Mapping Cities in the MENA Region

This volume outlines the urban development of seven cities in the Middle East and North Africa: Aleppo, Alexandria, Cairo, Casablanca, Dubai, Nouakchott, and Shiraz. Ottoman rule and colonial powers, French or British, operated differently and over various time spans in most of these cities to influence architecture and the urban scene. Global movements such as modernism and socialism reshaped the cityscapes of intersecting histories and cultures.