Acknowledgements

levantCarta Core Team

Lead Investigator:

Farès el-Dahdah, Professor of Art History, Rice University

Cartographer:

David Heyman, Managing Director, Axis Maps

Specialists:

Bruno de Castro Sousa, GIS Solutions Architect, Spatial Studies Lab, Rice University

Uilvim Ettore, Environmental/Data Engineer, Spatial Studies Lab, Rice University

Ualas Rohrer, GIS Enterprise Architect, Spatial Studies Lab, Rice University

Wilson França de Souza, Full Stack Developer, Spatial Studies Lab, Rice University

Technical Consultants:

Jean Aroom, GIS Support Specialist, GIS/Data Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

Monica Rivero, Digital Curation Coordinator, Fondren Library, Rice University

Collaborators:

Elvan Cobb, Assistant Professor of History, Hong Kong Baptist University

Sibel Zandi-Sayek, Associate Professor of Art History, William & Mary

Pinar Emiralioğlu, Associate Professor of History, Sam Houston University

Former Project Manager:

Laura Richardson, Spatial Humanities Project Manager Fellow, Rice University

Partners:

New Levant Initiative

Advisors:

Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Professor of History, University of Houston

Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History, Rice University

Cihan Yuksel Muslu, Associate Professor of History, University of Houston

Emran El-Badawi, Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Houston

Nathan Citino, Professor of History, Rice University

Paula Sanders, Professor of History, Rice University

Special Thanks:

Rania Daniel

levantCarta/Beirut Team

Collaborators:

Howayda Al-Harithy Professor of Architecture and Design, American University of Beirut

Mona Fawaz Professor of Architecture and Design, American University of Beirut

Specialist:

Chaza Jazzar GIS Data Development Manager, American University of Beirut

Research Assistant:

Leyla Hussein, American University of Beirut

Contributors:

Antoine Atallah Architect/Urbanist, Richez Associés

Former Project Manager:

Mark Bebawi, PhD Candidate, History Department, Rice University

Advisors:

George Arbid, Director, Arab Center for Architecture

Daria Daniel, Board Member, New Levant Initiative

Eric Verdeil, Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, CERI – Sciences Po Paris

Amelie Beyhum, Managing Editor, Berytus Archaeological Studies, American University of Beirut

Nadim Shehadi, Director, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts University

Hélène Sader, Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut

Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History, Rice University

Jens Hanssen, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean History, University of Toronto

Hashim Sarkis, Dean, School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Claude Doumet Serhal, Director, Sidon excavation, Special Assistant, British Museum

Joumana Ghandour Atallah, Principal, GA Architecture & Urban Design