Prof. Alraouf is an architect, urban designer, planner, critic, writer and professor, he has seventy-five years of academic, research and consulting experience, and served as the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Science and Arts, and as a coordinator of the Urban Planning Program at Qatar University. His research interests include: contemporary Gulf cities, knowledge and creative cities, post-oil urbanism, the creative value of architectural and urban heritage, architectural and urban criticism. Prof. Alraouf has received several local, regional and international awards in architecture, planning, criticism, teaching and scientific research, including the Innovation Award in Environmental and Sustainable Planning from the Ministry of Scientific Research in Egypt in 2000, the Educational Excellence Award of the University of Modern Arts and Sciences (MSA) for the year 2004, the best research paper at the Sharjah International Conference on Urban Planning in 2008, and the Research Publishing Achievement Award. Scientific from the University of Bahrain 2009. He was also selected as a member of the Excellence Campaign 2012 at Qatar University, and the distinguished speaker at the Arab Future Cities Summit2016. The International Association of Urban Planners (ISOCARP) was awarded the Best Book Award for its book "Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East" in 2018. His research also received the Best Paper Award at the International Organization for the Study of Traditional Settlements (IASTE) conference at the University of California, Berkeley in 2018. Prof. Alraouf has published more than 150 research papers, articles and technical reports in international conferences and periodicals. He has also been invited to give lectures in universities in more than 30 countries, the most important of which are Cambridge, College London in England, Oregon, Drury, Howard and Chicago in America, Leipzig in Germany and Malaysia, Seoul in Korea, Leuven in Belgium, Istanbul, Abdullah Gul in Turkey, the universities of Belgrade and Niš in Serbia, the University of Malaga in Spain, and the universities of Ninebo, Tottenham and Wuhan in China. And American universities in Sharjah, Kuwait, Lebanon and most Gulf universities. He is also the co-author of several books in Arabic and English and a single author of Architectural Criticism and its Role in the Development of Contemporary Architecture (2014), From Mecca to Las Vegas: Treatises on Architecture and Holiness (2014), Cities of the Arabs in Their Novels (2016), Critical Essays in Egyptian Architecture (2016), Urban Architectural Blogs (7-201) and Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East.(2018), Square, Revolution and People: The Architectural and Urban Story of Tahrir Square (2019), The Arab City: Challenges of Urbanization in Transforming Societies (2020), Social Transformations in the Arab Gulf States: Identity, Tribe and Development (2021), Architecture, Urbanization and the Post-Corona City (2022). In addition to his regular contributions to many architectural and cultural periodicals. He is a Capacity Building and R&D Advisor at the Urban Planning Department in Qatar, a professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Head of the Sustainable Urbanism Unit at the Qatar Green Building Council and a board member of the International Organization of City Planners.

Prof. Alraouf is an architect, urban designer, planner, critic, writer and professor, he has seventy-five years of academic, research and consulting experience, and served as the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Science and Arts, and as a coordinator of the Urban Planning Program at Qatar University. His research interests include: contemporary Gulf cities, knowledge and creative cities, post-oil urbanism, the creative value of architectural and urban heritage, architectural and urban criticism. Prof. Alraouf has received several local, regional and international awards in architecture, planning, criticism, teaching and scientific research, including the Innovation Award in Environmental and Sustainable Planning from the Ministry of Scientific Research in Egypt in 2000, the Educational Excellence Award of the University of Modern Arts and Sciences (MSA) for the year 2004, the best research paper at the Sharjah International Conference on Urban Planning in 2008, and the Research Publishing Achievement Award. Scientific from the University of Bahrain 2009. He was also selected as a member of the Excellence Campaign 2012 at Qatar University, and the distinguished speaker at the Arab Future Cities Summit2016. The International Association of Urban Planners (ISOCARP) was awarded the Best Book Award for its book "Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East" in 2018. His research also received the Best Paper Award at the International Organization for the Study of Traditional Settlements (IASTE) conference at the University of California, Berkeley in 2018. Prof. Alraouf has published more than 150 research papers, articles and technical reports in