arab Studies Journal
Review essay on:
Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
by David Harvey
Dubai: The City as Corporation
by Ahmed Kanna
Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
by David Harvey
Dubai: The City as Corporation
by Ahmed Kanna
Urban Uprising!: Global Urban Uprisings
November 30 2012
Paper Presented: The Urban Arab Uprisings
November 30 2012
Paper Presented: The Urban Arab Uprisings
In the wake of the 2008 explosion of the current economic crisis, more and more people are actively fighting to restore what they've lost. Not since the ‘60s have so many people across the globe taken to the streets to demand a more just and democratic society, access to housing, health care, education, food, jobs, a clean and safe environment and lives free from police violence. Most of these uprisings are rooted in the urban landscape. Many of their demands imply a major transformation in the way our cities work. During this time of crisis and mobilization, it's important that we ask ourselves: What kind of city do we want to see?
