Talks at Google's video: Mohamed Elshahed Time Space and Objects of Egyptian Modernity Talks at Google

Writer, curator and critic of architecture, Mohamed Elshahed discusses time, space and objects of Egyptian modernity. The architectures designed and built over the last century or so in the Arab region have faced many forms of erasure. Focusing on Egypt, the Arab region's most populous country, Mohamed discusses examples on the history of modern architecture, design and material culture in the country. For more information on Mohamed and his work, please visit http://cairosince1900.com/ and http://atimeline.com/, as well as @cairobserver on Instagram. Mohamed is the author of “Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide” and was the curator of Cairo Modern at New York’s Center for Architecture. His work spans architecture, design and material culture. He is the curator of the British Museum’s Modern Egypt Project and Egypt’s winning pavilion, Modernist Indignation, at the 2018 London Design Biennale. In 2019 Apollo Magazine named Mohamed among the 40 under 40 influential thinkers and artists in the Middle East. In 2011, he founded Cairobserver, a fluid project centered on Cairo’s urban condition with six printed magazines distributed for free at events in Cairo, Beirut and Dubai to stimulate public debates around issues of architecture, heritage and urbanism. Mohamed is a Paul Mellon Senior Visiting Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study at the National Gallery in Washington DC, and is 2023-24 fellow at the Columbia University Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris. Moderated by Cassie Shamey.