VisionArchitectureMemoryThe Ship and Barrel Buildings: From the Memory of Architectural Modernity in Riyadh
Research paperArchive StoriesColonialismSoundThe Cartography of Erasure: Archiving Sound and Mobility in GenocideThis essay examines the cartographic practices of settler-colonial regimes, focusing on the ways in which mapping is deployed as a tool of erasure, domination, and spatial restructuring.
Research paperInstitute for Palestine StudiesMemoryLiteratureHow Do We Add Zero?Written about Elias Khoury at his incomplete departure from us, published in the Journal of Palestine Studies, Issue 141, Winter 2025. Also written on the margins of a research project titled "On Death Suspended in Space," an attempt to produce a spatially and narratively composite map of Beirut based on the materiality of everyday thought as described by Mahdi Amel.
PodcastArab 48War and GenocideSpatial PoliticsThe Destruction of the Palestinian City: From the 1948 Nakba to the Nakba of GazaIn this episode of Al-Maidan on Arab48, researcher Abdalla Bayyari discusses the Palestinian city, from the 1948 Nakba to Gaza, in the context of the transformations that have shaped Palestinian cities and urban spaces.
PodcastSonic SpacesSoundMemoryAbdalla Bayyari in Conversation with Sound SpacesIn one of the first interviews published by Sonic Spaces, Egyptian-Palestinian researcher Abdalla Bayyari speaks about migration, relocation, and identity in the context of his work on the city, spatial and territorial studies, and their relationship to sound, archives, and interdisciplinary practices.
ProjectSpatial PoliticsColonialismCountering CartographyA research and art project exploring counter-mapping practices that challenge dominant representations of place and examine the erasure of social and human knowledge through cartographic traditions.
Intervention Zedni Youth ClubCinema and ArtMemoryDiscussion of Forget Baghdad — Abdalla BayyariA discussion of the documentary Forget Baghdad, featuring Abdalla Bayyari and organized by Zedni Youth Club.