Engineer.
Urban scholar.
Author.
A living archive of an Iraqi-Canadian engineer, author, and former Mayor of Baghdad, preserving his studies, public service, books, interviews, and continuing reflections on cities and civic life.
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Four paths that sum up a career spanning three continents of practice, research, and writing.
Engineering & urban development
Structural engineering, cities, infrastructure, planning, and applied knowledge.
→Books & publications
Works in Arabic, English, and French on engineering, Baghdad, cities, history, and memory.
→Articles & writings
Essays and studies, with a dedicated series: Friday Reflection.
→Lectures & media
Conferences, seminars, webinars, interviews, and selected recordings.
→A career joining engineering, knowledge, and public service
Dr. Alaa Mahmoud Al Tamimi is an Iraqi-Canadian structural and urban engineer, author, lecturer, and former Mayor of Baghdad. His career brings together engineering practice, university teaching, major industrial and infrastructure projects, municipal leadership, urban studies, and public writing.
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Works in Arabic, English, and French covering engineering, Baghdad, history, and memoir.
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Recent writing
Essays on events, time and people, and Iraq and the region.
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