Curators of the MADAFA pavilion; Arini founders will discuss their approach to architecture and urbanism as well as their transdisciplinary projects. They are joined in conversation by the designers Rasem Kamal and Saja Nashashibi to present the vision behind the pavilion, its design, form, and content.

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Rasem Kamal, an architect and a Fulbright fellow with a Master's degree in Architecture from the Rice School of Architecture. Kamal is currently working at the Basel studio of Oppenheim Architecture. Prior to that, he worked with several regional and international architectural firms including Symbiosis Designs, SOM and AS.Architecture-Studio in Paris.

Saja Nashashibi, Managing Partner and Principal Architect of Paradigm Design House, a collaboration of talented architects and designers whose main aim is to transform creative potentials brought by design opportunities into reality and the team works with clients through an integrated approach affecting the environment, local economies and community.

Arini is a nonprofit private study and research institution that curates and promotes workshops and studies in the fields of: design, architecture and urbanism. Founded in 2012 by three partners – Mohammad Aljabi, Heba Najada and Liyan AlJabi – Arini seeks to expand the creative realm and advance the practice of architecture and urbanism beyond its traditional definition through workshops and studies of transdisciplinary collaborations to bring forward live projects and publications that are reflected in the built environment and socio-economic life. Arini operates online as www.herskhazeen.com, an online magazine that curates architecture and design in the Arab World.

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