Housing and Urbanism

Cityscape of Beirut

Beirut’s Blasted Neighborhoods: Between Recovery Efforts and Real Estate Interests

Mona Fawaz and Soha Mneimneh

A migrant worker picks okra from the planters along the Burjawi staircase in Nasra, Achrafieh. Beirut, Lebanon. 2018. (Dana Mazraani/Beirut Urban Lab)

Why Socio-Spatial Practices Matter to Urban Recovery

Dana Mazraani, Luna Dayekh and Mona Harb

An old building stands before the ruins, aid and construction workers nearby. Karantina, Beirut. September 23, 2020. (Rita Kabalan/The Public Source)

Post-Disaster Karantina: Towards a People-Centered Heritage-Led Recovery

Howayda Al-Harithy and Batoul Yassine