Authors

Mona Fawaz, Mona Harb, Howayda Al-Harithy, and Ahmad Gharbieh

Mona Fawaz is Associate Professor in Urban Studies and Planning at the American University of Beirut, and currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University for the 2014-15 academic year. Her scholarly interests include urban history and historiography, social and spatial justice, informality and the law, property, as well as planning practice, theory and pedagogy. She has authored over forty scholarly articles, book sections, and reports. 

Mona Harb is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Politics at the American University of Beirut. She is the co-author of Leisurely Islam: Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi’ite South Beirut (with Lara Deeb, Princeton University Press, 2013), and author of Le Hezbollah à Beyrouth (1985-2005): de la banlieue à la ville, (Karthala-IFPO, 2010). She is currently investigating decentralization, local governments and urban development policies in the Arab world, as well as public space practices and urban politics in Beirut. Mona is a co-editor of Jadaliyya`s Cities Page. Click here to visit her AUB profile. 

Ahmad Gharbieh is assistant professor of graphic design at the American University of Beirut. His scholarly work explores mapping as a method of researching, representing, and analyzing socio-spatial phenomena. His work in critical cartography has covered many subjects including urban security, public space, and, most recently, refugee practices in the city.

ARTICLES BY Mona Fawaz, Mona Harb, Howayda Al-Harithy, and Ahmad Gharbieh