2024
Projects of Spatial Activism: Critical Mapping and Tactical Interventions
Lecture: As part of History of Architecture and Urbanism lecture series. Faculty of Art and Design, the British University in Egypt. April 7th 2024
Urban Tapestry: On Arts and Public Space
Panel Discussion: As part of Spend the Day in Khalifa 11 Organized by Megawra – BEC. AlKhalifa Community Centre, Cairo, Egypt. March 23rd, 2024
Taking Place, Inspiring Vibrant Communities Conference
Workshop Session: As part of Rethinking Communities Outside of Cities: National and International Case studies. British Council in London, England. March 14th, 2024
Creative Initiatives as Urban Catalysts: CLUSTER's Critical Mapping and Tactical Interventions
Presentation: As part of EU-Southern Neighbourhood Regional Dialogues Webinar. Session on “Creative Urban Development in the Mediterranean: the role of Cities.” IEMed. January 29th, 2024
2023
Contested Public Space, Negotiated Design Interventions: Examples of CLUSTER’s Projects in Cairo
Panel Discussion: As part of the Tasarim/Good Design Izmir event, under the theme of “Reconciliation.” Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and Izmir Mediterranean Academy. Izmir, December 9th-17th, 2023
Engaging Informality in Cairo: Critical Mapping and Tactical Interventions
Lecture: As part of The Sociology of Cairo, Lecture-Seminar. FIME Egypt and the Institute of Gender and Women’s Studies, AUC, Tahrir Campus, Cairo, Egypt. December 4th, 2023
Balancing Architecture Works and Social Contributions
Panel Discussion: Discussant as part of Shigaru Ban lecture on Balancing Architecture Works and Social Contributions. The American University in Cairo, Egypt. November 20th, 2023
Urban Regeneration of Downtown Cairo: A Critical Perspective
Presentation: As part of a workshop on Resilient Urban Transformations in Downtown Cairo. Department of Architecture, Cairo University. November 15th – 22nd, 2023
Contested Spaces, Inclusive Space
Presentation and urban tours: As part of An Eye on Urban Sustainability. 6th edition of Tanween. Khobar, Saudi Arabia. November 4th, 2023
On Creative Industries in Egypt: An Overview
Presentation: As part of Creative Initiatives and Cultural Policies: Cairo Forum. The Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt. November 2nd, 2023
Spaces of Informality
Presentation and walking tour: As part of Common Lab (C-LAB). D-CAF’s Cairo Module, CLUSTER and ALFABRIKA. Giza, Egypt. October 25th, 2023
Small-Scale Measures in Informal Areas
Presentation: As part of Webinar on Urban Cooling Solutions in the Mediterranean – Dialogue between the two shores. Agence de la Transition Ecologique (ADEME). Kit Technique Rafraichissement Urbain. October 10th, 2023
A Take on Egypt's Urban Development and New Cities
Podcast: As part of the Alternative Policy Solutions Research Project of the AUC. Cairo, Egypt. Posted: July, 2023
“Place-Making” as Spatial Activism? Tactical Interventions in Cairene Public Space
Presentation: As part of the CONNECTI:CITY 2023 Conference: The Future of Creative Economy: Creative Hubs as the Core of Community Resilience. Bandung, Indonesia. May 29th-31st, 2023
Urban Development and Open Cultural Spaces
Panel Discussion: As part of the European Egyptian Cultural Programme Showcasing Event: What Happened and What Comes Next? Goethe Institute, Dokki, Giza. May 27th, 2023
Limited Series: Art, Culture, and Public Space
Podcast: As part of the University of Central Florida Global Perspectives and International Initiatives. Recorded: March 22nd, 2023
Creative Solutions to Contested Public Space: Khoury Garden in Karachi
Workshop: Organized by Numaish, Karachi in partnership with CLUSTER, Cairo and THISS Studio, London, hosted by NED University. March 5th-12th, 2023
Art in Public Space
Panel Discussion: As part of Fenoon El Mahrousa Event supported by Nahdet El-Mahrousa. Tahrir Culture Center (Cairo), March 3rd 2023
Creative Economy in Egypt and Iraq
Panel Discussion: As part of UK Creative Economy Study Tour, London and Edinburgh, Feb 26th – Mar 4th 2023
Mapping, Networking and Knowledge Dissemination Platforms
Presentation: As part of the the Closing Event of the NACP Program. Tunis, Feb 24th 2023
Supporting Creative Talent: Priorities for an Egypt Creative Economy Programme
Round Table Discussion: As part of the British Council Creative Economy Program. Zamalek, Feb 1st 2023
2022
Engaging Informality: Critical Mapping and Tactical Interventions
Public Lecture: As part of the Research Method Class, the Architecture Department, the German University in Cairo. ALFABRIKA, Ard al-Liwa, Nov 29th 2022
Creative Cities: Rethinking Creative Economy Inclusively
Conference: As part of the International Policy Forum on the Creative Industries, Zorlu Performing Arts Centre, Istanbul, Nov 24th 2022
