Rouba Wehbe Hiriart
@roubawehbe.bsky.social
PhD in urban studies | associate researcher CERI, Sc PO. research interests: political economy of land and housing, rent theories, rent gap studies, property rights studies, Palestinian refugees, PLO, middle eastern cities.
This map is part of my Phd in Urban studies, defended in dec. 2024 and which examined land and housing submarkets that emerge in land tenure situation characterised by insecurity and inertia as it is the case for the PLO's property stock in Lebanon.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This map is part of my Phd in Urban studies, defended in dec. 2024 and which examined land and housing submarkets that emerge in land tenure situation characterised by insecurity and inertia as it is the case for the PLO's property stock in Lebanon.
#Beirut; #Lebanon; #Palestine; #PLO; #Land-tenure-insecurity; #civil-war; #Political-fief; #Political-organisation; #gentrification; #urban-change; #land-value
August 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And through “invisible” traces in the form of distinctive land tenure systems, underscoring the lasting spatial and political imprint of political organisations on Beirut’s urban fabric. For full blog post:https://lnkd.in/eGxDh3WH
August 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And through “invisible” traces in the form of distinctive land tenure systems, underscoring the lasting spatial and political imprint of political organisations on Beirut’s urban fabric. For full blog post:https://lnkd.in/eGxDh3WH
The legacy of this settlement persists today through both visible remains, such as former headquarters damaged or repurposed since the 1982 Israeli invasion.
August 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The legacy of this settlement persists today through both visible remains, such as former headquarters damaged or repurposed since the 1982 Israeli invasion.
This political investment in land and services reshaped the district’s built environment and socio-economic profile, producing a form of neighbourhood transformation comparable to gentrification but driven by non-market actors.
August 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This political investment in land and services reshaped the district’s built environment and socio-economic profile, producing a form of neighbourhood transformation comparable to gentrification but driven by non-market actors.
It concentrated political, military, cultural, and social infrastructures alongside allied Lebanese leftist organisations and its economic arm, Samed.
August 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It concentrated political, military, cultural, and social infrastructures alongside allied Lebanese leftist organisations and its economic arm, Samed.
At its political, financial, and social peak between 1971 and 1982, the PLO established an extensive presence in the Tariq al-Jdideh district—known as the “Republic of Fakhani”.
August 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
At its political, financial, and social peak between 1971 and 1982, the PLO established an extensive presence in the Tariq al-Jdideh district—known as the “Republic of Fakhani”.
The case of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) urban settlement in Beirut during the 1970s reveals how neighbourhood identity in the city cannot be fully explained through the dominant dual lens of religious affiliation and gentrification-driven land value extraction.
August 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The case of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) urban settlement in Beirut during the 1970s reveals how neighbourhood identity in the city cannot be fully explained through the dominant dual lens of religious affiliation and gentrification-driven land value extraction.