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Mona Mosa
Architect & researcher, interested in studying the history of urbanism as an essential start in understanding the present and anticipating the future. She believes in the architect's role in confronting contemporary issues, especially the issues of identifying and preserving heritage to ensure its interaction with society.
Architect

Mona Mosa is an architect and heritage researcher. Her research focuses on historic districts and the intersectionality of their sociopolitical and economic setting with the urban growth of the cities. She uses ethnography and archival research methods interchangeably throughout her academic and professional projects, relying mainly on visual sources like photographs, illustrations, and maps. Her recent research focuses on Cairene women's heritage and Heritage mapping.

Associations, committees, and professional and scientific institutions

  • Architect at Tarek Waly Center Architecture & Heritage
  • Researcher at Cultural Heritage Training and Education Center (Cult-HeEd), Helwan University
  • Member of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)

Participation in Conferences, seminars, and workshops

  • 2022 … Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse Principles, Workshop by USAID Integrated Management of Cultural Tourism Project - Participant
  • 2021 … Reframing Cultural Heritage Education in Egypt, Workshop, Cult-HeEd, Helwan University.
  • 2021 …Cultural Mapping as a Tool for Sustainable Development – Egypt’s Cultural Heritage Map, an Initiative Launched by Cult-HeEd , An online Webinar - Key speaker.
  • 2021 …Culture Heritage: Dollars & Sense – Culture, Heritage & Conservation , an online course by Think City Institute and ICOMOS Malaysia.
  • 2019 … The Sources of Egyptian Urban History, Workshop, Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, Cairo
  • 2019 … Heritage forum II "Heritage, Investment and Sustainability", The National Organization for Urban Harmony, Cairo
  • 2019 … Earth architecture Expo in Kerma, Northern Sudan, Scientific conference, El Khartoum - Kerma, Sudan
  • 2018 … A pedagogical approach to sustainable architecture: historicizing and documenting the case of New Gourna, Workshop, Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Cairo
  • 2017 … Return of the Soul - New Melodies on Old Strings - Rehabilitation of Stopplare’s Rest-house, A Seminar and exhibition, The Supreme Council of Culture- Cairo

Publications