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1 iv Seminar Participants His Highness the Aga Khan Mr. Abdullah Hamid Abdalla / Regional Planner SUDAN United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia Saadaun Street Post Box 27 Khairat Baghdad Iraq Human Settlements Officer at the United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asian (ECWA). Former Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Mr. Abdul-Wasei Abdallah to Yemenco Petroleum Dr. Youssef Abdallah University of / Dean of Faculty of Letters, University of. Dr. Abdel-Halim I. Abdelhalim Community Design Collaborative 61, Mohy Eldin Abou El Ezz St. Dokki - Cairo Egypt /Planner/ Instructor Assistant professor of ure, Cairo University. Founder and principal of the Community Design Collaborative, in Cairo and Oakland, California. Current work includes community design projects. Member of 1983 Award Technical Review Team. Mr. Jamal Muhammad Abduh Ministry of Public Works Head of Earthquake and Reconstruction Committee, Ministry of Public Works. Mr. Dirar Abdul-Daim Planner Director of Planning, Confederation of Local Development Association. Dr. Samir Abdulac 119, rue Lecourbe Paris / Urban Planner /SYRIA Qadi Ali Abu Rijal Jurist Deputy Chief of the President's Cabinet. Former Governor of Hodeidah. Mr. Robert Adams 15, square Max Hymans Paris Cedex 15 /Planner Consultant to BCEOM. Resident urban planner for the master plan study at Port Sudan, Suakin, Tokar and adjacent areas in Sudan. Resident team leader for World Bank financed urban development projects in and Hodeidah. Consultant to UNESCO, OECD, and several French organisations for urban planning and architecture. Author and lecturer. Member 1980, 1983 Award Technical Review Team. Colonel Ahmed al-akwa Governor of. Governor

2 Seminar Participants v His Excellency Qadi Ismail al-akwa Jurist/Scholar/ Mr. Jon Bjornssen NORWAY President of the Organisation of Antiquities and Libraries. Mr. Jim Antoniou Jim Antoniou and Associates 38, Farrer Road LondonN8 /Planner Senior partner of Jim Antoniou Associates, consultant in aspects of physical planning and architecture in developing countries. Regular contributor to Middle East Construction on the theme of development impact. Mr. Muhammad QassemAoun Pr. Mohammed Arkoun 3, place de l'etoile F Draveil / Contractor Historian ALGERIA/ Director of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and holder of the Chair of the History of Islamic Civilisation and of Arab Literature at the Sorbonne, Paris. Specialist in the relationship between contemporary Islam and classical Islamic civilisation. Principle publications include L'Humanisme arabe, Essais sur la pensee islamique, la Pensee arabe, Lectures du Coran, and Pour une critique de la raison islamique. Member 1983 Award Steering Committee. Dr. Muhammad Said ai-attar Socio-Economist United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia Saadaun Street Post Box 27 Khairat Baghdad Iraq Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA). Former permanent representative of the Yemen Arab Republic to the United Nations, New York. Mr. Remy Audouin French Archaeological Mission Chief, French Archaeological Mission in Yemen. Mr. Salah Aziz Ministry of Economy Economist Deputy Minister of Economy to the Yemen Arab Republic. to the Dutch Restoration Project in Reda'a. Dr. Mounir Bouchenaki c/o UNESCO Division du Patrimoine Culturel 7, place de Fontenoy Paris / Administrator ALGERIA Project Officer, Division of Cultural Heritage, UNESCO, responsible for the conservation of historical monuments, quarters, and sites, and the development of museums in the Arab States. Former Director of Archaeology and Museums, Ministry of Culture, Algiers. Mr. Sherban Cantacuzino Royal Fine Art Commission 2, Carlton Gardens London SWI Y 5AA Editor/ Secretary, the Royal Fine Art Commission. Former executive editor of ural Review. Author and teacher, works include New Uses for Old Buildings. Member of 1980 Award Master Jury and current member of Award Steering Committee. Mr. Rifat Chadirji 992, Memorial Drive Apt. No 604 Cambridge, Mass /Planner IRAQ Advisor to the Municipality of Baghdad. Major works in private practice include the National Theatre, Abdu Dhabi. Recipient of numerous architectural awards. Member of 1983 Master Jury.

