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Please consider and think carefully that the editor of perhaps the most important urban studies journal in the world is living in a city presently under massive bombardment by genocidaires

Lebanon’s Southern border: A year in perspective-

… and some still saying “for the region not to spiral into war”. War is here. In the sounds we hear, the fumes we smell, the wounded, the dead, the displaced, the destroyed, the squeezed hearts, the tired eyes, the tight lips. It is everywhere. #Beirut #CeasefireNOW

In Israel's extreme manifestation of fungibility: a school is not a school, a mosque is not a mosque, a home is not a home, a child is not a child, we see something familiar across all contemporary situations, worlds that are not what they appear to be and thus can be destroyed.

Do us a favor- do not talk about international human rights law anymore. Spare our children the lies we were fed. I do all I can to raise mine on principles of justice, love and compassion, but I will tell them not to waste their hopes on this farce.

Excellent, heartfelt reporting.

While urbanists traipse off to the World Urban Forum (in Cairo, no less) to hawk their wares, the most useful move would be to call for a general strike, put down our tools all together.

Bint Jbeil already suffered fierce battles in 2006, that led to dramatic losses of its urban heritage. Just as Ayta Shaab and other villages, the then reconstructed city is bound to be destroyed again

vile, despicable, depraved people.

our colleague Mona Khechen lost her family home in Sour 💔 &Sour's dwellers &visitors lost parts of their modern urban heritage. domicide &urbicide. why is Mona's home (&1000s of homes) legitimate military targets for Israeli forces? this is terrorism &war crimes.

136 “evacuation threats” for over 205 buildings, have targeted residential and commercial urban neighborhoods since the 27th of September 2024. Today alone, 11 new orders were issued, targeting 11 buildings.

People already back to their lands & homes, cleaning rubble, planning repairs &rebuilding; people depleted, grieving, anxious abt a bleak future for their families in a context where decision-making is captured by geopolitical & capitalist interests, oligarchs &sectarian forces.

In this guest post, Azadeh Mashayekhi, Dr Noura Wahby, and Dr Camila Pereira Saraiva discuss the outcomes of the seminars on religious actors and urban planning in Latin America and the Middle East, which were supported by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards grant: ow.ly/8mQq50Ux4tq

The landmark urban event of the year in Beirut is back!

The Urban Political in SWANA Research Network is soliciting applications from doctoral researchers and early career researchers for a Winter Institute on “Urban, Ecological and Infrastructural Politics in SWANA," hosted by the Beirut Urban Lab, at AUB, on 12-16 January 2026.

Co-organizing this with dream team Sarah El-Kazaz Rafeef Ziadah Azadeh Mashayekhi Noura W. Thanks to Critical Approaches to Development MENA & Rima Majed for the support and enabling this amazing opportunity. Pls consider applying if eligible and kindly share.

📢 Call for Applications! Open to doctoral & early career researchers. Winter Institute "Urban, Ecological and Infrastructural Politics in SWANA" — January 12-16, 2026, hosted by the Beirut Urban Lab American University of Beirut. Travel/accommodation covered. Apply by April 28, 2025 and share!

It took a minute or two (or thousands) to get here but welcome to the newly minted IIHS University :) Follow Indian Institute for Human Settlements for more details over the next few weeks as applications open for 4 new interdisciplinary Masters programmes and the IIHS Doctoral Programme.

Maryam لندن، این و احتمالن یک تجمع دیگر که هنوز نهایی نشده