international conferences and periodicals. He has also been invited to give lectures in universities in more than 30 countries, the most important of which are Cambridge, College London in England, Oregon, Drury, Howard and Chicago in America, Leipzig in Germany and Malaysia, Seoul in Korea, Leuven in Belgium, Istanbul, Abdullah Gul in Turkey, the universities of Belgrade and Niš in Serbia, the University of Malaga in Spain, and the universities of Ninebo, Tottenham and Wuhan in China. And American universities in Sharjah, Kuwait, Lebanon and most Gulf universities. He is also the co-author of several books in Arabic and English and a single author of Architectural Criticism and its Role in the Development of Contemporary Architecture (2014), From Mecca to Las Vegas: Treatises on Architecture and Holiness (2014), Cities of the Arabs in Their Novels (2016), Critical Essays in Egyptian Architecture (2016), Urban Architectural Blogs (7-201) and Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East.(2018), Square, Revolution and People: The Architectural and Urban Story of Tahrir Square (2019), The Arab City: Challenges of Urbanization in Transforming Societies (2020), Social Transformations in the Arab Gulf States: Identity, Tribe and Development (2021), Architecture, Urbanization and the Post-Corona City (2022). In addition to his regular contributions to many architectural and cultural periodicals. He is a Capacity Building and R&D Advisor at the Urban Planning Department in Qatar, a professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Head of the Sustainable Urbanism Unit at the Qatar Green Building Council and a board member of the International Organization of City Planners.

Prof. Alraouf is an architect, urban designer, planner, critic, writer and professor, he has seventy-five years of academic, research and consulting experience, and served as the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Science and Arts, and as a coordinator of the Urban Planning Program at Qatar University. His research interests include: contemporary Gulf cities, knowledge and creative cities, post-oil urbanism, the creative value of architectural and urban heritage, architectural and urban criticism. Prof. Alraouf has received several local, regional and international awards in architecture, planning, criticism, teaching and scientific research, including the Innovation Award in Environmental and Sustainable Planning from the Ministry of Scientific Research in Egypt in 2000, the Educational Excellence Award of the University of Modern Arts and Sciences (MSA) for the year 2004, the best research paper at the Sharjah International Conference on Urban Planning in 2008, and the Research Publishing Achievement Award. Scientific from the University of Bahrain 2009. He was also selected as a member of the Excellence Campaign 2012 at Qatar University, and the distinguished speaker at the Arab Future Cities Summit2016. The International Association of Urban Planners (ISOCARP) was awarded the Best Book Award for its book "Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East" in 2018. His research also received the Best Paper Award at the International Organization for the Study of Traditional Settlements (IASTE) conference at the University of California, Berkeley in 2018. Prof. Alraouf has published more than 150 research papers, articles and technical reports in international conferences and periodicals. He has also been invited to give lectures in universities in more than 30 countries, the most important of which are Cambridge, College London in England, Oregon, Drury, Howard and Chicago in America, Leipzig in Germany and Malaysia, Seoul in Korea, Leuven in Belgium, Istanbul, Abdullah Gul in Turkey, the universities of Belgrade and Niš in Serbia, the University of Malaga in Spain, and the universities of Ninebo, Tottenham and Wuhan in China. And American universities in Sharjah, Kuwait, Lebanon and most Gulf universities. He is also the co-author of several books in Arabic and English and a single author of Architectural Criticism and its Role in the Development of Contemporary Architecture (2014), From Mecca to Las Vegas: Treatises on Architecture and Holiness (2014), Cities of the Arabs in Their Novels (2016), Critical Essays in Egyptian Architecture (2016), Urban Architectural Blogs (7-201) and Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East.(2018), Square, Revolution and People: The Architectural and Urban Story of Tahrir Square (2019), The Arab City: Challenges of Urbanization in Transforming Societies (2020), Social Transformations in the Arab Gulf States: Identity, Tribe and Development (2021), Architecture, Urbanization and the Post-Corona City (2022). In addition to his regular contributions to many architectural and cultural periodicals. He is a Capacity Building and R&D Advisor at the Urban Planning Department in Qatar, a professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Head of the Sustainable Urbanism Unit at the Qatar Green Building Council and a board member of the International Organization of City Planners.