Informality as Creativity: CLUSTER’s Engagement in Informal Economy and Creative Practices
Public Lecture: To Another Route Programme delegation as part of Downtown Contemporary Art Festival, D-CAF. ALFABRIKA, Ard al-Liwa. Oct 29th 2022
Critical Mapping and Urban Narratives: Towards a Social Atlas of Cairo
Seminar: As part of Building an International Network of Urban Social Atlases. École Française d’Athènes, Athens. Oct 13th-14th 2022
Formal and Informal Housing in Post-Socialist Era
Podcast: As part of Beyond Promise Exhibition. KV – Verein für zeitgenössische. Kunst, Leipzig. Sep 16th – Oct 14th 2022
Trans-making Research on Art and Public Space in Valencia
Presentation: As part of Trans-Making Dissemination Event: Culture–City–Change, Workshops of Culture. Lublin, Poland. Sep 22nd-24th 2022
Creative Cities and the Formal-Informal Interface: ALFABRIKA Creative Lab & Makerspace
Presentation: As part of Trans-Making Dissemination Event: Culture–City–Change, Workshops of Culture. Lublin, Poland. Sep 22nd-24th 2022
Stakeholders’ Engagement in City Making
Workshop: As part of Trans-Making Dissemination Event: Culture–City–Change, Museum of Housing Estates. Lublin, Poland. Sep 22nd-24th 2022
Creative Cities- Rethinking Creative Economy Inclusively
Presentation: As part of Unboxed-Creativity in the UK: Art in the Public Realm International Delegation. United Kingdom. September 1st-7th 2022
Urban Signage
Workshop: A student workshop as part of Informality as Creativity in collaboration with AUC Professor Ahmad Saqfalhait and Graphic Designer Alaa El-Hadidy, and the support of the Dutch Embassy in Egypt. at ALFABRIKA, Ard al-Liwa, Giza. August 28th-September 2nd 2022
Urban Limitrophe: How CLUSTER is Bridging Western Urban Understanding from the Middle East to North Africa
Podcast: How CLUSTER is Bridging Western Urban Understanding from the Middle East to North Africa. As part of Urban Limitrophe podcast. Aug-21 2022
Caravan Residency Program Exhibition
Exhibition Opening: As part of Caravan Residency: Thinking with Alexandria. Cittadellarte, Biella. July 14th – 15th 2022
Mapping Workshop in Athens
Workshop: Mapping as a Critical Tool of Engagement. As part of ALEXANDRIA: (Re)activating Common Urban Imaginaries. School of Sonic Memory, Public Assembly. Onassis Foundation, Athens. June-18 2022
Bauhaus: Tactical Urbanism Seminar
Online Lecture: Tactical Engagement of Public Space: Examples from Downtown and Informal Areas in Cairo. As part of Tactical Urbanism Seminar, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Guest Lectures. June-8 2022
Mentorship Residency Program in Amman
Workshop: Mentorship Residency Program. As part of the Youth-Led Initiatives, All-Around Culture, Amman. June 4th – 8th 2022
Urban Tour for The Urban School of Sciences Po in Paris
Presentation and Urban Tour: The Urban School of Sciences Po in Paris as part of their study trip to Egypt. May-30 2022
What if Cities Lead Egypt's Green Transition?
Roundtable Discussion: As part of Exploring Avenues to Regenerative Real Estate in Egypt. AUC Tahrir Campus. May 23rd 2022
AAST Library Talks: Engaging Informality
Online Follow-up Discussion: Engaging Informality: Critical Mapping and Tactical Urbanism. As part of AAST Library Talks, lecture by Omar Nagati and moderated by Dr. Ramy Bakir. May-12 2022
AAST Library Talks: Debating Informality
Online Lecture: Debating Informality: Engaging Cities from the Bottom Up. As part of AAST Library Talks, lecture by Omar Nagati and moderated by Dr. Ramy Bakir. Apr-9 2022
CARAVAN Residency Program: Thinking with Alexandria
Workshop: As part of a two-week Alexandria workshop as part of the “Caravan Residency Program: Thinking with Alexandria” in partnership with Cittadellarte and UNIDEE Residency Programs. Mar 20-Apr 3, 2022
Research Methodology Lecture - German University in Cairo
Lecture: As part of Research Methodology Elective Course for 10th semester students at the German University in Cairo, course taught by Hisham Gabr, 5th of March 2022
Cultural Heritage in Development Field Workshop
Workshop: As part of Z-Shapers program as part of Global Shapers Community. Hosted in Startup Haus Cairo, 5th of March 2022
Bassem Yousri's Exhibition Panel
PANEL DISCUSSION : Guideposts, a solo exhibition by Bassem Yousri, Hosted at Medrar, 1st of March 2022
UN-Habitat Roundtable Discussion on Bikeways
Experts Roundtable: Bikeways and Bike Share Systems in Cairo, Advancing Culture and Infrastructure ahead of COP27. Hosted at Consoleya, Abdeen, Downtown Cairo, 1st of March 2022
Biella Workshop - Caravan Residency Program
Workshop: As part of Caravan Residency Program: Thinking with Alexandria. Hosted at Cittadellarte, Biella, February 20th – 22nd 2022
