Hope in the Ruins of Homs: Architecture and the Syrian Civil War
August 17, 2016
On The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria by Marwa al-Sabouni.
The Syria I Knew: On The Fall of the House of Assad
January 29, 2013
On Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad by David W. Lesch, and the view from my apartment in Damascus.
Obama's Foreign Policy Crossroads
October 22, 2012
On Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment? by Fawaz Gerges, and a lesson in being a Middle East political pundit.
Letter from Cairo
December 29, 2011
On the battle for space and urban control in Cairo.
2050 or Bust
November 16, 2011
On urban planning in the Egyptian desert, David Sims' Understanding Cairo: The Logic of a City Out of Control, and the "fantasia" of Cairo 2050.
August 17, 2016
On The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria by Marwa al-Sabouni.
The Syria I Knew: On The Fall of the House of Assad
January 29, 2013
On Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad by David W. Lesch, and the view from my apartment in Damascus.
Obama's Foreign Policy Crossroads
October 22, 2012
On Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment? by Fawaz Gerges, and a lesson in being a Middle East political pundit.
Letter from Cairo
December 29, 2011
On the battle for space and urban control in Cairo.
2050 or Bust
November 16, 2011
On urban planning in the Egyptian desert, David Sims' Understanding Cairo: The Logic of a City Out of Control, and the "fantasia" of Cairo 2050.
