University of the Middle East Project [SEP] inception
The University of the Middle East Project was founded in 1997 by a group of graduate students from the Middle East and North Africa who were studying at universities around Boston, including MIT, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Boston College, and The Fletcher School at Tufts. Initially, the group's goal was to build a physical campus in the Middle East which would welcome students from all across the region. However, the strategic focus in more recent years has been on cultivating excellence among teachers and in MENA school systems
- Oct-2014, The State of Research in Vernacular Architecture, Invited Keynote Speaker, at the 7th International Symposium on Vernacular Settlements, organized by Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Oct-2014, From Tahrir to Occupy Central, Invited lecture, Lecture Series of the School of Architecture at Hong Kong University, Hong Kong.
- Sep-2014, Fundamentalism and Revolution, Invited lecture, Lecture Series of the School of the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore NUS, Singapore.
- Sep-2014, Tahrir and the