1 CV. Dr. Naima Benkari

E D U C A T I O N

2004 PhD in Urban planning and policy (Cities and societies); with the highest honors and Jury’s congratulations [Doctorat en Urbanisme, option "Villes et Sociétés]

Thesis entitled: « L’architecture des mosquées Ibadites au M’Zab, à Djerba et en Oman : Lecture des principes de conception et de construction » : Pierre Mendés France University, Grenoble II, Institute of Urbanism, Grenoble (France)

1994-1996 Postgraduate Degree, specialization in history of architecture [Certificat d’Etudes Approfondies en Architecture: « Les Métiers de l’histoire »] Dissertation entitled:”La formation des villes du M’Zab: Lecture d’une architecture Ibadite” School of Architecture of Grenoble (France)

1993-1994 MSc in Architectural engineering, Specialization: Architectural and Urban Acoustics [Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies en Architecture (DEA): « Ambiances Architecturales et Urbaines »] Dissertation entitled: « La prise en compte des éléments de confort dans la programmation des

espaces de chalandise. Le cas des ensembles commerciaux du Village Olympique, de l'Arlequin et de Grand'Place » ISITEM, University of Nantes and the School of Architecture of Grenoble (France)

1988-1993 BSc in Architectural Engineering [Diplôme d’Architecte d’Etat] Dissertation entitled: « Pour une préservation du patrimoine bâti au Mzab : projet de réhabilitation du quartier des anciens Moujahidine à Ghardaïa » Farhat Abbas University, Institute of Architecture, Setif (Algeria)

1988 Baccalaureate in sciences & mathematics El Mouiz Li Dinillah high school, Setif (Algeria)

A C A D E M I C A C T I V I T Y

Sept 2012 - Present: Assistant professor in Civil & Architectural Engineering

Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

July-August 2018: Fellow researcher at the Research institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto-Japan

May 2014 – 2015: Consultant for the Ministry of Heritage and Culture for the project of Omani Vernacular

Settlements Documentation and Management plan

2010- 2012 Assistant professor/ Director of the campus master plan development

Alhosn University Abu Dhabi, UAE

2007- 2010 Assistant professor/Chairwoman: Architectural Engineering Department

Alhosn University Abu Dhabi, UAE

2007-2008 Assistant professor/Chairwoman: Architectural Engineering Department

Director of Admissions and Students Affaires

Alhosn University Abu Dhabi, UAE

2006- 2007 Assistant professor: Department of Urban planning

Alhosn University Abu Dhabi, UAE

2005 Qualified by the national commission of French Universities (CNU) for the position of Assistant

Professor in Architecture: Qualification Number: 05218150683

Naima Benkari (PhD), Ms. Arch, B. Arch. Assist. Prof. Civil and Architectural Engineering Dept. College of Engineering. Sultan Qaboos University. Muscat, The Sultanate of Oman ICOMOS-IFLA-CIAV Expert & Voting Member Tel: +968-24142671 | Fax: +968-24141331 Email: n.benkari4@gmail.com / nbenkari@squ.edu.om https://squ.academia.edu/NaimaBenkari

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=W2NuZZ0AAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naima_Benkari2 https://www.linkedin.com/pub/naima-benkari/16/419/a12

Scopus ID : 57194768452

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2002-2006 Lecturer: Architecture, Urban planning:

Institut technologique d’Architecture de Tours, France

2000 - 2002 Assistant professor of Interior Design:

Institut supérieur des Arts et Métiers de Sfax, Université Sud (Tunisia)

1998-1999 Lecturer in a postgraduate cycle in Architecture « Le Cours de Tunis »

National institute of heritage (INP), Tunis, (Tunisia)

- Conferences Topic: "Preservation and renovation of the built heritage"

- Presentation of the traditional Architecture and Urbanism of Oman, Tunisia and Algeria.

1997-1998 Teaching Assistant in Architecture

School of Architecture in Grenoble (France)

- Supervised the Design development of 1st and 2nd year students in architecture

R E S E A R C H A R E A S :

-Modern and Contemporary architecture and Urban Design in Arab and Islamic countries

- The built and landscape heritage, its preservation and re-use

- Sustainability of Vernacular built environment

- Architecture education.

