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</description><title>Cairobserver</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @cairobserver)</generator><link>http://cairobserver.com/</link><item><title>Resident Perspective: Maadi Degla</title><description>Resident Perspective is a series of standardized interviews with Cairo residents to get their views...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/50724895466</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/50724895466</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:58:00 +0300</pubDate><category>maadi</category><category>degla</category><category>resident perspective</category></item><item><title>CUIP: Introducing the Cairo Urban Initiatives Platform</title><description>
The Cairo Urban Initiatives Platform is a project by CLUSTER. CUIP &amp;#8220;is a bilingual...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/50488059942</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/50488059942</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:18:52 +0300</pubDate><category>cluster</category><category>urban studies</category></item><item><title>Cairo's 19th century transformation in 7 points</title><description>

Cairo, like many cities across the globe, underwent a significant process of urban transformation...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/50447513595</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/50447513595</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:59:00 +0300</pubDate><category>history</category><category>infrastructure</category><category>19th Century</category><category>modern</category><category>development</category><category>Azbakeya</category><category>Abdeen</category><category>downtown</category><category>nile</category><category>urbanism</category></item><item><title>Event: Parallel Practice</title><description>



Panel Discussion at the Arab Academy for Science &amp;amp; Technology, Architecture Department....</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/50019411335</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/50019411335</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 19:34:00 +0300</pubDate><category>events</category><category>urban studies</category><category>activism</category><category>urbanism</category><category>informality</category><category>Architectural Education</category></item><item><title>Artists as Urban Catalysts in Downtown Cairo</title><description>

Last December the Geothe Institute hosted a panel discussion titled “Artists as Urban Catalysts in...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/49952849990</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/49952849990</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 23:05:00 +0300</pubDate><category>events</category><category>art</category><category>development</category><category>downtown</category></item><item><title>Running the City: the making of Cairo's Marathon</title><description>

Last month I featured Nabil Shawkat&amp;#8217;s city walking group and the pleasures of exploring...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/49629259032</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/49629259032</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 01:41:00 +0300</pubDate><category>pedestrian</category><category>community</category></item><item><title>Borsa gets its own hyperlocal newspaper</title><description>
Mantiqti is a free newspaper issued by Egypt Media Development Program (EMDP) dedicated to the...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/49178215951</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/49178215951</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:08:00 +0300</pubDate><category>downtown</category><category>community</category></item><item><title>Reviewing the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival</title><description>

The second edition of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) kicked off earlier this...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/48611638662</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/48611638662</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:57:00 +0300</pubDate><category>downtown</category><category>public space</category><category>art</category><category>events</category><category>culture</category></item><item><title>Towards a revolutionary Nile front</title><description>



بقلم علي عبد الرءوف
استاذ العمارة و نظريات العمران
مقدمةهذا المقال يناقش مفهوم الديمقراطية...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/48425786230</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/48425786230</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:00:19 +0300</pubDate><category>عربي</category><category>Waterfront</category><category>public space</category><category>policy</category><category>corruption</category><category>urban studies</category><category>nile</category></item><item><title>The Literary Atlas of Cairo: Navigating the City by Book</title><description>


By Elisabeth Jaquette
The Literary Atlas of Cairo: One Hundred Years on the Streets of the City...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/48111579586</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/48111579586</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:40:00 +0300</pubDate><category>reviews</category><category>books</category><category>literature</category><category>representation</category></item><item><title>C.Scapes by Maia Gusberti</title><description>
C.SCAPES from maia gusberti on Vimeo.

By Maia Gusberti
C.Scapes emerged of my curiosity and will...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/48031717840</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/48031717840</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:54:00 +0300</pubDate><category>guest post</category><category>video</category><category>art</category><category>public space</category><category>representation</category></item><item><title>SUMMER SCHOOL in CAIRO 15-26 June 2013: The tangible and intangible Heritage of Downtown Cairo</title><description>

A visible City: The tangible and intangible Heritage of Downtown Cairo
SUMMER SCHOOL in CAIRO...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/47851519927</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/47851519927</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0300</pubDate><category>urban studies</category><category>heritage</category><category>downtown</category></item><item><title>Resident Perspective: Mukattam</title><description>Resident Perspective is a series of standardized interviews with Cairo residents to get their views...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/47770239430</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/47770239430</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:00:34 +0300</pubDate><category>resident perspective</category><category>mukattam</category></item><item><title>Book Review:  Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature</title><description>
By Samah Selim
Mara Naaman, Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature: Portraits of Cairo....</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/47690142390</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/47690142390</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0300</pubDate><category>guest post</category><category>books</category><category>literature</category><category>downtown</category></item><item><title>Is informality being disallowed by government?</title><description>





The South African government continues to pursue efforts to &amp;#8216;migrate&amp;#8217; informal...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/47623019686</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/47623019686</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:10:00 +0300</pubDate><category>Urban Africa</category><category>informality</category><category>economy</category><category>policy</category></item><item><title>Parallels Exhibition and Workshop</title><description>

By Farah Shoukry
In the midst of Old Cairo, Darb 1718 hosted Module Designers&amp;#8217; Parallels...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/47528400138</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/47528400138</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:00:38 +0300</pubDate><category>guest post</category><category>events</category></item><item><title>Lessons from elsewhere: Leipzig by Ali Alraouf</title><description>رباعية الرحلة والمدينة والساحة والحرية
د. علي عبد الرءوف
أستاذ العمارة والتصميم العمراني

ساحة...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/47450997491</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/47450997491</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:53:05 +0300</pubDate><category>lessons from elsewhere</category><category>Ali Alraouf</category><category>guest post</category><category>عربي</category></item><item><title>Event: "AUB Neighbourhood Initiative" Lecture by Cynthia Myntti</title><description>

مبادرة الحي للجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت
محاضرة أ/د: سينثيا مينتي  الجامعة الأمريكية ببيروت
السبت 13...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/47392695248</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/47392695248</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:03:00 +0300</pubDate><category>events</category><category>Beirut</category><category>neighborhood</category><category>ain shams university</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2c941dcf1db062e627acbd9970fa19e/tumblr_mkw143hDVN1qj6qjeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/47363832590</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/47363832590</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:50:27 +0300</pubDate><category>quote</category></item><item><title>Postcards from Revolutionary Cairo</title><description>


By Jonathan Guyer

I was in Marrakesh two weeks ago, which is teeming with tourists of all...</description><link>http://cairobserver.com/post/46614768075</link><guid>http://cairobserver.com/post/46614768075</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><category>guest post</category><category>postcard</category><category>Tourism</category><category>REVOLUTION</category></item></channel></rss>
