Table of Contents

A Threshold, Part I Preliminary Reading of Urban Space, Chapter 1 Approaching a Reading Space, Chapter 2 Arché-deconstruction, Chapter 3 Cairo-Khōra, A Turning Point, Part II Three Reflexive Readings, Chapter 4 The Cultural Park for Children, Chapter 5 Social Space, Chapter 6 Arché-urban Space, To Be Continued..., Bibliography

About the Author

Mona A. Abdelwahab is an Assistant Professor in Architecture, Department of Architecture and Environmental Design at the Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt. She received her PhD in Architecture from Newcastle University, UK, where she is a visiting research fellow. She followed her post-doc studies at the Department of Spatial Planning, University of Groningen, NL, where she co-founded ‘YA-AESOP-Booklet Series: Conversations In-Planning’. She is also cofounder and managing editor of ‘Arcplan’: Arabic cities planning e-journal.