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Yasser Elsheshtawy is Associate Professor of Architecture at the United Arab Emirates University. He has published several books on Middle Eastern cities, the latest is “The Evolving Arab City,” and he is currently completing a book on Dubai entitled Dubai: An Emerging Urbanity, to be published by Routledge in Spring 2009.
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.
