Creative Cities: Re-framing Downtown Cairo

Edited by: Beth Stryker Omar Nagati

Creative Cities: Re-framing Downtown Cairo International Symposium October 31-November 1, 2015 AUC Tahrir Campus

The Creative Cities: Re-framing Downtown Cairo conference invited international examples of successful models of creative cities of relevance to the future development of downtown Cairo, and in dialogue with local stakeholders considered the role culture can play as a catalyst for development. Looking critically at the changes that have taken place in Cairo over the past few years, and building on the wealth of studies of both urban history and contemporary conditions that Cairo enjoys, the conference was organized to emphasize comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to issues related to public space, heritage and urban culture, the revitalization of Downtown in the context of gentrification and securitization, and urban governance. The conference brought scholars, professionals and experts together with local cultural actors, community leaders and stakeholders. The conference consisted of public plenary sessions as well as critical urban walking tours that aimed towards alternative visions for Cairoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown, informed by local practices, in addition to best practices from international contexts. Conference organized by:

Mona Abaza Nancy Naser Al Deen Khaled Abdelhalim Ahmed Ragheb Amr Abdelrahman Heba Raouf Ezzat Dina Abou El Soud Lucie Ryzova Emad Abou Ghazi Karim Shafei Lisa Anderson Youssef Shazli George Arbid Beth Stryker Riham Arram Dirk Wanrooij Choucri Asmar William Wells Tarek Atia Tariq Zulficar Lina Attalah Sahar Attia Alia Ayman Nathaniel Bowditch Nadia Dropkin Aida El-Kashef Mohamed Elshahed Emad Farid Mohamed Gawad Paul Geday Jane Hall Soheir Hawas Kareem Ibrahim May Al-Ibrashy Akram Ismail Galila El Kadi Jerold S. Kayden Ernesto LĂłpez-Morales Ahmed Mansour Samia Mehrez Omar Nagati

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Creative Cities: Re-framing Downtown Cairo

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The Creative Cities: Re-framing Downtown Cairo conference invited international examples of successful models of creative cities of relevance to the future development of downtown Cairo, and in dialogue with local stakeholders considered the role culture can play as a catalyst for development. Looking critically at the changes that have taken place in Cairo over the past few years, and building on the wealth of studies of both urban history and contemporary conditions that Cairo enjoys, the conference was organized to emphasize comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to issues related to public space, heritage and urban culture, the revitalization of Downtown in the context of gentrification and securitization, and urban governance.