Nora Akawi

@NoraAkawi

architecture research, teaching, & curatorial practice / director, Studio X Amman @ CGC|Amman + Columbia GSAPP / faculty, Columbia GSAPP

New York / Amman / Jerusalem
Joined June 2012
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  1. Aug 12

    The closing event of the 3rd Janet Abu-Lughod Library Seminar at Studio-X Amman is coming up! Featuring Domesticity: Filmed and Televised Representations of the Transitioning Space of the Home, Aug. 16 at 6pm at Sijal!

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    Aug 10

    This is difficult to write. team is mourning the destruction of the Said Al-Mishal Cultural Center which was levelled to the ground yesterday after Israeli fighter jets struck the five-story building with 10 rockets in . Read our

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    Jul 11

    Campaigners jubilant as Occupied Territories Bill to hold Israel accountable for stealing Palestinian land passes first major hurdle in Irish parliament

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  4. Jul 11

    Ada Colau & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in conversation, moderated by Amy Goodman on July 16.

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  5. Jul 3

    Studio-X Amman launches the 3rd Janet Abu-Lughod Library seminar on televised domesticity in the Arab world. Call for applications now open, until July 19th! Join this brilliant 3 week long course led by Shaikha Al Mubaraki!

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  6. May 19

    Co-organizing a conference on Amman in November 3-4 with Ifpo. Call for papers out! Send your abstracts by June 30

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  7. May 16

    Historic maps of Palestine like you’ve never seen before! Check out this project by the incredible team of that we prototyped during a workshop we co-ran at Studio-X Amman this Spring!

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    May 12

    We dance together, we fight together!!!

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    May 7

    THIS THURSDAY - Architecture ILS 6: Venice Previews, 3 leading curators Marina Otero Verzier (), & , discuss projects for the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale. Tickets free, RSVP essential;

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    May 3

    NEXT WEEK - Architecture ILS 6: Venice Previews, 3 leading curators Marina Otero Verzier (), & , discuss projects for the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale. Tickets free, RSVP essential;

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    May 1

    STORY: “The abusive treatment [..] received at Ben Gurion airport ironically illustrates how Israel refuses to respect the political and civil rights of its own citizens, of Palestinians, and of human rights defenders.” MORE:

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    May 1

    BREAKING: and were detained for 14 hours, interrogated at Ben Gurion International Airport, then denied entry into Israel and deported. Israel fears "people who might challenge its policies” MORE:

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  13. Apr 28

    Call for proposals!!! for Fearless Cities North America Regional Municipalist Summit, July 27-29 in NYC, applications open until Friday May 11

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  14. Apr 28

    Call for proposals!!! for Fearless Cities North America Regional Municipalist Summit, July 27-29 in NYC, applications open until Friday May 11

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    Mar 15

    4 days in Amman supporting and working w/ on new ideas for collective actions, digital rights, historical maps, education and gender. A fruitful exchange of experiences and knowledge.

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  16. Mar 17

    AAU Anastas at Studio-X Amman on Saturday March 10 with and Yousef Anastas

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  17. Feb 18

    The feminist architecture collaborative in conversation with @shireentalhouni on hymens, plastic surgery clinics, architecture and futurism at Studio-X Amman last week

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    Jan 31

    More than 36 km2 of land in the occupied Syrian are suspected to be mined, distributed over 2000 minefields. It is estimated that the region contains up to 1.2 million .

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  19. Jan 19

    Book launch of “Sundry Modernism: Materials for the Study of Palestinian Modernism” by Oraib Toukan () by Studio-X Amman at on January 10

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  20. Jan 11

    Studio-X Amman partners with Spring 2018 Water Urbanism Studio on water rights, livelihoods, tourism, and infrastructure. Here we’re in Ghor As-Safi Dead Sea, Jordan with Allison Hartnett at the future Safi Kitchen Farm

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