3 vi Seminar Participants Mr. Christopher Dammers Administrator Mr. Habib Fida Ali / Interior Designer PAKISTAN Oxfam Middle East Regional Representative to Oxfam. Ms. Marie-Christine DanchoUe French Archaeological Mission to the French Archaeological Mission in Yemen. 4, ch. Khaliquzzaman Road (Gizri Road) Karachi Pakistan Vice-President of the Pakistan Institute of s. In private practice, major recent projects include: interior design of bank and corporation offices in Karachi; design of office and shopping complex in Karachi; 220 bed extension to the PIA Inn Hotel at Karachi airport. Mr. Charles Delaney IRELAND Ms. Elizabeth Gascogne Health Specialist Oxfam Oxfam Mr. Charles Correa INDIA to Oxfam. Sociologist to Oxfam. 9, Mathew Road Bombay India Works include townships and major buildings in Bombay, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Goa, and other parts of India. Has pioneered low-income housing and urbanisation concepts for the third world, including, as Consulting to the Government, developing master plans for New Bombay and Bangalore. Currently is advisor to the Hyderabad Development Authority for conservation of the old city, and is chairman of the Housing Board, Bombay Metropolitan Authority. Ms. Barbara Croken Sociologist American Centre for Yemeni Studies Researcher to the American Centre for Yemeni Studies. Mr. Werner Dubach Ministry of Public Works Geographer SWITZERLAND Geographer to Survey Department, Ministry of Public Works. Mr. Frederic Edelmann Le Monde 5, rue des Italiens Paris Journalist/ ural Critic Executive editor of Cultural Service, Le Monde. Dr. Tomas Gerholm University of Stockholm Faculty of Social Anthropology Stockholm Sweden Social Anthropologist SWEDEN Assistant professor in the Department of Social Anthropology, the University of Stockholm. Several years' experience in the Yemen Arab Republic. Member of the editorial staff of Ethnos, an anthropology journal published in English by the Ethnographic Museum in Stockholm. Extra-ordinary member of the Board of the Scandinavian Institute for Asian Research, Copenhagen.

4 Seminar Participants vii Sheikh Abdurrahman al-hadrami Zebid Leading Citizen of Zebid. Pro Abbas Hamdani Institute of Ismaili Studies 14/15 Great James Street London WGIN 3DP Man of Letters Visiting research fellow, the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Former Chairman of the Committee for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the University of Wisconsin. Ms. Afrah Hammami Centre of Yemeni Studies Researcher Researcher to the Centre of Yemeni Studies. Mr. Hassan al-hubaishi Ministry of Municipalities and Housing to the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing. Mr. Hussein al-hubaishi Jurist Legal Advisor to the President of the Republic. Mr. Bernard Huet 38, rue Jacob Paris Member of the Commission des Abords, Monuments Historiques de. Former editor of L'ure d'aujourd'hui. Collected writings were published in Editions l'equerre, Paris. Mr. Loufti Hujayra Ministry of Municipalities and Housing Director of Planning, Ministry of Municipalities and Housing. Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim American University Sociology Department 113, Kasr El-Ainy Street Cairo Egypt Professor Professor of Sociology, American University, Cairo Head of Arab Affairs at AI-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies Publications include: Kissinger and the Middle East; Trends of Arab Public Opinion Toward Arab Unity; The New-Arab Social Order. His Excellency Prime Minister Yahya al-iryani Deputy Governor of. Mr. Hasan-Uddin Khan Mirnar 19 Tanglin Road #06-52 Singapore 1024 Administrator /Planner PAKISTAN Editor of Mirnar: ure in Development. Formerly in private practice in Pakistan. Former Convenor of the Award and current member of the Award Steering Committee. Pr. Miibeccel Kiray Siisen Sokak No.4 Ye ilyurt Istanbul Turkey Sociologist TURKEY Professor of Sociology, the Department of City Planning, Istanbul Technical University. Former professor and head of department of sociology at Middle East Technical University. Numerous publications in Turkish and Enlgish include: Squatter Housing: Far De-Peasantisation; and Slow Workerisation in Underdeveloped Countries..

