Shadia Yousef Touqan

“ In post-conflict reconstruction of historic sites, an integrated approach is needed, based on achieving a balance between catering for the needs and priorities of the community and the responsibility for carefully preserving the valuable monuments and historic fabric of cultural sites. In any case, safeguarding heritage for humanity must start with protecting the lives of humans. ”

DESCRIPTION OF WORK
An architect and conservationist, Shadia Yousef Touqan is the director of the Old City of Jerusalem Revitalisation Programme. She orients her work around issues of cultural preservation and historic district revitilization in the middle east. She won the Aga Khan award for her work in Jerusalem in 2004.
BORN 
1965
DESCENT 
Middle Eastern
DISCIPLINE
Architect