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"'Recently awarded an ""honourable mention"" in the annual academic book prize awarded by The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES). The judges said of it: ""In this short but packed book Simon O'Meara brings, in the words of the reviewer, 'a new depth and sophistication' to the literature on the Islamic city. In an examination showing intimate on- the-spot knowledge he homes in on space rather than monuments to interpret pre-modern Fez not as a UNESCO World Heritage site but as a machine for living. He assembles an impressive body of legal data to explain the purpose of the many walls that subdivide Fez, with far- reaching implications for the study of other Islamic cities."" '- BRISMES, 2008 'A meticulously researched study examining insiders' views of cities, O'Meara's Space and Muslim Urban Life will appeal to historians and sociologists concerned with urban codes, social space, and architectural history in the Islamic world.' - Collette Apelian, H-Net Reviews, 2008 'The experience of reading O'Meara's slim but dense monograph is, in a way, similar to this description of visiting Fez: challenging, at times suggestive rather than conclusive, but ultimately mind expanding, a ""well of sky"" and, in the humility it inspires, an arrival deferred' - ZAYDE ANTRIM, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 41, 2009"

'Recently awarded an honourable mention in the annual academic book prize awarded by The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES). The judges said of it: In this short but packed book Simon O'Meara brings, in the words of the reviewer, 'a new depth and sophistication' to the literature on the Islamic city. In an examination showing intimate on- the-spot knowledge he homes in on space rather than monuments to interpret pre-modern Fez not as a UNESCO World Heritage site but as a machine for living. He assembles an impressive body of legal data to explain the purpose of the many walls that subdivide Fez, with far- reaching implications for the study of other Islamic cities. '- BRISMES, 2008 'A meticulously researched study examining insiders' views of cities, O'Meara's Space and Muslim Urban Life will appeal to historians and sociologists concerned with urban codes, social space, and architectural history in the Islamic world.' - Collette Apelian, H-Net Reviews, 2008 'The experience of reading O'Meara's slim but dense monograph is, in a way, similar to this description of visiting Fez: challenging, at times suggestive rather than conclusive, but ultimately mind expanding, a well of sky and, in the humility it inspires, an arrival deferred' - ZAYDE ANTRIM, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 41, 2009

'Recently awarded an ""honourable mention"" in the annual academic book prize awarded by The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES). The judges said of it: ""In this short but packed book Simon O'Meara brings, in the words of the reviewer, 'a new depth and sophistication' to the literature on the Islamic city. In an examination showing intimate on- the-spot knowledge he homes in on space rather than monuments to interpret pre-modern Fez not as a UNESCO World Heritage site but as a machine for living. He assembles an impressive body of legal data to explain the purpose of the many walls that subdivide Fez, with far- reaching implications for the study of other Islamic cities."" '- BRISMES, 2008 'A meticulously researched study examining insiders' views of cities, O'Meara's Space and Muslim Urban Life will appeal to historians and sociologists concerned with urban codes, social space, and architectural history in the Islamic world.' - Collette Apelian, H-Net Reviews, 2008 'The experience of reading O'Meara's slim but dense monograph is, in a way, similar to this description of visiting Fez: challenging, at times suggestive rather than conclusive, but ultimately mind expanding, a ""well of sky"" and, in the humility it inspires, an arrival deferred' - ZAYDE ANTRIM, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 41, 2009

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Simon O'Meara is currently Assistant Professor of History of Art at the American University of Kuwait. He researches the sociological dimension of Islamic Art and Architecture, with a regional focus on the art and architecture of North Africa.

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