Influence and Resistance in Post-Independence Egyptian Architecture (ePub)

Marwa M. El-Ashmouni is Assistant Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering, Beni-Suef University, Egypt. El-Ashmouni earned her PhD from the University of Adelaide, Australia, and her master's degree from Ball State University, USA. She worked as a tutor and a research assistant in both universities. El-Ashmouni was awarded the University of Adelaide Medal of Research Excellence (2013). Her interests include historiography of postcolonial architecture with special focus on the conditions generated by the intersection of decolonizing and nationalist policies. Her work focuses on cultural mobility, migration, diaspora, and cross-cultural encounters. She has authored numerous publications in the field of architectural history and theory. Her publications include a book chapter in Christiane Gruber, ed. Islamic Architecture on the Move (2016), entitled "Mobility and Ambivalences: Negotiating Architecture Identities during Khedive Ismail's Reign (1863-879)," and an article titled "Interrogating Egyptian Nationalism: Transcultural Architecture at the Ragged Edge of Empire" in Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research (2018). Her latest work includes a recent article titled "Contemporary Architecture of Cairo (1990-020): Mutational Plurality of 'Isms', Decolonialism, and Cosmopolitanism" in Open House International (2020); a joint-authored book: Architectural Excellence in Islamic Societies (2020); and an article titled "Gazing at Egypt's Museums: Toward a New Internationalism" in Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research (2021).

Ashraf M. Salama is Professor of Architecture and recently appointed Head of the School of Architecture and Built Environment at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He was the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde Glasgow, UK (2014-2020). He holds a BSc, MSc, and PhD in architecture and has received his