SIA Publication

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“Congratulations to Ustad Arch. Abdifatah Abdiaziz, SIA president and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Somali National University, for publishing a Scopus-indexed journal paper titled “Urban Reconstruction in Post-War Cities through the Approach of Collective Memories”.

“This paper aims to identify the role of collective memories in post-war urban reconstruction in Mogadishu, which lost its architectural fabric, and its cultural and historical landmarks during the civil war. Preserving collective memories and integrating them into urban recovery and reconstruction processes strengthens cultural identity, community resilience, and social cohesion. Grounded Theory has been utilized to identify core categories and key concepts on a local level, in order to evaluate the social resilience components and CM. The results indicated…”