Nadi Abusaada (PhD, Cantab.) is a Jerusalem-born architect and historian. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture and Design at the American University of Beirut (AUB). His work focuses on the material histories and visual cultures of the modern Arab world. He is the co-editor of the forthcoming books “Arab Modern: Architecture and the Project of Independence” (gta Verlag, 2024) and Resurgent Nahda: The Arab Exhibitions in Mandate Jerusalem (Kaph Books, 2024).

Nadi has taught subjects related to the history and theory of architecture and urbanism at Cambridge, MIT and ETH Zürich. He has also held various academic fellowships including the ETH Zürich Postdoctoral Fellowship at ETH Zürich and the Aga Khan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Islamic Architecture at MIT. Before that, he earned his Ph.D. and M.Phil. degrees in architecture at the University of Cambridge and his B.A. in architecture at the University of Toronto.

Nadi’s writings have been featured in various academic journals including Architectural Theory Review, Architecture and Culture, and the International Journal for Islamic Architecture, among others. Nadi is also the co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of Arab Urbanism, an editorial contributor at The Architectural Review, and a contributing editor at the Jerusalem Quarterly.

Besides his writings, Nadi has also been involved in research-based curatorial work. He has curated and participated in a number of exhibitions around the world including in Ramallah, Amman, Zurich, Venice, Dubai, and Montreal.