The Palestinian City: Issues in Urban Transformations

Khalid Ziyadeh is the Beirut branch Director of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. He was a University Professor at the Lebanese University’s Institute for Social Sciences and served as Lebanon’s ambassador to Egypt and Permanent Delegate to the Arab League.

Adel Manna is a historian specializing in Palestinian history during the Ottoman era and in the history of the Palestinians in the twentieth century.

Himmat Zoubi is a researcher and feminist activist. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Ben-Gurion University and also holds academic degrees in Criminology and Gender Studies.

Jad Tabet is an architect and urban planner. He was elected president of the Lebanese Federation of Engineers and President of the Organization of Arab Architects. He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut, and has represented Lebanon on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

Jack Persekian is the founder and director of al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art and one of the founders of Gallery Anadiel in Jerusalem. He previously worked as director and head curator of the Palestinian Museum and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation, as well as directing several exhibitions, including the Qalandiya International and “Outside the Gates of Heaven.”

Salim Abuthaher is an academic and a researcher. He is the manager of the Palestinian Museum’s Digital Archive Project. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in engineering from Birzeit University and a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the same university. His research focuses on modern social history and urban political economy.

Jaweda Mansour holds an MA in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and an MA in Heritage Management from the University of Kent in Britain. She works as a consultant in the fields of development and engineering.

Nisreen Mazzawi is an anthropologist who researches the environment and the economy. She holds an MA in Natural Resource and Environmental Management as well as in Cultural Anthropology. Her research focuses on settler-colonialism in Palestine and cultural changes connected to urban ecology in Nazareth.

Shiraz Nasr holds a Master’s degree in Spatial Analysis from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. She specializes in the use of quantitative research methods and geographical information systems (GIS).