Mansoura Cosmopolitan Heritage Exhibition - Opening Event
Opening Event: Mansoura Cosmopolitan Heritage Exhibition. Hosted at Andrea Cafe, February 11th 2022
2021
“The 5th Place” - Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable Discussion (online): As part of New European Bauhaus: beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive. Goethe Institut, December 22nd 2021
PILOT Training
Workshop (online): As part of Public Inter-Library Online Technology (PILOT). In collaboration with Think Tanger and the support of AFAC. Tangier, December 15th 2021
Urban Shutters and Urban Green
Workshop: As part of Informality as Creativity in collaboration with local artists and community groups in Ard al-Liwa and the support of the Dutch Embassy in Egypt. ALFABRIKA, Mohammad Ali Alasari Street, Ard al-Liwa, Giza. December 11th-12th and 17th-18th 2021
Towards Alternative Urban Narratives
Workshop: Paris, Miroiterie – 110 Bd Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine. As part of A Forum in the Making. Paris, Cité internationale des arts, December 1st-4th 2021
Art and Urban Practices in the Age of Neoliberalism
Workshop (online): As part of Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon (CAUL). In collaboration with Think Tanger and the support of AFAC Tangier (online) November 24th-25th 2021
Street Vendors Initiative and the Contestation of Public Space
Lecture (online): As part of a workshop Informal Street Markets in Egypt – Practice-oriented Approach, TU Berlin Habitat Unit, November 11th 2021
Data Visualization, Technology and Environmental Systems
Roundtable Discussion (online): As part of the Design Development & Research Lab (DDRL). Kuwait University, College of Architecture, November 10th 2021
Mapping Urban Informality in Tangier
Panel Discussion and launch of urban tours and publication Mapping Urban Informality in Tangier: Four Itineraries across the Formal-Informal Interface in collaboration with Think Tanger and the support of AFAC. Tangier, Atelier Kissaria, November 6th 2021
Grounded Urban Practices in Berlin
Book Launch: Grounded Urban Practices in Berlin in collaboration with Non-Fiction, Amsterdam and ZK/U, Berlin. Berlin, Haus der Statistik, October 7th 2021
Art in Public Space as an Urban Catalyst
Roundtable Discussion: As part of Some Call Us Balkan (SCUB) workshop. Berlin, ZK/U October 6th , 2021
Critical Mapping and Urban Narratives: Towards Grounded Urban Practices
Lecture (online): Centre for Urban and Built Ecologies, London Metropolitan University, October 6th 2021
Critical Mapping and Urban Narratives: Towards Grounded Urban Practices
Lecture (online): Umeå School of Architecture, Umeå University, October 4th 2021
Fresh Perspectives: How to Best Connect Imaginative Power in a (Post) COVID World?
Roundtable Discussion (online): As part of Fresh Perspectives conversations in collaboration with African Crossroads and its partner the Creative Industries Fund Netherlands. Session #1 on August 3th and session #2 on September 13th 2021
The Relationship Between the Informal Economy and the Cultural Economy in the Global South
Launching event: As part of the UN International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development and in partnership with the PEC International Council, July 14th 2021.
Mapping Urban Informality in Tangier
Workshop: In partnership with Think Tangier, held at Atelier Kissaria, Tangier. As part of CLUSTER’s Mapping, Networking and Knowledge Dissemination Platforms: North African Horizon, supported by AFAC: North African Cultural Program (NACP), July 2nd-4th 2021.
Mapping Toolkit: CLUSTER Grounded Urban Practices
Keynote address: As part of Horizon 2020 ReROOT: Arrival Infrastructures as Sites of Integration for Recent Newcomers. July 1st 2021
Mapping Urban Heritage in Tunis
Panel discussion: In partnership with Atelier SCAR, at Dar Ben Gacem, Tunis. As part of CLUSTER’s Mapping, Networking and Knowledge Dissemination Platforms: North African Horizon, supported by AFAC: North African Cultural Program (NACP), June 26th 2021.
Urbanism and Public Space: Access and Inclusion
Stop Building? A Global Moratorium on New Construction
Reflections on Downtown Cairo and Public Space
Formal-Informal Interface: Comparative Analysis in Three Egyptian Cities and Four African Cities
Online Workshop: AURI Workshop Series, Workshop 3: Comparative and Collaborative Research, African Center for Cities, March 25th, 2021.
Towards Grounded Urban Practices: Contested Spaces and the Emerging Role of Architects
Creative Initiatives and the Formal-Informal Interface
Online Lecture: International Summer School, Wits School of Arts Cultural Policy & Management, Johannesburg, and Peking University’s Institute of Cultural Industries, March 1st-4th, 2021.
