Preview. Upcoming episode of ‘Huang’s World’ in which I discuss with host Eddie Huang Dubai’s history and contemporary role, while cruising through its creek
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The fort was a very convenient symbol, and the pavilion was a way for Abu Dhabi, and by extension the UAE, to show that it was becoming a nation on the world stage.
— The National. Road to 2020. April 30, 2015
The road to 2020: the Emirates on a world stage | The National →
Interview with The National
Photo: courtesy Saudi Aramco
Abu Dhabi’s Cultural Foundation to be revitalised | The National →
Interview & quotation for an article about the recent preservation efforts at the Cultural Foundation Building in Abu Dhabi.
As Abu Dhabi is modernising and becoming more mature … more selective in the symbols it is using,” the architect explains. “And perhaps the removal of the cannon can be understood as part of that.
— Interviewed by Nick Leech. The National
The missing cannon in Abu Dhabi’s Al Ittihad Square →
Interviewed by Nick Leech for The National. Dec. 4, 14
As the world’s cities balloon in size, the marking of a smaller space you feel is yours, that you feel comfortable in, may tend towards this kind of “village-isation”. The use of public space to gather sociably is common to migrant groups, as Elsheshtawy says: an attempt to create something that feels like home in a new country. This can often bring out the best in city life for everyone.
— Dan Hancox. The National
Street life: humanity’s future depends on ability to negotiate and sustain public space | The National →
Interviewed by Dan Hancox for The National
Egyptian by birth, Elsheshtawy has lived on three continents, and he’s grown tired of having to defend his choice to work in the Emirates. After he read dozens of ripostes to Al Qassemi’s polemic, including many that he felt smacked of cultural snobbery toward anyone who lived in the “superficial” Gulf cities, Elsheshtawy penned an eloquent defense of Dubai called “Tribes with Cities” on his blog Dubaization. He doesn’t like everything about the Gulf, but Elsheshtawy believes that Dubai and the other booming Gulf cities, “unburdened by ancient history” and blessed by a mix of cultures, can provide the world “the blueprint for our urban future.”
— Boston Globe. 2013
Is Dubai the future of cities? - The Boston Globe →
Interviewed by Thanassis Cambanis for the Boston Globe.