5 viii Seminar Participants Mr. Bahalchandra Kulkarni INDIA Dr. Mohammad S. Makiya IRAQ Kanchan Ganga Halbhavi Marg Kalyan Nagar Dharwad India Expert, United Nations, Habitat. Experience in the preparation of engineering projects, reports, housing schemes, and in the supervision of the construction of roads, buildings, structural designs, and financial management and office establishment. Former project manager of the United Nations Systems for the Institutional Support project, Makiya Associates 26, Westbourne Grove London W2 5RH Founder and principal, Makiya Associates. Many public and private projects in the Middle East. Co-founder of the Department of ure at Baghdad University. Author of The Architure of Baghdad: an Historical Survey. Member of 1983 Award Steering Committee. the Ministry of Public Works, Yemen Arab Dr. Abdul Aziz Man of Letters Republic. al-maqaleh Publications include Design and Construction of Shell Roofs. University of Pr. Ronald Lewcock AUSTRALIA President of University of. Pro Charles Moore Clare Hall Cambridge, CB3 9AL Specialist in conservation and restoration. Director of Research in Islamic Art and ure at the Middle East Centre, the University of Cambridge. Publications include:, an Arabian Islamic City; and Two Early Mosques in Yemen. Member of 1983 Award Technical Review Team. Mr. Werner Lingenhau National Museum FEDERAL OF GERMANY to the National Museum. Dr. Abdul-Karim al-maqaleh Communications Specialist Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing. Mr. Bernard Maury Yemen Archaeological Centre ural Historian/ to the Yemen Archaeological Centre. Ms. Zohra Merabet ALGERIA Geotechnician and hydrological engineer. Urban Innovations Group 1063 Gayley Avenue Los Angeles California In private practice, major works include: Sea Ranch Condominiums; the University of California Faculty Club; and St. Joseph's Fountain, the Piazza d'italia, New Orleans. Former chairman of the architectural programme at the University of California, and at Yale University. Publications include: The Place of Houses; and Body, Memory, and ure. Mr. Abdullah Muheirez Historian/ Administrator UNDP P.O. Box 33 Crater, Aden People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Current Director of the Yemeni Centre for Cultural and Archaeological Research. Former Ambassador to India.

6 Seminar Participants ix Mr. Kamil Khan Mumtaz BKM Associates 25, Zaman Park Sunderdass Road Lahore Pakistan /Planner PAKISTAN Senior partner, BKM Associates. Former professor and head of the Department of ure, the National College of Arts, Lahore. Work in urban design and planning, the history of architecture in Pakistan, and the planning and conservation of historical buildings and the built environment. Member of 1983 Award Steering Committee. Mr. Michael Murphy University of Instructor Lecturer in English, University of. Mr. al lzzy Mohammed Musleh Department of Antiquities Director of Technical Affairs, Antiquities Organization. Ms. Zeynep Oral Milliyet Nuruosmaniye Caddesi 65 Istanbul Turkey Journalist TURKEY Editor of Milliyet Sanat Dergisi, Milliyet Arts Journal. Dr. Suha Ozkan TURKEY Aga Khan Award for ure 32, chemin des Crets-de-Pregny 1218 Grand-Saconnex Switzerland Former associate dean and vice-president of METU, Ankara. Taught in Turkey and in the. Assistant Secretary General of the Award. Pr. William Porter /Planner School of ure and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass Professor of ure and Planning and former dean of the School of ure and Planning at MIT. Co-director, Aga Khan Program for Islamic ure of Harvard and MIT. Co-editor, Places, an interdisciplinary journal of environmental design. Former president of the National ural Accrediting Board. Member of 1980 and 1983 Award Steering Committee. Dr. Gert Puin Restorer FEDERAL OF GERMANY Member of German Restoration team for Arabic manuscripts. Dr. Abou Bakr al-qurbi University of Physician Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, University of. Ms. Selma Radi Reda'a IRAQ Head, Dutch Archaeological Team in Reda'a. Mr. Luo Renxiong CHINA Manager of Design, Yemeni Chinese Construction ing Co. Ltd. Mr. Abdullah al-saidi / Ministry of Municipalities and Housing to the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing. Dr. Abdul Aziz al-sakkaf University of Economist Professor, Faculty of Commerce, University of.