2020
Downtown Heritage and Urban Regeneration: History and Prospects
Public Lecture: Cleopatra Group, The Swedish Embassy in Cairo, Oct 21st 2020
The Future of Grounded Urban Practices in Berlin
Online Workshop: Grounded Urban Practices in Berlin. ZK/U, 17 September 2020
Creative Cities? Rethinking Creative Economy Inclusively
Online Presentation: Policy & Evidence Centre (PEC), International Council meeting, August 20th 2020
Rabbat Building Regeneration Project Downtown Cairo: Process and Lessons Learned
Online Lecture: The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute, July 28th 2020
Formal and informal urban interfaces in African Cities: a comparative urban analysis
10th semester urban design studio led by Prof. Holger Gladys, the German University in Cairo, Feb 27, 2020
Localizing SDGs within the formal and informal urban interface: Cases of Cairo and Dar es Salaam
Workshop: As part of Localizing SDGs within the formal and informal urban interface, Dar es Salaam, Feb 17-20, 2020
Engaging Informality in the Cairene Public Space: Critical Mapping and Tactical Interventions
Panel: Hacking Urban Furniture, book launch, ZK/U, Berlin, Jan 23, 2020
2019
Engaging Informality: Critical Mapping and Tactical Interventions
Workshop: Ard al-Liwa Urban Design Workshop, French University in Egypt, Dec 14- 20, 2019
Formal-Informal Interface: Towards a Cross-Country Comparative Methodological Framework and Co-Production of Knowledge in four cities: Cairo, Dar es Salaam, Lusaka and Ouagadougou
Workshop: As part of African Urban Research Initiative (AURI): Fostering a Comparative Research Agenda in African Cities. Cairo, Dec 6-8, 2019
Critical Mapping and Tactical Interventions: Engaging cities in the Global South in times of flux
Lecture: As part of Green Mobilisations in the cities of Central Asia and South (GreeMo), Tbilisi State University, Nov 28th- Dec 1st, 2019
Grounded Urban Practices: African Horizon
Panel Discussion: As part of African Crossroads 2019: Sense the City, Mombasa, Kenya, Nov 20-23, 2019
Making Sense of the City: Critical Engagement and Creative Interventions
Panel Discussion: As part of African Crossroads 2019: Sense the City, Mombasa, Kenya, Nov 20-23, 2019
Alexandria Urban Heritage: Mapping, Curation and Visualization
Panel discussion: As part of the launching event of Alexandria Walking Tours Guidebook, SHELTER Art Space, Alexandria, Nov 16th, 2019
Formal-Informal Interface in Three Egyptian Cities
Panel discussion: As part of Cities Panel: Working Across Boundaries in Lusaka, Cairo, Kumasi and Ouagadougou – Multilevel Governance and Informality, in the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders, UCLG World Congress, Durban, Nov 11th-15th, 2019
Learning from Cairo: A Moroccan Perspective: Towards a Regional Framework for Grounded Urban Practice
Lecture: As part of Learning from Cairo: A Moroccan Perspective, Think Tanger, Atelier Kissaria, Redzone Festival, October 4, 2019
PILOT library platform Training
Workshop: As part of Learning from Cairo: A Moroccan Perspective, Think Tangier, Atelier Kissaria, Tangier, Oct 4th, 2019
Critical Mapping and Tactical Interventions: Towards a Regional Framework for Grounded Urban Practice
Workshop: As part of Learning from Cairo: A Moroccan Perspective, Think Tangier, Atelier Kissaria, Tangier, Oct 4th, 2019
Methods tools and pedagogical Politics
Lecture: RealCityLab: Practice Orientation in Architectural Education. Closing Symposium, Cairo, DAAD, October 1st, 2019
Grounded Urban Practices (GUPs)
Workshop: GUPs: African Horizons, Dar Ben Gacem, Tunis, September 20-22 , 2019
Towards a Regional Framework for Grounded Urban Practice
Lecture: National School of Architecture and Urbanism, Tunis, Sep 18th, 2019
PILOT library platform Training Tunis
Workshop: As part of Public Inter-Library Online Technology project (PILOT), first training workshop, Kamel Lazaar Foundation, B7L9, Tunis, September 14, 2019
Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon (CAUL)
Workshop: Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon (CAUL), Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Dar Lasram, Tunis,September 14, 2019
A Tale of Three Cities: Cairo’s Contested Grounds and Negotiated Design Inclusions
Lecture: Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism I, Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), Seoul, South Korea, September 5, 2019
Engaging Spatial Practices in Cairo Public Space
Roundtable Discussion: Trans-making Forum on Emotional Materialism, Ljubljana ,Slovenia, August 29-30, 2019
Grounded Urban Practice Re-framing Urban Activism in Times of Transition
Workshop: Urban Activism in the Arab regions, Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, July 3-4, 2019
Who’s Downtown: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Dynamics Cairo
Workshop: EUF workshop “old vs. New – The changing Role of Downtown in Egypt” , Egypt, July 2, 2019
Space syntax workshop
Workshop: Cairo, Egypt, July 1-3, 2019
The Art of Making: Design, Fabrication, Assemble and learn Workshop
Workshop: As part of CLUSTER Makes series, first workshop at ALFABRIKA , Cairo, Egypt, June 25, 2019
RealCityLab: Social infrastructures and the role of architecture
Workshop: RealCityLab, Fifth Coordination Meeting, Habitat Unit, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, June 24-29, 2019
Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon translation workshop in Beirut
Workshop: Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon, Beirut, Lebanon, June 22, 2019
CS. PRAXIS: Gathering 01
Workshop: Cape Town, South Africa, June 5-7, 2019
Formal-informal spectrum in Cairo transportation network: A comparative framework
Formal-Informal Interface Workshop: Towards a cross-country comparative methodological framework and co-production of urban knowledge, Center for Urban Research and Planning (CURP) University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, May 11–15, 2019
Grounded Urban Practices: A study on GUPs in Cairo, Egypt and Amsterdam/Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Workshop: Grounded Urban Practices, Phase 2, Cairo, Egypt, Apr 12–14, 2019
Localizing the SDGs within the formal and informal interface of African cities
Workshop: Meaning-Making Research Initiative (MRI), Methodology and Scholarly Writing Workshop, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, April 1-5, 2019
Critical Mapping and Tactical Interventions
Lecture: MIT, Massachusetts, USA, April 1, 2019
Africa Development: Urbanization and the Future African Cities
