CAIRO PAPERS SYMPOSIUM: May 14, 2005.

ABSTRACTS

Khaled Adham, United Arab Emirates University
Urban Boundaries and New Spaces of Capital in Cairo.

Rami Daher, Jordan University of Science & Technology
Neo-Liberalism, Glocalization and Urban Restructuring in Jordan and Lebanon: Swift Urban Heritage Donor Recipes and Quartering Urban Space.

Yasser Elsheshtawi, United Arab Emirates University
Reversing Influences, Linked Cities: Changing Urban Landscapes of Dubai and Cairo.

Sandrine Gamblin, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris Centre d’Etudes et de Documentation économique et juridique (CEDEJ)
Shaping the City for the Other: Tourism Development, Heritage Management and the Urban Fabric in Luxor.

Dina Hishmat, Al-Ahram
From the City as a Vertigo to the Fragmented Metropolis: The Representation of the City of Cairo in Contemporary Egyptian Novels and Short Stories.

Huda Lutfi, American University in Cairo
Exploring the Visual Archeology of Contemporary Cairo.

Samia Mehrez, American University in Cairo.
From the hara to the 'imara: Emerging Spatial Metaphors in the Literary Production of Contemporary Cairo.

Rula Sadik, American University of Sharjah
Dazzling Dubai: The "Invisible" Hand of Global Competitiveness

Maha Yahya, American University of Beirut
Spectacular Beirut: War, Cities and Mobile Geographies

PROGRAM | ABSTRACTS