Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle. 2009
The Evolving Arab City. 2008
Planning Middle Eastern Cities. 2004, 2009
Mohamed Ali Street. Cairo
UN ESCWA
United Nations Economic & Social Commission of Western Asia
Report: "Globalization Effects on the Sustainability of the Arab City."
Fall 2007
Shigeru Ban Architects. Tokyo. Japan
Local Consultant for Sheikh Zayed National Museum Competition. Abu Dhabi.
Project selected among 4 finalists.
Summer 2007
Invited Critic at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Zurich) Studio Basel for the 'Nile Valley Project.’ May 27, 2009.
Urban Land Institute. Washington, DC
Report about Island development in the UAE. 2009
Discussant at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Seminar. American University of Sharjah-School of Architecture and Design, and
the Aga Khan Ismaili Center Headquarters in Dubai April 30, May 1, 2009
Louvre Auditoirum. Paris
Abu Dhabi Debate/Workshop
Invited to workshop held in Istanbul, January 2009. Preparation for the International Architectural Biennale in Rotterdam.
Open City: Designing Co-existence
European University Institute. Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies.Mediterranean Research Program. Workshop No.6: Mapping Transnational Networks in the Middle East:Local Logics and Global
Processes (12 - 15 March 2008). Florence
Invited to participate in the Holcim Forum 2007: “urban_trans_formation” organized by the Holcim foundation for sustainable construction c/o Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). April 19-21, 2007, at Tongji University in Shanghai, China.
International Design Conference, Invited Speaker. Doha, Qatar
TASMEEM 2007
Invited Speaker at Harvard Graduate School of Design Workshop. “Dubai: Emerging Critical Themes in Urban Planning and Design.” March 20, 2006
Keynote Speaker at International Conference PLEA2005. Environmental Sustainability: The Challenge of Awareness in Developing
Countries. Beirut, Lebanon 13-16/11, 2005
Elsheshtawy, Y. (2009). Arabian Tabula Rasa: Culture, Hegemony and the new
Middle East. New Geographies 1, pp. 98-109
Elsheshtawy, Y. (2008). Transitory Sites: Mapping Dubai's 'Forgotten' Urban Public Spaces. The International Journal of
Urban & Regional Research. 32:4, pp. 968-988
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH
Elsheshtawy, Y. (2008). “Navigating the Spectacle: Landscapes of Consumption in Dubai.” Architectural Theory Review. 13:2. pp. 164-18
ARCHITECTURAL THEORY REVIEW
Elsheshtawy, Y. & Kenzari, B. (2003). The Ambiguous Veil: On Transparency, Mashrabiya’s & Architecture. Journal of Architectural Education. 56:4, 17-25.
Recipient of the 2003 JAE Best Article of the Year Award
JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION
Elsheshtawy, Y. (2005). “The Mythical East: Architectural Metaphor’s in Tayeb Salehs’ Season of Migration to the North.” Built Environment. 31:1
Dubai:
A Photographic Portrait
Ongoing Mapping Project