Conference: Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA, Mar 30, 2019
From Passageways to Stairways: CLUSTER Mapping Initiative in Cairo and Amman
Greater Municipality of Amman (GAM), Amman, Jordan, Mar 25, 2019
Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon translation workshop in Cairo
Workshop: Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon, Cairo, Egypt, Mar 23, 2019
Creative Cities: Towards a Creative Economy Framework
Meeting: Eunic, Greek Campus, Cairo, Egypt, Mar 21, 2019
RealCityLab: Practice-orientation in architectural Education
Workshop: RealCityLab, Fourth Coordination Meeting, Habitat Unit, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Mar 3-4, 2019
A Tale of Three Cities: Cairo’s Contested Grounds and Negotiated Design Inclusions
Workshop: Grounded Urban Practices, Phase 2: Amsterdam Encounter, Cairo, Egypt, Mar 1, 2019
Art and Culture as Urban Catalysts: CLUSTER mapping and design projects 2013-18
Talk: Film My Design, Zawya Cinema, Cairo, Egypt, Feb 15-16, 2019
2018
Grounded Urbanism: Towards Inclusive Cities
Engaging Informality form Local to Regional: CLUSTER’s Research and Design Projects 2013-18
Lecture: Urban challenges and opportunities in MENA/Arab Region: From SDGs to Urban Practice, Urban Thinkers Campus, El Gouna, Egypt, Dec 8-10, 2018
Economic Impact of Creative Initiatives on Downtown
Workshop (a presentation and training on the toolkit): Economic Impact of Creative initiatives on Downtown, British Council, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 8, 2018
A Tale of Three Cities: Cairo’s Contested Grounds and Negotiated Design Inclusions
Talk: Urban Age Conference: Developing Urban Futures, Addis Ababa, Nov 29th-30th, 2018
Critical Mapping and Tactical Interventions: CLUSTER Mapping Initiative in Amman
Talk: As part of Contemporary Amman and the Right to the City, Amman, Jordan, Nov 3-5, 2018
Public Participation in Inclusive City Planning; and Access to Information (Moderating)
Workshop: As part of Toolkit for Urban Inclusion in Arab Cities, organized by UNSECO, with the Coalition of Arab Cities against Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Intolerance, Cairo, Egypt, Oct 29-Nov 1, 2018
CLUSTER Mapping Initiatives
Lecture: As part of Public in the Making, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct 18-20, 2018
Formal-Informal Interface: Comparative Analysis in Three Egyptian Cities
Lecture: As part of AURI-African Urban Research Institute, Fostering A comparative Research Agenda in African Cities. Formal-Informal Interface Workshop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Oct 3-5, 2018
Public Space between Contestation and Inclusion: Action Research from Pilot Interventions to Policy Recommendations
Regional Workshop: On Participatory Research and Advocacy on Urban Inclusion, UNESCO, Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 28-29, 2018
Towards an Alternative Mode of Urban Practice: Examples of CLUSTER’s Projects, 2012-2017
Lecture: As part of the Scientific Day, Architecture Department, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, April 30, 2018
Mapping Informal Practice: Decoding the Informal Structures, Re-framing Architectural Practice – Four CLUSTER Research Projects, 2012-2018
Lecture: As part of Spatial Practice & Development course, M.Arch Programme, SSOA, Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK, March 19, 2018
Participatory Approach to Urban Heritage: Examples of CLUSTER’s projects Downtown
Lecture: As part of HUD 614, Participation in Urban Development, Joint M.Arch Program, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, March 12, 2018
Art as a Catalyst for Urban Development
Panel Discussion: As part of Trans-making Spring Academy – Enacting cultural democracy: the location of narratives, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, March 6, 2018
Creative Initiatives as Urban Catalyst: Mapping, Programs and Design Visions for Downtown Cairo
Public Lecture: As part of Ataba Market: Sustainable Historic Market in Cairo, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Feb 18, 2018
Formal-Informal Interface: Comparative Analysis in Three Egyptian Cities
Lecture: As part of AURI-African Urban Research Institute, Fostering A comparative Research Agenda in African Cities. 2018 AURI Policy Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, Jan 30, 2018
2017
Contested Spaces, Negotiated Commons: On Everyday Urban Practices in Cairo, 2011-17
Regenerating Spaces of Commons: Urban diplomacy as an alternative mode of urban governance
Cultural Confluences: Curating a local design culture and dialogue, through global perspectives
Creative initiatives as a catalyst for urban regeneration: Example of CLUSTER’s adaptive reuse projects
Lecture: As part of the RealCityLab Workshop 3: Alda(her)itage: Old buildings, new functions, Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 5, 2017
Engaging Public Space in Times of Transformation: Mapping Tools and Tactical Interventions
Lecture: As part of lecture series at the Friends of Historical & Public Gardens Society, Bayt Yakan, Al-Darb al-Ahmar, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1, 2017
Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon translation workshop
Workshop: Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon, Beirut, Lebanon, Oct 28, 2017
Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon translation workshop
Workshop: Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon, Amman, Jordan, Oct 14, 2017
From Passageways to Stairways: CLUSTER Mapping Initiative in Cairo and Amman
Engaging Public Space in Times of Transformation: Mapping Tools and Tactical Interventions
Lecture: As Part of a workshop on Revitalization of Lala Studio Surroundings, LALA STUDIO, Cairo, Egypt, Sep 14, 2017
Alda(her)itage: An Urban Perspective, Workshop 2, Feb 16–May 3, 2016
Workshop: As Part of RealCityLab coordination meeting, Habitat Unit, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Sep 5, 2017
Engaging Public Space in Times of Transformation: Mapping Tools and Tactical Interventions
Lecture: LIRA TD training workshop, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Aug 27-31, 2017
Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon translation workshop
Workshop: Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon, Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2017
Downtown Cairo Tangible Heritage: Critical Mapping and Creative Interventions, 2011-2016
Is Another Commons Possible?
