Nada Elfeituri

As an urbanist I love travelling, but I got bored with European cities which started to look alike. Instead I began travelling through North Africa, and discovered great urban design practices that I think don't get enough credit. A thread on North African🇲🇦🇩🇿🇹🇳🇱🇾🇪🇬 cities:

@SultanAlQassemi Good Libya examples are the revival of community art in Benghazi after the war, and the rehabilitation of Tripoli's Old City.

Imagine being a North African woman overcoming countless social and political obstacles - especially rigid gender norms - to make it to the Olympics, only to have an incoherent right-wing mob try to force those same norms on you. Solidarity with Imane Khelif

Time to share this tweet again since the commentary about police brutality on US campuses is strewn with 'imagine if this happened in [insert Global South country]!!'

@tom_western This was in Benghazi two days go, interesting to see how it travels so far North!

If another country arrested that many students and professors in one day, the US would be deeply concerned

Tracking the Urbicide unfolding in Gaza since Oct 7th. Digitally constructing Gaza serves as an act of archiving, countering erasure, reclaiming its existence, and providing a reset point for where the conversation can begin. More on ➡️ beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/197…

The status quo in Gaza is death: defector.com/the-status-quo…

“The richest, most powerful countries in the western world, those who believe themselves to be the keepers of the flame of the modern world’s commitment to democracy and human rights, are openly financing and applauding Israel’s genocide in Gaza.” scroll.in/article/106486…

In her coverage of Bosnia, Amanpour had said "I realized that our job is to give all sides an equal hearing, but in cases of genocide, you can't just be neutral...there is no equality." Sadly this is not reflected in her coverage of the ongoing Gaza genocide

"In Gaza you can witness what the end of the world will look like." In December, Hudia, a refugee in Rafah, kept a diary of the horrors Israel has been visiting upon Gaza since October. This is testimonial 18 of our Palestine Uncensored series.

An important article by a Palestinian architect and researcher on the genocide and erasure of Gaza

New York Times pays Thomas Friedman to compare the Middle East to bugs: defector.com/new-york-times…

I like Kate Wagner's work but confused why the Nation didn't give this platform to a Palestinian architect to share their perspective and knowledge? Someone like @NadiSaadeh or one of the great minds behind @araburbanism

Another Planners' Alert: A good podcast to listen to! The Planning of Palestine: Urban Planning under and As Occupation with Dana Erekat and Eyal Weizman jadaliyya.com/Details/45680 via @jadaliyya

UNESCO's silence when it comes to #Israel's systematic destruction of #Palestinian #CulturalHeritage is very disturbing. Clearly, the agency has lost its moral compass under @AAzoulay who was quick to react to #Ukraine, but not a word for #Gaza!. mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/sTvb0bZZ…

As an urban designer, I find this article appalling & horrific in its implications - design cities as barracks to withstand more wars, instead of addressing militarization policies, accountability for war crimes or arms proliferation. Surprised that @UDGUrbanUpdate shared this.

Here’s the only eulogy to Henry Kissinger worth reading. Rest in Peace, Anthony Bourdain.

Source: A photo of Gaza city, taken in September 2021. The data comes from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs which verifies numbers from Gaza's Ministry of Public Works and Housing.

"The Palestinian death toll has reached 9,061. Women and children are 62% of these victims." - @unocha "Settler violence has also escalated dramatically, averaging seven attacks a day. In more than a third of these attacks, firearms were used." - @unhumanrights