Introduction
Cities across the globe are experiencing unprecedented pressures derived from ongoing processes of
urbanization and climate change. Urban poverty, gentrification or outdated infrastructures are just some of
the consequences observed, with increased intensity in LMIC. The imminent need for more resilient,
sustainable, inclusive and safe cities is recognized by SDG 11 (UN 2015), and echoed in UCL’s
Sustainable Cities Grand Challenge. In historic contexts, further pressures arise from globalization and
mass tourism, leading in many cases to radical and fast transformations of historic urban quarters that are
either abandoned or gentrified and turned into international tourism havens (Hayes 2020). These
processes compromise the sustainability of historic cities and their communities at all interconnected
levels – social, cultural, environmental and economic.
The intrinsic link between culture and sustainable development is well established, with culture and
heritage gaining significant weight as agents of change in the last decades (Wiktor-Mach 2019).
Understanding this relationship and exploring ways to utilise culture to drive positive and just social change
responds to UCL’s Cultural Understanding Grand Challenge.
TEAM

Alejandra Albuerne
Alejandra was appointed Lecturer in Sustainable Heritage at the UCL Institute for
Sustainable Heritage in September 2017, where she is Assistant Course Director of the MSc
Sustainable Heritage.

catalina Ortiz
Catalina Ortiz is a Colombian urbanist. She uses critical pedagogies and decolonial
methodologies to study the politics of space production in cities of the global south in order to
find alternative ways to forge spatial-racial-epistemic justice.

Dina Mneimneh
Dina Mneimneh is an urban designer, architect and researcher, graduate of University College London, UK with a particular focus on cultural heritage, urban storytelling and public placemaking.

Houssem Eddine Chachia
Houssem Eddine Chachia is Assistant Professor at University of Tunis
(Tunisia), member of laboratory Regions and Heritage Resources of Tunisia.

Kalliopi Fouseki
Kalliopi Fouseki is a Professor in Sustainable Heritage Management at the UCL Institute for
Sustainable Heritage. Kalliopi has been the Course director of the MSc Sustainable from
2011-2020.

Kenneth, Tse Kam Wing
Kenneth Tse has devoted himself to exploring cross-disciplinary projects on community, culture,
visual art and historical heritage for more than twenty years.

Leila Ben-Gacem
Leila Ben-Gacem is a social entrepreneur, Ashoka Fellow; founder of Blue Fish, a consultancy that works on improving the socio-economic dynamics of heritage and culture to improve its preservation.

Lorika Hisari
Lorika Hisari is a PhD Researcher at the Bartlett UCL, Institute for Sustainable Heritage, London UK. She holds a degree of a Graduated Engineer of Architecture from the University of Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo.

Mara Cruz
Mara Cruz is a Chilean architect. She has worked at the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage of her country from 2013 to 2020.

Neila Saadi
Neila Saadi holds a thesis in heritage sciences where she questioned the place of the Amazigh heritage of Tunisia from colonial times until independence

Nihal Hafez
Nihal O. Hafez is a PhD candidate and urban researcher at the Development Planning
Unit (DPU), at UCL, London UK.

Xiresangpei
Xiresangpei is a young practitioner in the field of heritage-led urban and rural regeneration. The majority of his work has been done in China

Yasmeen Safaie
Yasmeen Safaie is a researcher and recent MSc graduate from University College London in Urban Economic Development.
Fondok el Henna
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فندق الحنّة، مدينة تونس
عند ذكر كلمة "فندق"، يذهب الظن بالعديدين إلى المعنى المعاصر للكلمة، أي نزل إليواء المسافرين، في حين أن الفنادق
قد لعبت تاريخيًا دو ًرا أكبر من ذلك، فتعريف الفندق في الفترة الوسيطة والحديثة، يعني المكان الذي يسكن به التجار
ودوابهم، ويتم فيه تخزين سلعهم، وربما تتم فيه كذلك الصفقات التجارية. في العادة يتكون الفندق من طابقين أو أكثر، حيث
يتم تخصيص الطابق السفلي لسكن الدواب وتخزين السلع، في حين يُخصص الطابق العلوي لسكن التجار.
FONDOK EL HENNA, Medina
The word “fondok” often refers to a hostel to accommodate travelers, while hotels have historically
played a greater role than just that; goods exchange, trade deals may also take place at hotels.
Usually,the hotel consists of two floors or more, where the lower floor is allocated for animals and storing
goods, while the upper floor is allocated to house merchants.
Building 36, Rue des Andalus
مبنى 36 ،نهج الأندلس، مدينة تونس
يُعتبر نهج الأندلس أحد الأحياء العريقة في مدينة تونس، فتاريخ تأسيسه كما نعرفه اليوم، يعود إلى بداية القرن السابع عشر.
بعد طرد الموريسكيين من إسبانيا ما بين سنتي 1609 و1614 ،توجه عدد هام من المطرودين مباشرة من إسبانيا أو
خصو ًصا بعد العبور إلى الموانئ الفرنسية، الإيطالية وحتى التركية إلى تونس، حيث رحب بهم عثمان داي حاكم البالد في
ذلك الوقت، وشجعهم على التوطن بالعديد من جهات البلاد عبر منحهم امتيازات جبائية وقانونية. سكن عدد من المهجرين
في جهة الوطن القبلي وعلى ضفاف وادي مجردة وجهة بنزرت، في حين اختار عدد اخر، والذي مثل أسا ًسا الحرفيين
والأعيان السكن في مدينة تونس، فإستوطنوا منطقة باب قرطاجنة، باب سويقة، زقاق األندلس ونهج األندلس.
Building 36, Rue des Andalus, Medina
Rue des Andalus, is considered one of the old neighborhoods in Tunis. Its founding date, as
we know it today, dates back to the beginning of the seventeenth century.
After the expulsion
of the Moriscos from Spain between 1609 and 1614, a significant number of those expelled
went directly from Spain, after crossing to the French, Italian and even Turkish ports to Tunisia,
where Othman Dey, the ruler of the country at the time, welcomed them and encouraged
them to settle in many locations within Tunisia, and granted them tax and legal privileges.