Critical Discussion of CLUSTER’s Experience in Urban Regeneration
Lecture: On Placemaking Seminar, Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Cairo, Egypt, May 3, 2017
Alternative Approaches to the Rehabilitation of Downtown: Examples of CLUSTER’s Projects 2012-2016
Urban Regeneration Course, Double Master Degree in Urban Design, The Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, April 11, 2017
Design as a Tool to Negotiate Competing Interests: Cairo Downtown Passages, 2011-2016
Mapping Tools and Community-led Interventions: Two Cluster Projects, Downtown Cairo, 2011-2016
Workshop/Lecture: Re-appropriating the Postindustrial Landscape through Community-led Development, as part of MA in Urban Design (MAUD), Spring 2017, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, (SSoA), Sheffield, UK, March 28-31, 2017
Engaging Public Space in Times of Transformations: Mapping Tools and Tactical Interventions
Downtown Cairo Tangible Heritage: Critical Mapping and Creative Interventions, 2011-2016
Lecture: Sustainability Built Heritage Conference, Luxor, Egypt, February 23-25, 2017
X-Talk #27: Critical Mapping and Creative Interventions: Learning from Downtown Cairo
2016
Cairo Downtown Passageways Signage Workshop
Workshop: CLUSTER, Cairo, Egypt, December 14-17, 2016
Downtown Cairo: Critical Mapping and Creative Interventions
Translation Workshop: Towards a Critical Urban Lexicon
Workshop: Hill House, The American University in Cairo – Main Campus, Egypt, December 10, 2016
Learning from Cairo: Informality and Urban Solutions
Cairo Public Space: Contested Claims, Negotiated Interventions: CLUSTER’s Urban Experience in Research and Practice, 2011-2016
Public Lecture: Public Lectures Series, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, November 30, 2016
Mapping as Critical Engagement of the Urban Landscape: Examples of CLUSTER’s Research Projects in Cairo, 2011-2016
Lecture: As part of MAAD Program, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, November 30, 2016
Cairo Downtown Passageways Project: A framework for research and design interventions, 2011-2016
Lecture: As part of MAUD Studio, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, November 29, 2016
Cairo Public Space: Contested Claims, Negotiated Interventions
Competing Interests, Negotiated Interventions: Cairo’s contested public space in a time of transition
Symposium: Art, Politics and Cities in Transitions, Co-organized by CLUSTER and SUNY Purchase College, Center for Architecture, New York, USA, October 21-22, 2016
Transforming postgraduate education and approaches to capacity building
International Workshop: As part of Habitat III, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, October 19, 2016
The NUA in the Global South: Engaging Research in Policy Making
Plenary Session: As part of Habitat III, Quito, Ecuador, October 18, 2016
Round Table: Under the Tree: Taxonomy, Empire and Reclaiming the Commons
CLUSTER’s Urban Experience in Research and Practice
Workshop: RealCityLab: Practice Orientation in Architecture Education, Habitat Unit, TU Berlin, Germany, July 19-20, 2016
STARS: Leaders of the New Generation
Workshop: Stein am Rhein symposium 2016, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland, September 24-27, 2016
Cairo Public Space: Contested Claims, Negotiated Approaches
Workshop: UN-Habitat Expert Group Meeting on Public Space in the Arab Region, UN-Habitat, Cairo, Egypt, September 21-22, 2016
Commoning Practices
Whose Street and on Whose Terms: Revisiting Urban Informality in Cairo Public Space, 2011-2015
Public Space as Contested Space
A Dialogue about Arab Cities through Literature, Architecture, and Urbanism
Cairo contested public space – Mapping as a framework for critical engagement
Mapping Downtown Cairo: Public Space as a Stage for Negotiation and Choreography
Lecture: D-CAF 2016 – Urban Heat, Cairo City Lab, April 16, 2016
Engaging Public Space in a Time of Political and Urban Transformation: Examples from CLUSTER’s Design and Research Projects (2012-2015)
Lecture: Megawra and Al Azhar Lecture Series, Department of Urban Planning at Al Azhar University, April 13, 2016
Informality and Urban Land
Chairing Two Sessions: Policy Conference, African Urban Research Initiative, Johannesburg, April 05-06, 2016
Conceptions of Space: Curating Art, Architecture and the City, by Pedro Gadanho
Lecture: Moderating the Art Talks, D-CAF, April 03, 2016
Toward Developing a Critical Urban Lexicon: Cairo Urban Resource Library and the Challenge of Translation and Terminology
Lecture: Center for Translation Studies, AUC, March 22, 2016
Downtown Public Space and Creative Initiatives
Workshop: Needs Assessment Workshop, Swedish Institute, Alexandria, March 17, 2016
Between Corporate Urban Vision and Professional Practice: Drawing on the Design Experience Working with SODIC, 2009 – 2010
Workshop: Desert Cities/New Cities. ETHZ – ONA, March 15, 2016
Engaging Public Space in a Time of Political and Urban Transformation: Examples from CLUSTER’s Design and Research Projects (2012 – 2015)
Lecture: Architecture Department, University of Mansoura, March 6, 2016
