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BOOM CITIES: URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA&#160;CONFERENCE,&#160;NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI, DOWNTOWN CAMPUS,&#160;DECEMBER 3 &#38; 4, 2012Convened byClaire Beaugrand Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institut Fran&#231;ais du Proche-Orient, BeirutAm&#233;lie Le Renard Research Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FrancePascal Menoret Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies, NYUADRoman Stadnicki Head of Urban Studies Department, Centre d'&#201;tudes et de Documentation &#201;conomiques, Juridiques et Sociales, CairoProgrammeMONDAY, DECEMBER 03 | DAY 19:00 &#8211; 9:30 AM OPENING REMARKS9:30 &#8211; 10:00 AM PRESENTATION OF THE PHOTO EXHIBITIONOn the Outskirts of Gulf Cities,&#160;Photographs by Manuel Benchetrit, Text by Roman Stadnicki&#160;10:00 &#8211; 10:40 AM Keynote Nelida Fuccaro, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London11:00 &#8211; 1:00 PM PANEL1: Urban DevelopmentChair Claire Beaugrand, Institut Fran&#231;ais du Proche-Orient, BeirutAndrew M. Gardner, University of Puget Sound :&#160;The Amalgamated City: Petroleum Wealth and Urban Space in Doha, QatarPhilippe Cad&#232;ne, Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi :&#160;The National Development Plan and the Future of Kuwait CityBrigitte Dumortier, Universit&#233; Paris 4 Sorbonne :&#160;Concurrence and/or complementarity between coastal cities in the United Arab EmiratesJohn Burt, New York University Abu Dhabi :&#160;The environmental costs of coastal urbanization in the Gulf2:00 &#8211; 4:00 PM PANEL 2: Urban RenewalChair Pascal Menoret, New York University Abu DhabiAtef Alshehri, University of Oxford :&#160;Resetting the Urban Clock: Reconfiguring the Sacred City of al-MadinaNadine Scharfenort,Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz :&#160;Large-Scale Urban Regeneration: A New Old Market and a &#8220;Heart&#8221; for DohaBeth Harrington, Northwestern University :&#160;Spaces of Culture: The Design and Arrangement of Abu Dhabi&#8217;s Saadiyat IslandPatrizia Zanelli, LUSPIO University, Rome :&#160;Rapid Urbanization in Yemeni Short Stories6:30 &#8211; 8:30 PM PUBLIC LECTUREIntercontinental Hotel Auditorium&#8220;Where the Sidewalk Ends: Informal Urbanism in Dubai&#8221; by Yasser Elsheshtawy, Associate&#160;Professor, United Arab Emirates UniversityTUESDAY, DECEMBER 04 | DAY 210:00AM &#8211; 12:00 PM PANEL 3: Spatial PoliticsChair Amelie Le Renard, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ParisUlrike Freitag, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin :&#160;Urban Modernization in Jeddah in the late 19th and early 20th centuryFarah al-Nakib, American University of Kuwait :&#160;The Right to the Urban Commons: Public Space and Public Protest in Kuwait, 1938-2012Sebastian Maisel, Grand Valley State University :&#160;Urban development in Unayzah: Where is the Paris of Najd today?Pascal Menoret, New York University Abu Dhabi :&#160;Joyriding in Riyadh and the Critique of Urban Space02:00 &#8211; 4:30 PM PANEL 4: Urban MarginsChair Roman Stadnicki, Centre d&#8217;Etudes et de Documentation Economiques, Juridiques et&#160;Sociales, CairoClaire Beaugrand, Institut Fran&#231;ais du Proche-Orient :&#160;Urban Marginalization in Kuwait and BahrainAmelie Le Renard, Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris :&#160;Respectability and Racist Modes of Exclusion in Riyadh: Experiencing the City with&#160;Female Filipino NursesMagdalena Karolak, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University :&#160;Bahrain's Parallel Societies: An Analysis of the Urban LandscapeLaure Assaf, Paris West University :&#160;The Corniche of Abu Dhabi: Public Space and Outdoor IntimacyAmin Moghadam, University of Lyon :&#160;Iranian Migrations to Dubai: Transitional Spaces and Practices4:30 PM Keynote Yasser Elsheshtawy, United Arab Emirates University