Architecture and Urbanism

in the Middle East

A Special Edition of Viewpoints

Introduction 6

Essays

Labyrinth: Moroccan Medinas, by Simon O’Meara 7

Tourism and Preservation in Colonial North Africa, by Brian McLaren 10

Cairo’s Plurality of Architectural Trends and the Continuous Search for Identity,
by Ashraf M. Salama 13

Egypt: Modernity and Identity, by Nasser Rabbat 16

Jerusalem Architecture: Old Is Bitter, New Is Ugly,
by Annabel Jane Wharton 19

Global Capital, Urban Regeneration, and Heritage Conservation in the Levant,
by Rami Daher 22

The Contemporary Built Environment in the Arab Middle East,
by Mohammad al-Asad 25

Conservatism versus Modernism: Hesitant Urban Identity in Saudi Arabia,
by Mashary A. Al-Naim 28

Old Heritage, New Heritage: Building in Sana‘a, Yemen,
by Michele Lamprakos 33

Tall Identity...Lost Sustainability,
by Yasser Mahgoub and Anas Al-Omaim 37

Doha: Between Making an Instant City and Skirmishing Globalization,
by Ashraf M. Salama 41