R E S E A R C H P R O J E C T S :

Project type Project title and my role in it Duration status

Mentored student’s

research

A post occupancy evaluation of

the thermal comfort in Sultan

Qaboos University teaching and

common spaces. I was

supervisor

2013-2014 completed

Consultancy for the

ministry of heritage

and culture

Documentation and

rehabilitation of Omani

traditional settlements.

I was Project director

2014-2015 completed

SQU Internal

Grant

Evaluation and Design of Wind-

catcher in SQU public spaces

I am Project director

2015-2018 Completed

Consultancy for the

company Asaas

Documentation of the vernacular

architecture in Al Hafa village

and development of Master plan

for its regeneration

2018 completed

Research Fellow at

RIHN

RIHN Open Team Science Project. I am team member

2018- completed

B O O K S , B O O K S C H A P T E R S A N D P U B L I C A T I O N S I N R E F E R E E D

J O U R N A L S ( P A S T 5 Y E A R S )

- Meddah, M.S., Benkari, N., Al-Busaidi, M. (2019): Potential Use of Locally and Traditionally Produced Bending Construction Material, IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 471042008

- Benkari, N. (2018): Archaeological site of Bat-Oman, management and public perception: Community involvement in archaeological heritage management and planning, Journal of

Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHMSD-

10-2016-0059

Benkari, N. (2017): Urban Development in Oman, an Overview, Sustainable Development and

Planning IX, Vol. 226, pp. 143-156

Benkari, N.; Fazil, I and Husain, A. (2017): Design and Performance Comparison of Two Patterns of Wind-catcher for a Semi-enclosed Courtyard, International Journal of Mechanical

Engineering and Robotics Research, 6 (5), 369-400.

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Carughi, Visone et all. (2017): Time Frames: Conservation Policies for Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage, Routledge

Benkari, N. (2017). The Defensive Vernacular Settlements In Oman, A Contextual Study.

International Journal of Heritage Architecture, 1(2), 175-184.

Benkari, N. (2016). A Document of Ibadi Fiqh Governing the Architecture of Mosques. Journal of

Islamic Architecture, 4(2), 56-62.

Benkari, N. (2015) : « Les Caractéristiques de l’Architecture religieuse Ibadite : Etude des mosquées

dans la vallée du M’zab, à Djerba, Djebel Nafusa et les piémonts Omanais », Le Patrimoine

Architectural de l’Eglise Orthodoxe d’Antioche, Edited by Davie, M. Publications of the University of

Balamand, Lebanon, pp. 203-224 + Figures pp. 415-420

Benkari, N. & Boudidah M. (2014): “Architectural Education and Local Culture in the UAE”:

Challenges and Opportunities, ALAM CIPTA, International Journal of Sustainable Tropical Design

Research and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 2, PP. 51-62.

Benkari-Boudidah N. (2014) : « L'architecture des mosquées Ibadites au M'Zab, Djerba et Oman Tome

II: Lecture des principes de conception et de construction » Presses Académiques Francophones, (December 16, 2014), ISBN-10: 3841622801, 508 pages. (Book)

Benkari-Boudidah N. (2013): « L'architecture des mosquées Ibadites au M'Zab, Djerba et Oman Tome

I: Lecture des Principes de conception et de construction » Presses Académiques Francophones, 700

pages. ISBN-13: 978-3841621832, (Book)

Benkari N. (2012): “Does sustainability Matter? The sustainability Paradigm in Architectural

Education in UAE.” published in 6th International Forum on Engineering Education (IFEE 2012), by

ELSEVIER Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 102, 22 November 2013, Pages 601–

610. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813043139

Benkari N., Boudidah M. (2011): Architectural Education in the United Arab Emirates, in ALHOSN

University Journal for Engineering and Applied sciences. Vol. 3 No.3. 2011

P E E R - R E V I E W E D C O N F E R E N C E P R O C E E D I N G S P A P E R S ( 5 P A S T

Y E A R S )

2018- The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2018 (ACERP2018)

March 21-24 March 2018, Kobe- Japan

2017- 2nd International Islamic Heritage conference (2nd IsHeC),

November 14-15th, Melaka- Malaysia

2017- Invited speaker at: International Conference on Protecting the Cultural Heritage of the Muslim world,

November 1-2, Istanbul-Turkey. 2017 15th International Conference on Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture.

