Dreamy, lazy, hazy: orientalism at Tate Britain
Chris Wiegand, guardian.co.uk A crowd is forming outside some formidably solid doors in a shady corner of the Topkapi palace in Istanbul. For centuries, westerners have been enticed […]
Architecture and recollection; In The Heart of Downtown; Beirut
Samir Kassir Square . ‘With the current temptation to give in to the idea of a “clash of civilizations”, a complete ideological re-think becomes ever more urgent’. a time to […]
(Contemporary)Street Art in the Arab World
Here as the centre of the world (Lucy Cotter) As Edward Said suggested, the widening of cultural horizons has all too often had Europe firmly in the privileged centre. The […]
EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE IN SYRIA
The Early Christian/Late Antique period is usually defined as beginning in roughly 250 — the later empire beginning with Diocletian, Roman emperor from 284 to 305), but the end of […]
Roman Architecture in Syria,How Much Roman !!?,
full text at : http://www.archive.org/stream/hellenisticarchi00murrrich/hellenisticarchi00murrrich_djvu.txt BY S. BUTLER MURRAY, JR Syrian* fribriuments have’ been divided into two great classes; those built before Romandominion, and those succeeding it. But it […]
Orientalism
Introduction: In the 19th century, a fad for the Orient appeared. The artists were inspired by its luxury, its mystery and of course, the supernatural that surrounded this part of […]
Poverty Tourism: Exploring the Slums of India, Brazil and South Africa
by Amanda Kendle http://www.vagabondish.com Like many forms of dark tourism, poverty tourism – sometimes called poorism – has only been given its label recently. Poverty tourism commonly refers to small […]
World’s tallest building draws criticism of excess from German architects and A Guide to an Unsustainable City
This is an article from TT30 member Ghanem Nuseibeh. TT30 is a thinktank of 30 members of Youth Organization of Club of Rome. They established a project called “Sustainable Dubai”. […]
To … Damascus
No record event has occurred in the world but Damascus was in existence to receive the news of it. Go back as far as you will into the vague past, […]
Shibam, Yemen
Surrounded by a fortified wall, the 16th-century city of Shibam is one of the oldest and best examples of urban planning based on the principle of vertical construction. Its impressive […]
Art & Architecture in the Arab world 