Wiem Essaid

Laureate of the 2023 Atlas Programme
Wiem Essaid

Wiem Essaid holds a master's degree in history and a specialized master's degree in archeology and Islamic arts. She is now a doctor in heritage sciences, with her research focusing on urban planning, art and medieval archeology, She has a published thesis and authored seven articles published in French and Arabic. She participated in international conferences and was a teacher in several Tunisian institutes and faculties.

The project 

Title: Islamic town planning in the Mediterranean during the 11th and 12th centuries, Aspects and specificities: study of a city and its way of life in space and time

Selected publications

Essaid Wiem, “Integration of digital technology in the modernization of architectural heritage teaching”, Design Symposium: Pedagogical, Methodological and Professional Approaches, December 6-7, 2021. (Promise)

Essaid Wiem, “Islamic Urban Planning in Portugal according to Arab sources”, Minbar Attourath review, vol 10, 2022. - ASJP – ALGERIA.

Essaid Wiem, “Islamic Sicily: Architectural specificity during the 11th and 12th century AD”, Revue Scientifique Hérodote - ASJP – ALGERIA. (Promise)

Essaid Wiem “A family in power in Ifriqiya in the late Middle Ages Banū khurāsān”, symposium on the family in the medieval Arab-Islamic world: Kinship, power, and marginality.

Published at 20 October 2023