Architecture and Representation: the Arab City (Session 1 & 2)

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Friday, November 21, 2014 Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall Architecture and Representation: the Arab City Ashraf Abdallah, Senan Abdelqader, Nadia Abu-El-Haj, Mohammad al-Asad, Suad Amiry, George Arbid, Mohamed Elshahed, Yasser Elsheshtawy, Rania Ghosn, Saba Innab, Ziad Jamaleddine, Ahmed Kanna, Bernard Khoury, Laura Kurgan, Adrian Lahoud, Ali Mangera, Reinhold Martin, Magda Mostafa, Nicolai Ouroussoff, Nasser Rabbat, Hashim Sarkis, Felicity Scott, Hala Warde, Enrique Walker, Mark Wasiuta, Eyal Weizman, Mabel Wilson, and Gwendolyn Wright Opening Remarks by Lila Abu-Lughod and Safwan Masri Keynote by Timothy Mitchell Organized by Dean Amale Andraos and Nora Akawi Studio-X Amman with Columbia Global Centers | Middle East, Middle East Institute, and Studio-X Istanbul with supporting partners Qatar Foundation and Aramex. Welcome Address Amale Andraos, Dean, Columbia University GSAPP Nora Akawi, Director, Studio-X Amman, Columbia University GSAPP / Columbia Global Centers | Middle East Opening Remarks Safwan Masri, Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development, Columbia University Session 1 Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Mohammad Al Asad, Founder, Center for the Study of the Built Environment George Arbid, Associate Professor of Architecture, American University of Beirut and Founding Director, Arab Center for Architecture Yasser Elsheshtawy, Associate Professor of Architecture, United Arab Emirates University Respondent: Gwendolyn Wright, Professor of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Columbia University GSAPP Session 2 Saba Innab, Architect and artist, and Visiting Research Fellow, Studio-X Amman Ziad Jamaleddine, Principal, L.E.FT Architects Mohamed Elshahed, Founder and Editor of Cairobserver.com Adrian Lahoud, Director of the Bartlett M.Arch Program in Urban Design, University College London Respondent: Felicity Scott, Associate Professor of Architecture, Director of the PhD program, and Co-Director of MSc. program in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture, Columbia University GSAPP