Cities as Cultural Crossroads: Objects, Stories, and Migration between Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

Karène Sanchez Summerer; Mayada Madbouly; Sara Vermeulen

doi:10.21827/6a1969b89d13a

Cities as Cultural Crossroads: Objects, Stories, and Migration between Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

Authors

Karène Sanchez Summerer (ed)

University of Groningen

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7051-0802

Mayada Madbouly (ed)

University of Groningen

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5040-6637

Sara Vermeulen (ed)

University of Groningen

Synopsis

Cities serve as dynamic archives of culture, migration, and history, captured vividly in their landscapes, monuments, street names, architecture, and diverse neighbourhoods. Such urban landscapes are not merely historical markers but living spaces, where the politics and dynamics of the present continuously reshape identity and belonging.

Focusing on two prominent European cities—Berlin and Paris—this volume critically analyzes their entanglements with colonial histories, migrations from the Middle East and North Africa, and the creation of new spaces of belonging.

By examining gendered, religious, national, and cultural identities, alongside heritage preservation and cultural representation, the book reconsiders cities as pivotal sites of intercultural exchange between MENA, the Arab World and Europe.

Publisher: University of Groningen Press
Broerstraat 4 9712 CP Groningen

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Author Biographies

Karène Sanchez Summerer, University of Groningen

is Professor and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and co-director of the Centre for Historical Studies. She specializes in the relational cultural and social history of the Ottoman- and Mandate-era Levant, with a special focus on Greater Syria, Palestine and its communities, and their relations with Europe.

Mayada Madbouly, University of Groningen

is a sociologist specialized in the making of memories and heritage work in the Middle East and North Africa.
Her research interests are analyzing memorial practices, social movements, and racialization in the Modern MENA region. She lectures on political sociology, cultures studies, and sociology of international relations.

Sara Vermeulen, University of Groningen

is a Master’s degree student in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Groningen. She previously completed a Bachelor’s in Middle Eastern Studies at the same university during which she spent a semester abroad in Cairo. Her interests include Digital Humanities, Heritage Studies and the Arabic language. Her current research focuses on the possible revival of the Hejaz Railway.