
Mirna Ashraf Ali
Mirna Ashraf Ali is currently an intern at the UNESCO| World Heritage Centre, at the World Heritage Cities Programme, She recently had her
Double Degree Master's of Urban Design and Heritage Studies at Brandenburg University of Technology in Germany and Alexandria University in Egypt. (RHCD- Revitalization of Historic City Districts). She received her bachelor's degree in Architecture from Alexandria University in 2018. Her current field and expertise is urban heritage research with cultural platforms and initiatives in Cairo and Alexandria, for she worked as a research assistant since she graduated. She also participated in several international workshops and projects before her graduation, from
which she got an interest and responsibility for the built environment and sociology. From the main highlights of her participation; In 2016 she was one of the organisers of the workshop and project " A Schoolyard for All" under UNHCR, Alexandria University and
Ecumene Studio, which is a participatory design project. In 2018, she participated in the international workshop "Remake the City I" at the Swedish
Institute in Alexandria about Dialogues on Urban Development to Combat Climate Change. In 2019, she worked for the interpretation and
development of museum content at Shaboury museums consultancy and as a research assistant at Cairo Heritage School. In addition, Mirna Ashraf is
interested in the study of archaeology concerning the participation of the communities and its impact on the urban sphere, so in 2020, she joined
TICCIH as a student membership. She is also a member of ESACH "European Students' Association for Cultural Heritage."
Documents
Sessions in which Mirna Ashraf Ali participates
- Contemporary archeology vis-à-vis benefits of heritage assets : a case study of Alexandria’s lighthouses and their integrity in the industrial heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- Speaker Mirna Ashraf Ali (UNESCO| World Heritage Centre - Brandenburg University of Technology-Cottbus) |
- 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Industrial heritages to discover: current research II
- Paper
Sessions in which Mirna Ashraf Ali attends
- Book launch: Deindustrializing Montreal
- Signup required Bâtiment 7 - La Taverne
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 2 hours
- Event
- Opening ceremony
- Signup required UQAM, Cœur des sciences - Agora Hydro-Québec
- 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 2 hours
- Cocktail
- Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- The omitted heritage : rethinking the global requalification of historical industries in non-Western countries. The case of the cotton presses in Egypt UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- Speaker Mirhan Damir (Alexandria University, Egypt) |
- 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective II
- Paper
- Cartographier les chemins de fer historiques et pittoresques et analyser leur configuration spatiale en France UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- Speaker Kun Sang (Xiamen University Malaysia) |
- 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Industrial heritages to discover: current research II
- Paper
- The industrial heritage model for reloading — with embodied examples of the World Heritage Site in Iwami Ginzan silver mine UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- Speaker Ichiro Ohshima (Japan Industrial Archaeology Society) |
- 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Industrial heritages to discover: current research II
- Paper
- Contemporary archeology vis-à-vis benefits of heritage assets : a case study of Alexandria’s lighthouses and their integrity in the industrial heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- Speaker Mirna Ashraf Ali (UNESCO| World Heritage Centre - Brandenburg University of Technology-Cottbus) |
- 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Industrial heritages to discover: current research II
- Paper
- Repurposing Kom El-Dikka’s water reservoirs UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- Speaker Dina El Mazzahi (Shaboury & Associates) |
- 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective II
- Paper
- Opening of registration UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall
- 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Preservation and transformation of historic waterways: a challenge (III). A tour of the Soulanges Canal
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 6 hours
- Tour
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MRC de Vaudreuil-SoulangesSponsor
- Public lecture: Fear, loss and the potential for progressive nostalgia: challenging right-wing populism
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
- Public lecture: Trajectories of deindustrialization and the memoryscapes of industrial pasts – Towards global perspectives
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
- Early bird tour: Walking the Postindustrial Lachine Canal (postponed to Friday)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- Tour: The Angus shops and Rosemont with Heritage Montreal
- Signup required
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
- Tour
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Héritage MontréalSponsor