طاهر عبد الغني

Taher Abdel-Ghani is an architect, an urban researcher, an award winning independent filmmaker, an assistant lecturer at the Architecture department at MSA University, and an advisory member on Public Space for City Space Architecture. His research focuses on the analytical representation of cities in cinema, the intervention of art in public spaces, and socio-spatial narratives of urban space. His academic publications induces an interdisciplinary approach of cinematic urbanism with other fields, such as Sociology and Education. He also serves as a reviewer and editor on a few academic platforms and co-chairs the AESOP 2022 Annual Congress in Estonia. Additionally, his short films have been screened across Europe and USA. His 2019 short documentary, Cold Dissent, has won the Best Short Film award at the 5th Biennale Spazio Pubblico Festival in Rome. His 2020 short film, Prosody: An Ode to the City, was nominated for the Audience Award at the 1st City Space Architecture Film Festival in Bologna.