(STREMAH 2017) 9 – 11 May, Alicante-Spain - Invited Speaker and co-organizer of the 1st international conference about the Architecture of Sahara:

Illizi (Algeria) 26 February-5 March

2016 8th World Archaeological Congress (WAC-8), 28th August to 2nd September, Kyoto-Japan

- 8th conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, 6-8 December, Penang-Malaysia

- Keynote speaker in L’architecture Islamique: Histoire et pratiques architecturales: 15-16 February,

Constantine – Algeria. paper presented: « Les formes contemporaines de l’architecture Islamique »

(Presented in French)

2015 - National Built Heritage Forum in Qassim Provence. 29 November-03 December 2015. Paper co-

presented with Prof. Khalifa Al Jabri: The Role of Academic Institution in the Documentation and

sustainable development of Built Heritage

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- Conference on the conservation of Urban and Modern Heritage in the Arab States, Kuwait 2-3

December 2015: paper presented: The "Harat Project": Documenting the built heritage as a

pedagogical tool in Architectural and Urban planning curricula. (Presented in English)

- Keynote speaker in Nizwa Capital of Islamic Culture: Symposium About the participation of

Omanis in Applied sciences (ندوة إسهامات العمانيين في العلوم التطبيقية). 7 December 2015. Paper

presented: the participation of Omanis in Architecture and urban development. ( إسهامات العمانيين في

(Presented in Arabic) .(اإلعمار و العمارة

- 1st International Islamic Heritage conference (1st InHeC 2015). 11-12 November 2015 Paper

presented: A Document of Ibadi Jurisprudence related to the Architecture of Mosques. (Presented in

English)

- Nizwa Capital of Islamic Culture: Symposium About the Scientific movement during Al Ya’ariba

period” اليعاربةالحركة العلمية في عصر . 8-9 September. Paper presented: معالم العمارة الدفاعية في عصر

(Presented in Arabic) اليعاربة

2014 - ISVS-7: Re-Assessment of Vernacular Architecture: Theory and practice. 14-17 October 2014

Paper presented: The characteristics of the Ibadi Religious Architecture. (Presented in English)

2013 - Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design conference SustEd 2013 Paper presented:

Architectural education and local culture in UAE and Oman: Challenges and opportunities”

proceedings published in December 2013, ISBN978-1-901922-96-7 (pp.44-51)

- The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment 2013 (acsee2013) Paper

presented: “The sustainability Paradigm in Architectural Education in UAE. What’s next?” Osaka

(Japan) June 2013, IAFOR, Waseda University (Japan), Birkbeck University of London (UK), The

National Institute of Education (Singapore), Tainan University (Taiwan) and the Hong Kong Institute

of Education (HKSAR). (Presented in English)

2012 - 6th International Forum on Engineering Education (IFEE 2012) Paper presented “Does

sustainability Matter? The sustainability Paradigm in Architectural Education in UAE. November

2012. Kebangsaan University, Malaysia. Paper selected to be published in Procedia-Social and

Behavioral Sciences by ELSEVIER (open access publication, and indexed by Scopus).

- Symposium: The Architectural Heritage of Antioch Orthodox Church: Comparative perspectives

with other religious groups in Middle East 1-4 November 2012. Paper accepted: “The religious

architecture of the Ibadites in M’Zab, Djerba, and Inner Oman”

Earlier - Biskra Architecture and Sustainability International Conference (BASC 2011): Architectural and

Urban Design Current Aspects and Future Prospects 4 - 5 December 2011- Algeria. Paper presented:

“The paradigm of sustainability in the Architecture education programs in UAE universities, a

comparative approach”

1st RETEVITRUVIO international Congress “Architectural Design between teaching and

research” Paper accepted for presentation and publication: Architectural Education in the Gulf: the

case of UAE, 2-6 May 2011, ISBN 978-88-95612-78-2, PolibaPress, Italy

2008- CSAAR conference: Responsibilities and Opportunities in Architectural Conservation:

Theory, Education, and Practice. Paper presented: The administration and policy of classification of

the built and natural heritage in North-Africa: Case of Algeria since its independence / November

2008

- Symposium: « Historical centers on gradual change » organized by National center of pre-

historical, Anthropological and historical researches (CNRPH) Tipaza (Algeria) 26, 27 and 28

June 2007: Paper and presentation‘s title: About the notion of urban preservation and its trends in

the Gulf region: case of Bahrain and Dubai (presented in French) http://www.cnrpah.org/

- International conference: « Constantine, Past, present and future: The Medina of Constantine

form the peril to the pilot urban project» Organized by Constantine municipality and “the Old rock”

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Association / Constantine (Algeria) 02-03-04 July Paper and presentation‘s title: Lectures in the

preservation master plan of Manama and Muharraq (Bahrain)

-Symposium: « Les villages du Sud ». (Tours University and CNRS, March: 7th-12th). - Communication topic: Presentation of the built Heritage of the thousand-year-old cities of M’Zab,

with a critical approach to their conservation and mode of their contemporary development.

