In this age of globalization and environmental crises, the ethical desire to design appropriately for a place, its climate and people through proper technology is increasing. The major problem that results from globalization is losing the local identity. The loss of identity in …
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In this thesis, the topic of mosque attendance by women is explored from the perspective of religion, culture, and architecture, globally and in the specific case of Pakistan. The main question that the thesis addresses is: if women were welcomed and frequently present at the se…
The urbanization of the Qatari neighborhood ( freej ) is moving at a rapid rate in the modern times, that has wrought dramatic societal change due to social, economic and cultural forces. This thesis investigates the cultural value of the Qatari freej , and the impacts on the Qa…
This dissertation investigates identity, art, and architecture in twentieth-century Iran. Through case studies of two museums and a mosque in the capital city, Tehran, the project aims to elucidate the interdisciplinarity of identity formation and its relationship to nation buil…
My dissertation investigates the sources of popular opposition to mosques in Spain. I contrast the metropolitan area of Barcelona, where opposition to mosques has been frequent and intense, with that of Madrid, where opposition has occurred in just one city, despite the fact tha…
This paper studies four prototypical models of early Islamic cities, namely Al-Basrah, Al-Kufah, Baghdad, and Damascus, and the different elements of which they were composed, with emphasis on Al-Jami (Friday mosque). It analyzes the importance of Al-Jami in the formation of the…
The Yeni Valide Mosque complex is a major imperial Ottoman architectural project spanning the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Built by two valides, or the mothers of two sultans, and designed by three and possibly four royal architects, the mosque complex is among the large…
As early as the first Muslim dynasties, rulers commissioned mosques to establish their authority and create a visual manifestation of Islam. The mosque also became an integral aspect of the community's identity, serving as its physical and spiritual center. During the late 20th …
In this dissertation, Islamic art is explored and defined by focusing on its unifying elements and features such as the use of geometrical patterns, arabesque, Arabic calligraphy, and secular figurative art. The mosque ( masjid ) as a place of worship for Muslims and a gallery f…
Based on a careful ethnographic study of a racially and ethnically diverse immigrant mosque in a mid-sized Midwestern city, I examine the divergent perspectives developed by a group of immigrant Muslims about the American reality and their Muslim entity. The core question is tha…
This work re-considers current descriptions of pre-colonial Swahili stone architecture by applying formal analysis to structures from the 'golden age' of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and the Swahili heartland regions of mainland Tanzania and Kenya. The results of this …
This paper analyses the use of mosques and the Muslim faithful as pictorial subjects for modern French Orientalist painters during the period of French colonialism in North Africa. France's "civilizing mission" of its North African colonies during the nineteenth and twentieth ce…