Dalal Musaed Alsayer د. دلال مساعد الساير

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 JAE Award recipients!⁠ ⁠ JAE Essay Award 2025:⁠ Gabrielle Printz (@hellagabrielle ), “Man Made: DuPont and Desert Development in Iran,” in JAE 77.2 Deserts⁠ ⁠ JAE Narrative Award 2025:⁠ Dalal Musaed Alsayer (@dmalsayer ), “Visualizing the Desert: Karl S. Twitchell and the Environmental Imaginaries of the Saudi Arabian Desert, 1936-1948,” in JAE 77.2 Deserts⁠ ⁠ JAE Design Award 2025:⁠ Amina Kaskar (@amina_kaskar ), “The Indian Delights Cookbook,” in JAE 78.1 Infidelities⁠ ⁠ The award-winning articles are available to the public for FREE through March 30. Please visit our #LinkInBio to learn more and browse the open-access articles. ⁠ ⁠ Congratulations to all!⁠ ⁠ Published by Taylor and Francis (@tandfresearch )⁠ ⁠ #JAE #AcademicJournal #EssayAward #NarrativeAward #DesignAward #OpenAccess #ACSAArchitecturalEducationAwards #2025ArchEdAwards @acsanational

Honored and humbled to have received the 2025 JAE Narrative Award from Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) for my essay “Visualizing the Desert: Karl S. Twitchell and the Environmental Imaginaries of the Saudi Arabian Desert, 1936-48” which was published in the Journal of Architectural Education @journalarchitecturaleducation 77:2 special volume ‘Deserts’ edited by @ersela_kripa @genericarchitecture @stphn_mllr Grateful to @zannah.mae for encouraging me to submit, @o.saloojee for his thoughtful and generous editing, @samia.henni for the intellectual mentorship and wonderful scholarship, @abdbcb and Etienne Benson for letting run wild during my PhD. Grateful to the amazing librarians at Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library @pulibrary , Joanne Bloom @harvardfineartslibrary , Kate Igoe @airandspacemuseum Honored to be among brilliant scholars and educators. Essay link in bio. Photo credit: Karl S. Twitchell Collection. Courtesy of Special Collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University #acsa #acsaawards #journalofarchitecturaleducation بفضل ربي وحمده لق حزت على جائزه JAE Narrative Award من رابطت كليات العمارة (ACSA) لافضل مقالة في مجلة Journal of Architectural Education بعنوان (تصوير الصحراء: كارل سابين تويتشل والتخيلات البيئية لصحراء المملكة العربية السعودية، ١٩٣٦-٤٨) لي الشرف بأن أكون من بين العلماء والمعلمين المتميزين. رابط المقال في البايو.

Together with Drs. Reem Alissa and @weaam_ala are conducting research on public perception of parks in Kuwait. Please take 10 mins of your time to take the survey! This survey is designed by Kuwait University faculty in the Department of Architecture, College of Architecture. The purpose of the study is to gather data that will help achieve a general understanding of visitor perceptions, needs, and desires in public parks in Kuwait. The survey will require 10-15 minutes of your time.  If you have questions about the study, please contact: Dr. Dalal Alsayer ([email protected]), Dr. Reem Alissa ([email protected]), Dr. Weaam Alabdullah ([email protected]).  Kindly circulate this survey. Survey in English /r/XVWRCH6   ‎تم تصميم هذا الاستبيان من قبل أعضاء هيئة تدريس في قسم العمارة بكلية العمارة في جامعة الكويت. الهدف من الدراسة هو جمع البيانات التي ستساعد في تحقيق فهم عام لتصورات الزوار واحتياجاتهم ورغباتهم في الحدائق والمتنزهات العامة في الكويت.  ‎سيتطلب الاستبيان من ١٠ إلى ١٥ دقيقة من وقتك.   ‎ إذا كان لديك أي أسئلة حول هذه الدراسة، يرجى التواصل مع  ‎د. دلال الساير ([email protected])، د. ريم العيسى ([email protected])، د. وئام العبد الله ([email protected]).   ‎يرجى النشر و المشاركة   ‎الاستبيان باللغة العربية /r/JPGQGBG ‎بالبايو 🔗 in bio

Daniel and the solar house! @kisrofficial

Posting this a bit late but nevertheless very proud of how this piece turned out! A fascination with chickens have uncovered the impact of rural development on modes of living and practices in the Arab World since the 1950s. Thank you @faysaltabbarah @meithamaz @dimasrouji for inviting me to contribute, for your meticulous editing, and overall brilliance! Fantastic volume with excellent essays and interviews. A much needed volume on architecture, environment, and the Arab World. Texts in English and Arabic. @warehouse421 ‎أود ان اتقدم بالشكر والتقدير لكل من فيصل طبارة وميثاء المزروعي وديمة سروجي على إتاحتهم الفرصه لي للمشاركة بهذا المقال حول دور الانتاج الحيواني والتطوير الزراعي والمعماري في الدول العربيه خلال حقبة خمسينات القرن الماضي. النص بالعربيه والانجليزية

Last Saturday, April 30 was the first in-person workshop since the pandemic. It was so good to be back in person!! Organized by the brilliant @nadi.saadeh and hosted by @akpiamit and held at @mitarchitecture , the workshop “The Profession’s Foundations: Architects and Architecture in the Modern Middle East” brought together emerging scholars together to discuss architecture in the Middle East from the 18th to 20th century. Fantastic presentations by @yarasaqfalhait , @nadi.saadeh , @reemkhorshid , @humhumahuman , @pamela.karimi , @wesamasali and moderated by @nasserrabbat , #kishwarrizvi and @markjarzombek Thank you for the invite and organization @nadi.saadeh ! Looking forward to part 2 @princeton next week, organized by @wesamasali !

#landscapesofcambridgema

The brilliant #samiahenni and I are cochairing “Colonial Surveys” at the SAH 2023 Annual Conference @sah1365 . Check out the CFP below for more amazing calls. Submit your 300 word abstract by June 7. /2023/call-for-papers

This account dmalsayerr is impersonating me! Please block and report! ❌❌ هذا الحساب مزيف ، ويحاول انتحال شخصيتي ، ولا علاقة لي بهذا الحساب ، الرجاء عمل حظر لهذا الحساب ، وابلاغ شركة انستغرام عن هذا الحساب المزيف ❌❌

Still one of my favorite buildings in Kuwait ❤️ #landscapesofkuwait #researchingkuwait #thearchitectscollaborative #souqalwataniya

Excited to announce that @envearth has teamed up with its partners @onlinekas @iloinfo to offer a twelve week fellowship for Kuwait University students that invites students to think about public space, equity, and inclusive design. To apply for the AWAKEN Youth Fellowship, Fill in the application found in link in bio! Graphics by the brilliant @aias_ku #awakenyouthfellowship #publicspaceinkuwait

After four years of work, across three continents, it’s finally here! Pan Arab Modernism 1968-2018: The History of Architectural Practice in the Middle East, by myself, @caamacho and @sarasaragoca . Published by @actar_publishers and designed by @nowhere.studio with the generous support of @pacemiddleeast with contributions from #SuhairAlMosully, #RoulaElKhoury, @microkubo , #IainJackson, #HyunTaeJung, @manar_moursi , #EdwardNilsson, #CaeciliaPieri, and #ChristophSehl. As well as a brilliant photo essay by #AnteHanebeck. Translation by @zelamine as well as translations and copy editing by the fantastic @aamennar ! Preview in the bio link! Bilingual volume in English and Arabic. Available for preorder on Actar and Amazon. Worldwide distribution in September.