- International conference: “The Berbers and other Minorities in North Africa: A cultural Reappraisal”

(Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, May 13th -14th)

- Communication topic: Uncovering the Juridical fundaments of the millenarian urbanism and

architecture in the M’Zab valley.

- International Conference " Regards croisés sur le Patrimoine Dans le monde à l’aube du XXIe siècle " (Paris La Sorbonne University, October 7th-9th) - Communication topic: "Presentation of the built and natural heritage administration and it's issues in Algeria" Published in 2003 by Presses Universitaires de Paris la Sorbonne (PUPS) - Oman Conference (Bonn, Germany July 1st-3rd) Communication topic: "The religious architecture of Inner Oman" - International Meeting "The Sultanate of Oman" (Tours University, France June 29-30th) Communication topic: "Presentation of the traditional architecture of Oman, a society phenomenon" - UNESCO Forum for the preservation of the built heritage in the Ibero-Maghrebian countries (University of Constantine (Algeria) May 23rd-25th)

Communication topic: "The Algerian policy in the preservation of the built and the natural Heritage"

- Research Missions for the UNESCO and the HIRAYAMA foundation. - Exploration of the traditional architecture of Oman, Tunisia and Algeria. (1 year) The report of these missions is available in the library of the HIRAYAMA foundation in the UNESCO, Paris (France). The Title is: « Etude de architecture traditionally du Sultanat d’Oman, de l’Ile de Djerba et de la vallée du M'zab »

S E M I N A R S , L E C T U R E S , W O R K S H O P S A N D P U B L I C T A L K S 2018- Public lecture at the Higher college of technology, Oman: New trends in the architecture of mosques in

the world.

2018- Seminar about the regeneration of the vernacular heritage in Oman and the role expected from academia.

Some case studies from the interior of Oman. Institute for Humanity and Nature (Kyoto)

2017- Seminar about the Project of the Harat Documentation given to the researchers at the Research

Institute for Humanity and Nature (Kyoto)

2015-2016- Several Lectures about the Built Heritage in Oman, Design process, Scientific college of Design

2016- Public lecture about the religious architecture in Oman, French-Omani cultural center (Muscat)

2014- Series of lectures and workshop about the Ibadi cities in the Mzab, delivered at the department of

Architecture and earth sciences at the university Setif I, Algeria February.

- A public lecture about the development of the cities of the M’zab in Algeria delivered at Abu

Dhabi cultural foundation, I was invited by the Cross cultures group

- A public lecture was given in Paris Sorbonne Abu Dhabi about the built heritage in Oman.

Organized in the framework of “Sorbonne ouverte” seminar series

C O N S U L T A N C I E S F O R M I N I S T R I E S A N D

I N T E R N A T I O N A L B O D I E S :

2018- Consultancy for the company Asaas for the documentation and the management plan of Al-Hafa (Salalah).

Benkari, N: 2018- “The documentation and guidelines for the management plan of Al-Hafa historical

settlement (Salalah)” – Final report. Submitted to the Company Asaas.

2017- Present: ICOMOS-IFLA-CIAV Expert & Voting Member

2017 Desk Review for the UNESCO, to include a site on the UNESCO list of Human Heritage for 2018 (Site

undisclosed)

2017- Desk Review for the World Monuments Fund (WMF) to include a UNESCO classified site on the WMF

list. (Site undisclosed)

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2017- Sultan Qaboos Price for Art and Culture: Member of the Advising Committee for the Definition of the Price

criteria in Architecture.

