Dr Fadi Shayya is available for television, radio, print, podcast, and online commentary on architecture, cities, infrastructure, technology, conflict, reconstruction, and design education. He offers research-informed, publicly accessible analysis of how political, environmental, and technological change unfolds through built, destroyed, and imagined environments, drawing on expertise across the Middle East, the UK, and North America.

Areas of commentary:

• Cities & Urban Change: The making and unmaking of cities; cities under pressure; urban regeneration; contested public space; architectural and urban imaginaries.
• Infrastructure & Technology: The social life of buildings, infrastructure, and cities; infrastructural landscapes; infrastructure, power, and everyday life; the urban politics of technology; AI, digital technologies, and cities.
• Conflict & Reconstruction: Landscapes of conflict, displacement, and recovery; conflict and the built environment; post-war reconstruction; urbicide in Gaza and Lebanon; urban emergencies; militarised urbanism.
• Society & Education: Design and society; heritage and spatial justice; transnational urbanism; the future of architectural and design education.

Selected examples of interviews, expert commentary, and media features:

Anadolu Agency (2025)
Rebuilding Gaza: Enormous Costs and Complex Challenges Ahead
Expert commentary on reconstruction, infrastructure, and post-war recovery (read).

The National (2024)
After Gaza’s “Urbicide”, How Do You Rebuild Before There’s Nothing Left to Return To?
Interview on urbicide, reconstruction, and the politics of rebuilding after war (read).

To Hull and Back (2025)
Designing Displacement: How Hostile Architecture Puts the Homeless Out of Sight
Interview on hostile architecture, exclusion, and the politics of public space (read).

Salford Now (2024)
Salford Meadows Bridge Could Still Happen Ten Years On
Commentary on urban regeneration, infrastructure, and public space in Salford (read).

Salford Now (2024)
“The Price of Progress”: How Urban Development in Salford Is Shaping the Future
Commentary on urban development, regeneration, and the social impacts of growth (read).

International Journalists’ Network (2015)
Visualizing Impact Illustrates Data and Social Justice with Infographics
Profile on visual research, design strategy, and communicating social justice through data (read).

Next City (2014)
Closed to the Public for Decades, Beirut’s Only Park May Re-Open This Year
Interview on public space, urban citizenship, and the future of Beirut’s Horsh Park (read).

Los Angeles Times (2011)
Beirut’s Lone Public Park Isn’t
Interview on public space, civic access, and urban politics in Beirut (read).

The National (2010)
A Psychogeographic Tour Through Beirut
Feature on Beirut’s landscapes, memory, and the social life of the city (read).