Al Manakh

Project and publication examining cities in the Gulf region by Volume, OMA/AMO, and Pink Tank. Editor: @ToddReisz

[Asseel Al-Ragam @a_alragam]

🤲🏼🌺 كتابي

My book is now available for pre-order with Edinburgh University Press. This has been an important journey for me & it means a lot to finally see it out in the world. I’ve added a flyer with a 30% discount

Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

Building a temporary pier to where you don’t really want to be: familiar infrastructural strategy well documented in Gulf histories.

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

Dubai's Land Department, one of the city's oldest bureaucracies, was created to stabilize and control change. This decision—to rename 28 roads and districts—seems to achieve the opposite effect:
https://t.co/k0ZR2LuAxy

[Khalid Mezaina @kmezaina]

Some thoughts on the closure of one of my favorite neighborhoods in the city, the Hindu temple + alley in Bur Dubai. I’ll miss my walks in the narrow alleys, the sounds & smells, the sense of community ⬇️

[Kristian Ulrichsen @Dr_Ulrichsen]

Emirates, Etihad, Qatar Airways entered sports sponsorship to market their airlines as they evolved into global brands in the 2000s. Riyadh Air, launched by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund earlier this year, will not begin to fly until 2025, but is already planting its flag

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

British New Town Planning was packaged as an export of expertise. Here’s a thoughtful atlas of how the ideas moved around the Gulf.

[Fulan bin Allan @al_bunduqdari]

An article exploring the history of masterplanning in the GCC region. All too brief, but it is an attempt to take a macroscopic view of the post WW1 urban explosion & raise some key themes

https://t.co/FNYI0pSvQW

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

Saqi Books signs 'moving' collection of art and writing by Iranian women edited by Halasa https://t.co/C1b9T8A2Vh

[Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina]

Dubai, ICYMI - I'll introduce and screen GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE this Saturday, July 15 at @JameelArtsCtr, part of my Culturist Film Club.
If in town, please join me. Not much else goin' on. https://t.co/9Uee3DMmg3

[Josh Spero @joshspero]

Big news: the Africa Institute i Sharjah cancels its big David Adjaye building

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

“It is estimated that Dubai’s population grows by nearly one million during the day when residents of the neighbouring emirates move to Dubai for employment and business.”

[Abdulkhaleq Abdulla @Abdulkhaleq_UAE]

زيادة عدد سكان #دبي بأكثر من 50 الف نسمة خلال النصف الأول من 2023. https://t.co/fqskXqH9vs

[Anjli Raval @AnjliRaval]

Following our @FinancialTimes investigation, David Adjaye has been forced to step back from various roles including trustee of @SerpentineUK / role in design of Holocaust memorial in London https://t.co/inNI7Z8U4Y Our latest with @joshspero @PickardJE

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

Devastating to read.

[Anjli Raval @AnjliRaval]

💥 INVESTIGATION 💥: Three female former employees have accused renowned architect Sir David Adjaye of sexual misconduct, emotional abuse and harmful employment practices https://t.co/RVBboW0Lmi

My latest story with @joshspero

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

Sometime I wonder whether Canary Wharf harbored some borrowed hubris from British bankers and experts who were making similar kinds of places in the Gulf.

[edwin heathcote @edwinheathcote]

HSBC departure spells doom for isolated experiment of Canary Wharf via @FT
https://t.co/MC5nXQVf3a

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

Would have loved to be there for that.

[Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina]

Cinema wish came true, AL-MAKHDU’UN/THE DUPES on the big screen. A new restoration with a touching intro by Anni Kanafani, wife of Ghassan Kanafani whose 1963 novel Men in the Sun the film is based on. A painfully relevant masterpiece. #IlCinemaRitrovato

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

🤔 reminds me of certain development projects.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

the new football field for fifa women’s world cup in new zealand

what a view

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

The fist pump…

[Rory Hyde @roryhyde]

I M Pei with a full-scale mock up of the Louvre pyramid, 1985

[Todd Reisz @ToddReisz]

This Friday 7pm in Rotterdam at Independent School for the City: I’ll consider the Arabian Peninsula as a place that not only connects many eras and worlds but also has constantly been reshaped by these connections. Please come if you can!
Info: https://t.co/CJgHFjdPWj

[Al Manakh @AlManakh]

It is worth watching closely who accuses whom of crimes in the building industry.

[Building Design @BDonline]

More than 35,000 people are now known to have died in Turkey and neighbouring Syria as a result of last Monday’s 7.8-magnitude tremor, which was followed by a 7.5-magnitude aftershock.

https://t.co/tea7ZDBq5A

[Todd Reisz @ToddReisz]

And, yes, the Eventbrite registration states we'll be talking about insects. I'm afraid I'm not qualified. But DNHG and the other regional groups have great events.