Amira Solh

Amira Solh is a cultural heritage and urban planning consultant.   She studied Sociology at the American University of Beirut before earning a Masters of Regional Planning from Cornell University. Amira Solh headed the Urban Planning Department at Solidere, the Lebanese company for the Development and Reconstruction of the Beirut Central District, until 2018. She is a founding Board Member of the Arab Center for Architecture in Beirut. She was a Fellow with the New Museum’s IdeasCity program in Arles, France. Amira Solh is on the board of the Beirut Art Center in Lebanon.  She is also advising the Sursock Museum in Beirut, Lebanon. As part of LOOP Salon, she curated the Beirut Focus in 2020 following the explosion in Beirut.  She currently lives between Beirut and Barcelona.