To build momentum for space syntax research in the region, the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Engineering at Qatar University instituted the new MENA Space Syntax Webinars series in August 2021. The 45-60-minute webinars occurred the second Wednesday of every month during the semester using Zoom virtual platform beginning at 4:00 pm Arabian Standard Time (AST), 2:00 pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or 1:00 pm GMT during UK Daylights Saving Time.
Everyone anywhere in the world is welcome to participate in the webinars. Guest speakers will present space syntax research focusing on the MENA Region. If you are a space syntax researcher or practitioner in the MENA Region and would like to be MENA Space Syntax Webinars Guest Speaker, contact Dr. Mark David Major at m.major@qu.edu.qa.
Join the webinars in Spring 2022 using the below links.
SPRING 2022 PROGRAM
Space Syntax Middle East North Africa (MENA) Webinars
Hosted by the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Engineering at Qatar University
Second Wednesday of Each Month at 4:00 AST (Arabian Standard Time) | 1:00 GMT (before 27 Mar) or 2:00 GMT (after 28 Mar)

12 January 2022: Doxiadis’ Legacy and Lebanon
Petunia Exacoustou, Greece Ministry of Culture with Raya Atour, QU
https://echo360.org.uk/media/9b045709-ca62–4628-92ee-e6464864d10f/public

9 February 2022: Attracting Amida-Diyarbakır
Alesssando Camiz, Özyeğin University, Turkey
https://echo360.org.uk/media/33d2907d-497e-4fd8-a7de-9577c2204418/public

9 March 2022: Between Geometry & Phenomenology
Shatha Malhis, University of Petra, Jordan
https://echo360.org.uk/media/3e673e89-19c6-46e4-81b4-02352755fe15/public

13 April 2022: Neighborhood Logic in Doha
Heba O. Tannous, Qatar University with Moza Al-Obaidan, PEO, Qatar
https://echo360.org.uk/media/6165e53a-d27b-47e1-a205-046741b5f783/public

11 May 2022: ‘Doxiadis Plan’ Genealogy in KSA
Vaso Trova, University of Thessaly, Greece with Raya Atour, QU
https://echo360.org.uk/media/cbfa5f11-b90d-4294-a123-4cc831dc0dfd/public