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Mina Marefat, PhD, AIA, is an architect, urban designer, and architectural historian in Washington, DC whose Bam Project sponsored by Catholic University and the Library of Congress brought well known professionals together to investigate the potential for innovation in short and long term rebuilding after natural disasters.
MEI´s special edition of Viewpoints on “Architecture and Urbanism in the Middle East” is an opportunity to celebrate the beauty, diversity, and vitality of the built environment of the region. It is also an opportunity to consider the challenges facing architects, designers, and developers in their efforts not only to preserve the rich cultural heritage of Middle Eastern cities but to shape these urban spaces in ways that address the physical and socioeconomic pressures occurring within them.
