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Yasser Elsheshtawy
Yasser Elsheshtawy is an independent writer, researcher, and curator. He was professor of architecture at United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, where in addition to teaching he also ran the Urban Research Lab. He was appointed as the curator for the UAE Pavilion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016. He has authored a series of books and publications, including Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle (Routledge, 2009). His blog dubaization has been featured by The Guardian as a leading site. Elsheshtawy is currently working on a book manuscript about Gulf cities provisionally titled Temporary Cities.