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The dissertation examines the production of knowledge and architecture through the German-sponsored construction of the Ottoman railway network, comprising four discrete projects: the railways of European Turkey, the Anatolian railways, the Baghdad railway and the Hejaz railway …

The Baghdad–Berlin Railway played a central role in the modernization of the City of Mosul, including its urban form, its architecture, and its housing. The development of railway infrastructure led to the opening of new streets, particularly Nineveh (Ninawa) Street, and the est…

This dissertation examines how the introduction of new technologies such as the railway, tramway, and telegraph generated in Egypt unique practices of timekeeping, personhood, and conviviality between the 1830s and 1930s. However, this project cannot be seen as an attempt to "pr…