Myths in a time of revolution
By: Aviva Rubin, Khaled Adham, Hussam Salama, Gihan Hannallah and Riham Faragallah
Contributors: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments; University of California, Berkeley. Center for Environmental Design Research
Series: Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- volume 251; Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 251.
Publisher: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
Subjects: Architecture; Congresses; Public spaces; Architecture and society; Political aspects
Notes: Cover title.

Selected papers from the 2012 IASTE conference.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Self-immolation: the myth of fire, contentious politics and the remaking of public space / Aviva Rubin; title: Beyond the modern urban center: decoding Tahrir Square / Khaled Adham; title: Tahrir Square: between local traditions and global flows / Hussam Salama; title: The myths of slum upgrading: a new vision for Egypt's slums after revolution / Gihan Hannallah and Riham Faragallah.