Art as a mode of urban engagement: Critical mapping and strategic interventions
Conference: Beyond Green: The Arts as a Catalyst for Sustainability. Salzburg Global Seminar, February 19 -24, 2016
2015
Art, Change and Public Space
Spaces of Urban Change
International lecture: Sheffield School of Architecture, November 18, 2015
Public Space as a Site of Contestation and Negotiation: Examples of CLUSTER’s projects in Cairo, 2012 – 2015
Conference: Shifting Cities Conference, Rutgers University, November 12 – 14, 2015
رصد لأنساق عمرانية غير رسمية في زمن التحول: أمثلة من مشروعات توثيق وتصميم لمختبر عمران القاهرة (كلاستر) ٢٠١٢-٢٠١٥
كلية التخطيط العمراني – جامعة القاهرة، نوفمبر ٨، ٢٠١٥
CLUSTER Mapping Initiative, Cairo Downtown Passageways
Conference: Creative Cities: Re-framing Downtown, Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2015
Cairo Downtown Passages: A framework for revitalization and development
Lecture: Historic Districts for Tomorrow, Cairo University, Department of Architecture, October 25, 2015
Mapping Downtown and Beyond
Workshop: Neighborhood Initiative, AUC, Cairo, October 9, 2015
Engaging the City and Public Space in a Time of Transition: Examples of CLUSTER’s Projects, 2012 – 2015
Middle East Studies Center, AUC, Cairo, October 7, 2015
Think Global Build Social! Architecture Engages in Social Change
Alternative modes of urban governmentality in post-revolution Cairo: Examples of CLUSTER’s projects 2012-2015
Cairo Downtown Passages: A Framework for Revitalization and Development
Conference: Urban Futures 2030: Middle East and North Africa, Columbia University Middle East Research Center, Amman, Jordan, August 23, 2015
On Mapping Cultural Initiatives and the Revolution
Workshop: Towards a Cultural Cartography, Ain Sukhna, Egypt, July 30 – August 2, 2015
Informality and Urban Governance: Towards New Modes of Practice in Post-Revolution Cairo
Cairo Downtown Passages and Rooftops: a Framework for Revitalization and Development
Presentation: General Meeting, Women’s Association, Zamalek, April 22, 2015
الباعة الجائلين وقضية النزاع على الفراغ العام
توثيق وتحليل لانساق غير رسمية في وسط المدينة – المنتدى العمراني القومي – ١٦ يونيو ٢٠١٥
Cairo Downtown Passages and Rooftops: a Framework for Revitalization and Development
Conference: People’s Meeting, Bornhom, Denmark, June 13, 2015
Mapping Informality
Presentation: Towards an [in]formal Pattern Language, The American University in Cairo (AUC), June 3, 2015
Cluster-ETH Workshop at Ard al-Liwa
Cairo Downtown Passages and Rooftops: a Framework for Revitalization and Development
Workshop: Citizens for Heritage and Culture; Swedish Institute, Alexandria, April 15, 2015
Learning from Informality: Public Space in Post-Revolution Cairo
Between Corporate Urban Vision and Professional Practice: Drawing on the Design Experience Working with SODIC, 2009 – 2010
Workshop: Desert Cities; Zurich, March 23 – 26, 2015
2014
End of Semester Review of Student Work for The Urban Design Studio
Review: Resistance|Relevance|Resilience; Zurich, December 12, 2014
Blurring Boundaries, Reconstituting Borders: Examples From Cairo Public Space Since 2011
Urban Planning, Pedagogy and Activism in Post-Revolution Cairo
Art in Public Space: Engaging Communities in Local Context
Introduction to Cluster: Organizational, Structural and Current Projects in Downtown
Workshop: The Imaginary School Program, organized by Beirut; Cluster, Cairo, October 19 – 27, 2014
Engaging Public Space in Time of Political and Urban Transformation
Workshop: Resistance|Relevance|Resilience; Cairo, October 16 – 25, 2014
Thoughts Meet Space Cairo
Symposium: Change of Scene; Berlin, October 9 – 10, 2014
Engaging Public Space in Time of Political and Urban Transformation
Archiving Shifting Urban Landscape in Cairo since January 2011
In Next City Booth, April 11th. World Urban Forum 7; Medellin, Colombia, April 3 – 11, 2014
Building Theatre – Theatre Building
Learning from informality in time of political transformations: Examples from Cairo since January 2011
As part of conference Thinking Across Boundaries: Re-imagining planning in the urban global south, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL; London, July 2 – 4, 2014
Changing cities, emerging urban practices and the rise of planning-as-activism
وصلات حضرية ومعابر للمشاة بأرض اللواء
ضمن ورشة العمل “مبادرات التنمية العمرانية فى محافظة الجيزة الافاق والتحديات.” المركز القومى لبحوث الاسكان والبناء يوم 12 يونية 2014
Mapping Shifting Urban Landscape in Cairo since January 2011
Street Vendors Initiatives: Contesting and Negotiating Public Space in Cairo
In City Changer Room, UN-Habitat. April 9th. World Urban Forum 7; Medellin, Colombia, April 3 – 11, 2014
Ard al-Liwa Community Park: New modes of partnership for the development in informal areas
Lunch-break debate -Egyptian Booth, April 8th. World Urban Forum 7; Medellin, Colombia, April 3 – 11, 2014
Pop-up Spaces and Store Fronts
“How-To” Public lectures, organized by Townhouse Gallery; Cairo, March 19 – 24, 2014
Urban and Territorial Development in the Mediterranean Area
2013
Katastrophen 11/15: Ideal Paradise. Research-Workshop