7 x Seminar Participants Dr. Sayed Mustafa Salem University of Historian Mr. Roland Simounet 22, rue de GreneJle Paris /Planner Professor of History, Faculty of Letters, University of. Dr. Abu-Bakr al-saqqaf Philosopher Professor at the School of ure in Algiers. Former member of the Fondation Le Corbusier. Major architectural works located in Algeria and. Member 1983 Award Master Jury. University of. Mr. Jacques Sirvain Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, University of. Ms. Mildred Schmertz ural Record 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y /Journalist Executive Editor, ural Record. Recipient of the National Magazine Award of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, for outstanding achievement in specialised journalism. Editor and contributor to several books and architecture. Visiting lecturer, the Yale University School of ure. Dr. Ismail Serageldin The World Bank Chief, Urban Projects Division 1818 H Street Washington DC /Planner Chief of the Urban Projects Division for Europe, the Middle East, and North African Regions, the World Bank. Mr. Ibrahim Shabbouh Alecso Avenue Mohed V Tunis Tunisia Historian/ Art Conservator TUNISIA Chairman of the Arab League Education, Culture and Scientific Organisation (Alecso) Dr. Salah Shehata 24, El-Fawakeh St. Mohandissin Dokki-Cairo Egypt /Planner President of Shehata Consulting Bureau. Consultant to the World Bank, International Development Association, and the Fund for Financing Ministry of Foreign Affairs Buildings Abroad, Cairo. Professor of ure, Al-Azhar University, Cairo. Former leader of the World Bank School Building Program in Yemen. Publications include "Analysis and Cost Escalation of Building, Materials and, Labourers in Yemen Arab Republic" and "General Technical Specifications - Yemen Arab Republic". UNCHS/Habitat P.O. Box Nairobi Kenya Advisor to the technical cooperation division of United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, UNCHS/Habitat, for Africa, Western Europe, and Asia. Mr. John Swanson Social Researcher American Centre for Yemeni Studies Researcher to the American Centre for Yemeni Studies. Ms. Lealan Swanson Social Researcher American Centre for Yemeni Studies Researcher to the American Centre for Yemeni Studies. Mr. Muhammad al-tayeb /Planner Deputy Minister of Municipalities and Housing.

8 Seminar Participants xi Mr. Fernando Varanda Av. Conde Valbom 2-10 Dto Lisbon Portugal /Planner PORTUGAL and town planner for the town and county of Mertola, Portugal Coordinator with the School of ure in Lisbon for the re-habilitation of the old walled nucleus of Lisbon. Former UN volunteer for the UNDP Town Planning Project with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs,. Author, The Art of Building in Yemen. Ms. Rosalind Waden Department of Antiquities to the Department of Antiquities. Mr. Parid Wardi Sudin University Teknologi Malaysia Jalan Gurney Kuala Lumpur Malaysia MALAYSIA Dean of Research at the University of Technology of Malaysia. Currently preparing, with Prof. Etherington, "Low Cost Housing and Community Development". Has conducted research into the relationship between cultural values and architectural design in contemporary Asian societies. Mr. Michael Welbank Shakland Cox 16, Bedford Square London WC1B 3JH /Planner Partner, the Shankland Cox Partnership, planners, architects, economists and transport engineers. Advisor to the French government for new town development, to the Egyptian Antiquities Organisation on the environmental protection of antiquities' sites, and to the Egyptian Development Agency. Completed a UNESCO conservation study for the historic city of. Dr. Manfred Wenner Political Scientist SWITZERLAND/ American Institute for Yemeni Studies Northern Illinois University Dekalb, Illinois Associate professor of Political Science, Northern Illinois University. Current President of the American Institute for Yemeni Studies. Mr. Huang Yuanpu CHINA to the China State Construction ing Corporation. Mr. Yan Zhixing / CHINA to the China State Construction ing Corporation. Dr. SaId Zulficar Historian/ Conservationist The Aga Khan Award for ure 32, chemin des Crets-de-Pregny 1218 Grand-Saconnex Switzerland Former UNESCO project officer, Division of Cultural Heritage, and former resident project manager of projects for the renovation of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Cairo, and for the re-organisation of the Museum of Islamic Art. Secretary General of the Award.