| May 2015 | RESIDENT FELLOW |
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| School of Architecture, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| 2014-2015 | J. SIMON GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP |
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| A grant for research on Nile: Urban Histories on the Bank of a River. |
| 2009 | RESIDENT FELLOW |
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| July 2009, Foundation Les Treilles, France |
| 2003 | BOOK COVER DESIGN AWARD |
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| for Hybrid Urbanism from Communication Arts Magazine |
| 1995 | BEIT AL-QURAN MEDAL |
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| for contributions to the study of Arab history, Bahrain |
| 1994-1995 | SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (SSRC) |
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| New York: A mid-career fellowship to research public housing programs and nation-building in the post-colonial Middle East |
| 1994-1995 | COUNCIL FOR AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS (CAORC) |
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| Washington, DC: A travel fellowship to Egypt, Tunisia, and Bahrain to research the architecture of public housing and its connection to the nation-building agenda. ($7,000) |
| 1994 | ARAB URBAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE |
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| Award for Best Conference in the Study of Traditional Arab Environments, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 1993-1994 | MCNAIR FACULTY MENTOR AWARD |
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| by the University of California, Berkeley, in recognition of support and guidance to minority undergraduate students. |
| 1991 | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS EDUCATION HONORS |
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| Washington, DC: for the program Cross Cultural Modes of Architectural Design. |
| 1990 | PIONEER AMERICA SOCIETY |
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| Williamsburg, Virginia: Fred Kniffen Award for Best Book in Material Culture in 1990, for the book Dwellings, Settlements and Tradition (Jointly with Jean-Paul Bourdier). |
| 1986-1987 | BERKELEY REGENTS FELLOW |
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| University of California |