Roaming through Europe has always been a dream for me, the magic of a borderless continent that welcomes you to explore it has always seduced me, it’s as as easy as hopping in a bus or a train and move to another country with another language, currency and culture in a matter of a couple of hours, how charming! To …
I’m now officially a LEED AP BD+C (LEED Accredited Professional – Building Design and Construction) LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. Available for virtually all building, community and home project types, LEED provides a framework to create healthy, highly efficient and cost-saving green buildings. LEED certification …
NAGA Architects received the Award of Merit at the prestigious Gold Nugget competition in the category of “Best International on the Boards Project” for the “Bay Residences” project in Mina Al Arab, Ras Al Khaimah that I had the honor to be its design project manager, award was announced at the San Francisco Moscone Center on the 28th of June! …
انتهيت مؤخرًا من إعادة قراءة ثلاثية نجيب محفوظ (بين القصرين – قصر الشوق – السكرية) التي كنت قد قرأتها قديمًا، هذه إحدى الأعمال التي يتوجب عليك إعادة قراءتها كل بضعة أعوام مع تقدمك في العمر والخبرة بالحياة ومع تغير ونضوج قناعاتك وأفكارك لتكتشف فيها خبايا جديدة ولتتكشف أمامك منها زوايا كانت في قراءتك السابقة مظلمة أو مبهمة ولتنظر إلى الشخصيات …
I’ve been showcased in May-June 2018 issue of The Tiles of India magazine based in Mumbai, check the e-version of May-June 2018 issue here and read the full showcase here. “Hussein Mahran, an architect with NAGA Architects, headquartered in Dubai with offices in USA and Saudi Arabia explains his design aesthetics in a conversation with The Tiles of India. Hussein Mahran is …
Lebanon is a lovely little Mediterranean country that’s squeezed between the mountains and the sea, these days – unfortunately – pilots have to maneuver to a longer route to reach Beirut in order to avoid flying above Israel and the chaotic areas of Syria, Beirut airport (Rafic Hariri) is a basic, a bit outdated and not a very busy …
I’m now a G+Unlimited Certified Architect by Ras Al Khaimah Municipality after passing the qualification exam.
This is my journey in books for 2017
Are we – as human beings – really progressing as per the same pace of the progress of Hi-Tech? or are we descending? Are we moving towards being more intelligent and more efficient? or the other way around? Does Artificial Intelligence really help us focus on what matters more or does it just do the exercises we should’ve been practicing …
New York University Residential development for MARYA Group in Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi 2B+G+8 Total BUA:220,000 sqft designed by naga architects
Northbay Residences, a residential beach apartment and retail complex, a part of Hayat Island develoment in Mina Al Arab, Ras Al Khaimah by RAK Properties. Approximate total built-up area: 1.3 million square feet. designed by naga architects Northbay Residences at Cityscape Global, Dubai Sep 2017
Proud to join the award winner multidisciplinary multinational Naga architects, designers & planners’ head office in Dubai – www.naga.ae
An interview about the role of a “designer”, by Mahetab Hassan, AUD student at the School of Interior Design. Who inspired you to be a designer? Two things. Firstly he read a book when he was at high school by Hassan Fathi – an Egyptian architect that was interested in environmental building and using local materials and developing the way …
A frequently updated list of some great non-Hollywood and non-English speaking movies that I’ve watched from Argentina, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Romania, Spain and Sweden
يهيم نجيب محفوظ بشكل عام بفكرة وجود وجوه متعددة للحقيقة ويتميز في أسلوبه الفريد في سرد نفس الوقائع من خلال روايات مختلفة بما تحمله كل منها من ووجهة نظر ومعلومات واستنتاجات وتأويلات كل بحسب موقعه من الأحداث وبحسب طبيعة شخصيته ودوافعه وموقفه الشخصي من بقية الأطراف بحيث لا يجد القارئ نفسه أمام سرد واحد للقصة بل أمام نسخ مختلفة تتقاطع …
Completed The “Future Cities Course” Certificate from ETH Zürich, Switzerland My Submissions: Making the Invisible – Visible The Involvement of Globalized Economy in Building Construction Stocks and Flows Dependency on Infrastructure Factors of Livability
في رواية قصيرة على غير عادته يشخص بهاء طاهر بأسلوبه السلس سمات مجتمع الصعيد بعاداته وتقاليده وطقوسه وخرافاته وثوابته، بجذوره الضاربة في عمق الأرض والتاريخ، بشخصياته المتينة البنيان يرسم بهاء طاهر لوحة شديدة العمق أقرب للملحمة أو السيرة التي يرويها الرواة على الربابة، شخصية صفية العنيدة المثابرة اللي تنذر حياتها وحياة طفلها بالكامل لثأرها الشخصي لكرامتها من حربي كما يتضح …
اللي كاتب البوست ده شخص قضى مرحلة من حياته في وضع معقد شوية، كنت باعمل إنترفيو لناس عشان اضمهم لفريق العمل اللي أنا مسئول عنه في الشركة اللي بشتغل فيها، وبالتزامن مع ده كان بيتعملي إنترفيو من شركات تانية عشان انضم لهم، يعني قعدت على الناحيتين، ناحية الـinterviewer وناحية الـcandidate، وبالتالي اتكونت عندي خبرة مزدوجة بخصوص عملية التوظيف بشكل عام، …
That could be a unique genre of movies where it’s hard to categorize, it’s definitely comedy, but it’s also sociopolitical drama and psychological tragedy, it could be even categorized as thriller and as fantasy, it has it all, it deeply describes post-communism Romania as much as it does for many other countries as well where life gets harder on intellectual …
