Cover image: Public space in Dubai. Picture by Mona Helmy

Guest Editor: Mona Helmy
Managing Editor: Luisa Bravo
Assistant Editor: Merham M. Keleg 

Published: 2021-04-30

Vol. 6 n. 1 | 2021 | FULL ISSUE

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Editorial

Re-visioning Places of Public Gathering in the Contemporary Arab Urbanism

Mona Helmy

1-4

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On the Meanings and Uses of Urban Space in the Arab City: An Historical Perspective

Nezar AlSayyad

5-8

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Space

Urban Elements in the Saudi Arabian Najd Region and their Influence on Creating Threshold Spaces

Mohammed Mashary Alnaim

9-24

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Public Space as a Venue for Peacebuilding in Lebanon?

The Role of Civic Movements in Reclaiming Public Space in Beirut and Tripoli

Aseel Naamani, Ruth Simpson

25-46

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Investigating Users Changing Needs in Relation to Non-designed or Unplanned Public Spaces in Cairo

Joseph Milad Namar, Moahmed A. Salheen, Ayat Ismail

47-66

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The Redemptive Potential of the Street. A Multi-angular Analysis of Dubai’s Pedestrian Infrastructure

Lamia Abdelfattah, Filippo Bazzoni, Rawad Choubassi

67-94

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New Typologies of Contemporary Shopping Malls in Egypt

Karim Wagih Fawzi Youssef

95-122

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The Segregation in Access to Spaces for Urban Activities during COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to Gated Communities in Egypt

Hellen Aziz, Salma Ellakany

123-134

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Society

COVID-19 Pandemic: Between Public Space and Users’ Behaviours

Case studies from Egypt, Jordan, and Germany

Hassan Elmouelhi, Sara Nowar, Hellen Aziz, Nada Abdrabou, Ahmed Mokhtar Gaballah, Tayseer Khairy

135-166

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Fostering Interactions at Public Open Spaces

The Role of Physical Interface in Facilitating User Interactions in the UAE

Arushi Malhotra, Ranjana Dobriyal

167-184

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Post-development Practices of Public Space, Between Cohabitation and "Domination" of New Atmospheres

The Case of Rabat’s Dock in Morocco

Abdellah Moussalih

185-202

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What Happened to the Public Spaces of the Arab World?

From Colonisation to Revolution: The Case of Lebanon

Tarek Fouani

203-214

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Khobar City Plan and the New Public Space in Saudi Arabia

Atef Alshehri, Lulu Almana

215-234

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Viewpoint

Public Spaces in the Arab Region

Elaf Raslan, Lubna Shaheen

235-240

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Heritage in the Street: Megawra | BEC’s Athar Lina Initiative in Historic Cairo

May al-Ibrashy

241-256

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