Islamic Urbanism and The Sacred City

Soraya Hosni, Chairwoman of INTBAU Tunisia and founder of The New Medina, presents her 7 Principles of Islamic Urbanism in this podcast session. Using the Medina of Sousse as a model, she demonstrates how cosmology drives urban design and argues for heritage-rooted principles as a living methodology for contemporary urban practice. The session explores how these principles manifest spatially in streets, courtyards, and thresholds to create sacred, cohesive, and sustainable cities.