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Centre for urban research
COSMOPOLIS. City, Culture
& Society

Free University Brussels

Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel
Tel: + 32 (0) 2 629 37 41
Fax: + 32 (0) 2 629 33 78
cosmopolis@vub.ac.be

COSMOPOLIS is related to the department of Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and a member of the UAB Urban Studies Network, an interdisciplinary research and teaching network in urban studies.

Zahraa ZAWAWI

Current position
PhD researcher: ‘Transformation of public spaces in armed conflict time- case of Palestine’

Contact
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
WE DGGF, 6F332, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: 02 629 31 85
Fax: 02 629 33 78
Email: zzawawi@vub.ac.be

Diplomas
Master of Urban and Regional Planning Thesis: Management of Cultural Heritage Resources, Sabastian case study Supervisor: Dr. Ali AbdelHamid (An-Najah University - Nablus, Palestine)

Research
Current PhD research: Transformation of public spaces in armed conflict time- case of Palestine (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn

Teaching
Conservation and Palestinian Local Architecture courses, An-Najah National University, 2004

Other interesting activities
Planner & Coordinator, Birzeit University - Ramallah, Palestine, 1990 – 1996 Consultant “ National Project Coordinator”: Bethlehem Area Conservation and Management Plan, UNESCO, Ramallah, Palestine, November 2006 – January 2008 Consultant “ National Project Coordinator”: Bethlehem Area Conservation and Management Plan, UNESCO, Ramallah, Palestine, September - October 2006 Planner & Coordinator, Palestinian Ministry of Planning (MOP), Ramallah, Palestine, August 2004 – September 2006
Conference presentations (2009-2010)
The Transformation and (re)production of Public Spaces in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Presented in Cork-Ireland -University College Cork: 16th to 18th September 2010 Leclercq, E., Zawawi, Z., Politics of (re)designing public space – a case study f the city centre of Mechelen, (2010), conference presentation at Public Space and the challenges or urban transformation in Europe, SKuOR, Vienna Presentation on Pecha Kucha Night Brussels Vol. 14 speakers on Sept. 21st 2010 in Recyclart about one of the cases of the PhD
Publications
Leclercq, E., Zawawi, Z., Politics of (re)designing public space

Favourite Urban Spot
My favorite urban spot is Place Poelaert where I can have a good scene of Brussels and of the sunset (when sun is available).