2016 Consultancy for the Municipality of Osaka, The Secretariat of the Conference Headquarters for the

Promotion of Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun for World Heritage Inscription, and Japan Cultural Heritage

Consultancy, For the preparation of the inscription file of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun for World Heritage

Inscription, Japan

- Desk review for the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) for the nomination on

World Heritage tentative list (site undisclosed)

2015- present: Several consultancies for the Ministry of Heritage and Culture for the documentation and the

Benkari, N. (2015) : Architectural documentation and regeneration proposal for the settlement of Qasra, “The Harat project”.

- Architectural documentation and regeneration proposal for the settlement of Saija in Sama’il, “The Harat

project”. Consultancy for the Ministry of Heritage and Culture.

- Architectural documentation and regeneration proposal for the settlement of Khabt and Abs Fort, “The

Harat project”. Consultancy for the Ministry of Heritage and Culture.

- Architectural documentation and regeneration proposal for the settlement of Hujrat Musalmat, “The Harat

project”. Consultancy for the Ministry of Heritage and Culture.

2013 Academic Program review for the ministry of higher education for the accreditation of a program in

Architecture in the Sultanate of Oman (University undisclosed)

Benkari, N. (1997): Etude de l’architecture traditionnelle du Sultanat d’Oman, de l’Ile de Djerba et de la vallée du Mzab.

Research Missions for the UNESCO and the HIRAYAMA foundation. Exploration of the traditional architecture of Oman,

Tunisia and Algeria. (1year)

H O N O R S / AW A R D S

1- (2018) Awarded a research fellowship by the Research Institute for Humanity and nature, Kyoto-Japan.

2- (2017) Awarded FIRST PRICE RIBA student competition, organized by the municipality of Muscat and

the RIBA: “Envisioning Muscat 2040”.

3- (2015) Awarded Price of Prince Sultan bin Salman for the research about the built heritage

4- (2014) Awarded by Sultan Qaboos University for my participation in the ABET accreditation committee

5- (2012) Awarded by Alhosn university for the Development of Architecture development since its

foundation

6- (2011) Awarded by Alhosn university for the extensive efforts in students activities

7- (2004) Pierre Mendes France University, Ph.D. with highest honors and congratulations, France 2004.

8- (1997-1999)UNESCO and Hirayama Foundation Scholarship, France 1999-2001 for the project of research

I have done about the strategy of built heritage preservation

9- (1988-1993) Farhat Abbas University, Bachelor in Architectural engineering with highest honors and

congratulations, Algeria.

B O A R D A N D E D I T O R I A L M E M B E R S H I P

Member - Member of the Algerian Order of architects (professional organization) - Expert and voting Member in ICOMOS -Academic & Accreditation Committee for the ABET accreditation of the Architectural Engineering program at Sultan Qaboos University. - Review board member in International Journal of Architecture, Arts and Applications. - Scientific committee and reviewer for the Alhosn University engineering Journal - Scientific committee and reviewer for the CSAAR (Center of studies of Architecture in the Arab Region) conferences

Chair/Vice Chair - Committee for the AREN program review (chair)

- Committee for Student Affairs (Chair)

T R A I N I N G , L A N G U A G E S A N D O T H E R S K I L L S

2015 - Training Workshop on developing talents of Women in science, technology and innovation,

organized by NAM Institute for the empowerment of Women, Family, and community Development &

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International Science, Technology and Innovation Center for South-South cooperation under the auspices of

UNESCO, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3-6 August

1996 - Introduction to German) Hartnackschule, Berlin (Germany)

1993-1994 - Training period: acoustic ambient in urban environments

Centre de recherche sur l'espace sonore (CRESSON) Grenoble, (France)

1993 - A one year training period in Architecture Office de préservation de la Vallée du Mzab (OPVM) Ghardaïa, (Algeria)

Languages - Bilingual Arabic/French - Extensive Background in French Culture: 13 years studies, living and working (1993-2006) - Fluent in English - Beginner in German Familiar with German culture - Amazing computer skills in Architectural and Interior Design: Autocad 2009, Arc-View, Sketchup and Microsoft Office package.

O T H E R A C T I V I T I E S

- Member and co-founder of the SOWIE (Society for women in engineering) UAE - Member of "Les Deux rives" Association of architects from the two banks of the Mediterranean sea. Grenoble, France - Member of "AFEMAM" (French Association for the study of the Arab and the Muslim World) France

H O B B I E S

- Photography, cinema, fine arts, reading, writing, open-air sports, swimming, classical and

ethnologic music.