Masooma Ali

urban planner, storyteller, traveller, friend. views are my own.

[Ⓜ️arc Ebuña @marc_ebuna]

Coincidentally, this is an excellent way to visualise capital investment plans in transit and we should all be doing this to visualize the sheer volume of need at every agency...

And the sheer volume of unmet need...

[hoody hoo @_hudahassan]

toronto has felt like two cities for a long time. a more neglected side was always privy to the full picture. the other is now witnessing what was already there. it is the latter who are sensationalizing conversations about crime right now.

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

@JcElijahMB @RyersonFCS @RYSURP Eli, this means the world coming from you! I appreciate you!

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

Will I ever stop talking about how much I loved my time at @RyersonFCS/@RYSURP? Probably not ☺️

[Faculty of Community Services @fcstorontomet]

While completing a master of planning @RYSURP,
@masooma__ali researched @TTChelps' implementation of @PrestoCard.

Her research explored smart payment systems, digital divide and transit inequity.

Ali is now an urban planner at @UrbStrag.

Learn more: https://t.co/ZuW9fSEZiI

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

@samzmia @RyersonFCS @RYSURP Thank you Samia ☺️

[sharine taylor @shharine]

As always, my advice is for today and other days that require/prompt hashtags to activate/perform action, daily work in your community on the local level and making meaningful transnational bonds that change material realities is where transformative + liberation work is done.

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

@michellerow @RyersonFCS @RYSURP @TTChelps @PRESTOcard @urbstrag I am lucky to know and learn from planners like you, Michelle. Thank you 🤍

[Scarborough Health Network Foundation @SHNFoundation]

Toronto isn’t Toronto without us. Love, Scarborough.

Today marks the official launch of our #LoveScarborough campaign to shed light on the healthcare inequities in the city of Toronto and raise $100 million dollars for our Scarborough hospitals.

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

The award-winning Bait Ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh designed by Marina Tabassum. The terracotta brickwork allows sunlight and air into the open prayer hall. My favourite feature is the curved opening in the direction of the qibla, replacing a traditional mihrab.

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

Variety in materials, techniques and design can be attributed to location, leadership and even climate. I find it beautiful how despite these distinctions, there are commonalities in these structures because they are informed by the religion and its everyday practice.

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

Today, I completed the 'Islamic Architecture: Past to Present' course offered by the @AgaKhanMuseum. It was a great intro broken up into 7 units which went into detail about mosques, palaces, tombs and bazaars across the Islamic world. I highly recommend: https://t.co/eHPmSN8Emu

[TTCriders @ttcriders]

102 Markham is one of the 57 bus routes that #TTC reduced service on. Call the Mayor @JohnTory and ask him to secure emergency transit funding and add service: https://t.co/rw8z2YkFxF

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

@DanicaSamuel So so sad. Her name is one of the few I always scan for at any used book store 😔

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

I can’t even begin to describe how much I have learned from her. May her legacy live on for generations to come. May she rest in peace.

[Lexington Herald-Leader @heraldleader]

Obituary: bell hooks, a Hopkinsville native who went on to an international career as an author, critic, feminist and public intellectual, died on Dec. 15 at her home in Berea. She was 69. @lbblackford https://t.co/aYwR0vTjQx

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

Last weekend, a few friends and I spent our day delivering gifts for the @TorontoStar Santa Claus Fund! Seeing those little faces light up was so so so heart warming. If you’re feeling generous this holiday season, you can donate to the fund here:
https://t.co/ysfjc2DfRR

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

@DanicaSamuel Danica, you sweetheart! I’ve been considering producing prints, I’ll send you one once I have things set up ☺️

[Masooma Ali @masooma__ali]

Travelled internationally for the first time in 2 years. Just got all my film developed from the trip. Rome on 35mm:

[Esmond Lee 李春錦 @esmondlee]

I'm speaking at the DesignTO Symposium to share my ongoing work on #ScarbTO. We need a complex understanding of "suburbs" and communities beyond its formal structures, away from white, affluent, and urban-centric lenses and ideas of "underdeveloped" relative to a central power.

[Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic]

Toronto moves to end single-family zoning. This is big. #topoli #toronto #urbanism https://t.co/inVsisMEc9