Meitha Saeed Al Mazrooei

Editor, WTD Magazine

Meitha Al Mazrooei is the editor of WTD Magazine, a publication aimed at providing a platform for discourse among architects and designers. She is also the co-founder of the Center for Architectural Discourse. Al Mazrooei holds a bachelor’s in design management from the American University of Sharjah and is pursuing an MS in curatorial and conceptual practice in architecture at Columbia University.

Big Spaces, Small Spaces: Urban, Architectural, and Artistic Strategies for City-Based Cultural Districts

This panel, part of the 2018 Gulf Arts and Culture Symposium, examined the proliferation of art districts in Gulf cities, covering the involvement of government agencies and the private sector in the development of art districts and consider urban and architectural strategies for integration of these districts within the city.