Msheireb heart of Doha: An alternative approach to urbanism in the gulf region

International Journal of Islamic Architecture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-147

  Law, Rosanna ^a   Underwood, Kevin ^a  

^a AECOM   (United States)

Author keywords

Doha; Fereej; Gulf urbanism; Modernization; Msheireb; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886904499     PISSN: 20455895     EISSN: 20455909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/ijia.1.1.131_1     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Fereej (or neighbourhood as the simplistic English translation) is the building block of a traditional Arab settlement where family homes and extended family quarters are interconnected and grew in an apparent organic form over time. The fereej embodies the family-based social structure and it expresses the collective identity of the clan network as well as individual family lineage within it.
2. Sikkat or sikka are narrow pathways that connect different family clusters and areas within a fereej especially when walking was the only means of transport in the past.