| 2018 | Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World |
| “Tradition and ‘Local/Global.’” |
| Edited by P.Oliver, M.Vallinga, and D. Mandlin. London: Bloomsbury. (In press) |
| 2015 | Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology |
| “Authenticity and the Manufacture of Heritage.” |
| With Sylvia Nam, edited by Claire Smith. Springer, New York, 2015. |
| 2011 | Cambridge World History of Religions |
| “The Place of the Mosque in the Urban Context.” |
| With Ipek Tureli, co-edited by Hasanuddin Khan. 2011. |
| 2011 | Encylopedia of Life Support Systems |
| “Traditional Environments.” |
| With Elena Tomlinson, Isle of Man, UK: Eolss Publishers Co, 2011. |
| 2010 | Encyclopedia of Urban Studies |
| “Colonial City” |
| With Mrinalini Rajagopalan. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2010. |
| 2009 | International Encyclopedia of Human Geography |
| “Urban Geography: Islamic Urbanism.” |
| With IpekTureli, edited by Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift. Elsevier: Oxford, 2009. |
| 2009 | Encyclopedia of Urban Studies |
| “Simulacra” |
| With IpekTureli, edited by Rob Kitchin. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2009. |
| 2008 | Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine |
| “Dwelling and Settlements in Non-Western Cultures” |
| Edited by SelinHelaine. Springer, New York, 2008. |
| 2008 | Encyclopedia of the Islamic World |
| “Urban Planning” |
| Edited by John Esposito. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. |
| 2004 | The Encyclopedia Britannica |
| “Cairo” |
| Encyclopedia Britannica, 2007 Edition [original edition 2004]. |
| 1605 | Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World |
| “Egypt, Rural” and “Cairo” |
| Edited by Paul Oliver. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, pp. 1603-1605. |
| 1995 | Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World |
| “Urban Planning” |
| Edited by John Esposito. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995, pp. 288-290. |
| 1989 | Encyclopedia of Architecture |
| “Mosques: The Religious Architecture of Islam” |
| With Guita Boostani, edited by Joseph Wilkes. New York, London & Sydney: John Wiley & Sons, 1989, Vol. 8, pp. 460-476. |