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Nasser Rabbat, B. Arch (Damascus), M. Arch (UCLA), PhD (MIT), is the Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of several books, including The Citadel of Cairo: A New Interpretation of Royal Mamluk Architecture(Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), Thaqafat al Bina´ wa Bina´ al-Thaqafa[The Culture of Building and Building Culture] (Beirut: Riad Alrayyes Publisher, 2002).
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.