Tanzquartier, Vienna, Dec 16 – 20, 2013
A Coup or a New Revolution? Competing narratives inscribed on Cairo’s urban landscape
On Aesthetics And Agendas – Cultural Politics in Times of Transition
مشروع إعادة تأهيل وصلات المدينة بحوافها الغير رسمية – منطقة أرض اللواء
نحو مشروعات فعالة لتطوير المناطق العشوائية. مبنى قسم الهندسة المعمارية، كلية الهندسة، جامعة القاهرة، 14 نوفمبر 2013
Protest, Revolt, Revolution, Institution
Towards New Modes of Partnership: Examples of Urban Upgrading from Ard al- Liwa and Downtown Cairo
Cairo: Images of transition
Book launch and discussion; Townhouse Rawabet, Cairo, October 23, 2013
Who Rules The Street In Cairo? The Residents Who Build It
‘Cultural Innovators Lab’ Cultural Leadership and Innovation Programme
British Council, Cairo, March 28 – 30, 2013
Planning for Protest
Innovators Studio
Marseille; June 19 – 20, 2013
Downtown Today: Contested Public Space in Context of Cairo’s Urban Revolution
Awash in a Sea of Informality: Revisiting Informal Practices in the Context of Cairo Urban Revolution
Mapping Informality
Whose Standards? Contesting the Normative, Engaging the Margin
The German University in Cairo, March 17, 2013
Art and Public Space in Post-Revolution Cairo
D.I.Y. Urbanism and Cairo’s Public Space Revolution
Towards New modes of Participatory Design: Examples from CLUSTER’s Experience
In Tajarub fi al-tasmim al-tasharuki; Cairo, Supreme Council of Culture, Jan 9, 2013
2012
Ard al-Liwa Park Project: Towards a New Urban Order and Mode of Professional Practice
Archiving the City in Flux: Cairo’s Evolving Urbanism Post-¬Revolution
(Omar Nagati and Beth Stryker). Revolts and Transitions in the Arab World: Towards a New Urban Agenda? International Colloquium, CEDEJ: Cairo, November 7 – 9, 2012
When Revolution meets Design Studio: Cairo University Architecture Graduation Project 2011
(Omar Nagati and Nabil Elhady). Revolts and Transitions in the Arab World: Towards a New Urban Agenda? International Colloquium, CEDEJ: Cairo November 7 – 9, 2012
Minding the Formal - Informal Gap: the Battle of Ard Al - Liwa Park Project
(Omar Nagati with local community activist, Hanaa Gad). Revolts and Transitions in the Arab World: Towards a New Urban Agenda? International Colloquium, CEDEJ: Cairo, November 7 – 9, 2012
Urban Informality in Cairo: Challenges and Opportunities
Inside the City of the Dead; International Workshop: October 20 – 28, November 2 – 10, 2012
The Battle of Identity and Public Space in “Post-¬Revolution” Egypt
Modernity, Architecture and Urban Life in the Arab Region. Ramallah & Amman, Nov 4, 7, 2012
Learn-Move-Play-Ground: Improving Courtyards in Primary Public Schools in Cairo
Mapping informality of post - revolution Cairo: Examples of current documentation and mapping research projects
The Heuristics of Mapping Urban Environmental Change: Exploring The Political Agency of Mapping and Maps. Seminar at Development Planning Unit, UCL: London, September 20 – 21, 2012
Who Shapes Our Cities: Urban Egypt between Grassroots Initiatives and State Control
Omar Nagati in a joint panel discussion with Kareem Ibrahim, May al-‐Ibrashy and Khaled Abdelhalim. World Urban Forum. Napoli, September 3 - 6, 2012
Open Street Mapping Workshop in Ard al-Liwa
Sep 11 – 27, 2012
Basurma
Design/build workshop on intervention in public space using recyclable material. Organized by Basurama and Elnamla, June – July, 2012
Informal Urban Practices since January 2011
As part of Mapping the Informal. Megawra workshop, Heliopolis, Cairo, May 20, 2012
The Role of Art and Architecture in Cairo’s Emerging Pubic Space
As part of ‘Visiting’ collaborative residency between six artists from Rijksakademie in the Netherlands and six artists from Cairo Townhouse Gallery from May 14 – 28, 2012
A City in Flux: New modes of urban intervention in Cairo since January 2011
Future Observatory Symposium, organized by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon on May 12, 2012
A City in Flux: New modes of urban intervention in Cairo since January 2011
An Urban Revolution? Roots, Manifestations and Ramifications
Talk to Arab Artists in Residence Program: Art Elliwa, Giza, April 2012
Mamarrat Wasat al-Balad: Downtown in-between spaces as a framework for development
Presentation in Downtown Cairo: Sharing competence about documenting and communicating heritage, workshop 24 ‐ 25 March 2012 at the German University of Cairo in collaboration with DOCOMOMO Egypt
The City and the Public
Public lecture at Megawra Architectural Hub, Heliopolis, Cairo, March 5, 2012
Cairo Dialogues: Roundtable Discussion for Critical Urban and Architectural Discourse
(This is intended the first of a series of ongoing sessions addressing architectural and urban issues in Cairo, jointly moderated by Omar Nagati and Mohamed ElShahed, Cairo Observer), CLUSTER premises, February 26, 2012
Informalization as an urban revolt: Reclaiming space, reproducing “order”
Paper presented at conference organized by the Postcolonial Studies Association: Re-evaluating the Postcolonial City: Production, Reconstruction, Representation, University of Leeds: February 2 – 3, 2012