Nadine Bekdache, “Evicting Sovereignty: Lebanon`s Housing Tenants from Citizens to Obstacles,” in Arab Studies Journal (Vol. XXIII No. 1), Fall 2015: 320..
Nadine Bekdache (Public Works Studio)
Nadine Bekdache is a practicing designer and urbanist. She researches socio-spatial phenomena through multidisciplinary methods; including mapping, imagery, and film as both processes of investigation and representation.
She is involved in an initiative that brings together research, advocacy, and policy alternatives to advance housing rights in Lebanon.
She is the author of “Evicting Sovereignty: Lebanon’s Housing Tenants from Citizens to Obstacles”. As part of her research on the implications of rent control on urban change and the processes of eviction in Beirut, she co-directed “Beyhum Street: Mapping Place Narratives”. She is also a graphic design instructor at the Lebanese University.