Join us for an evening of discussion and reflection as we present our counter-mapping project with garment workers in Jordan’s industrial zones. This event marks a collaboration between the Invisible Women, Invisible Workers Project (University of Nottingham) and 10 Tooba Applied Research on the Built Environment, bringing together social science researchers and architects, exploring the intersections of labour, migration, and spatial justice.

On this occasion, we will also launch our first joint publication:

Drawing Dreams in the Dust – Planning a Workers’ Community Centre in Ad-Dhulayl

The publication emerges from a participatory mapping, planning, and design process with garment workers from Jordan, Syria, and South Asia, conducted in the Ad-Dhulayl industrial zone (Zarqa, Jordan) throughout 2024–2025.

Location: Built-environment Institute for Applied Studies – Africa and Middle East, Al-Khalifa, Cairo
Date and time: Thursday November 6th, 6:00 PM

Speakers:

• Katharina Grüneisl, University of Nottingham (Lead Researcher, Invisible Women, Invisible Workers)

• Ahmed Zaazaa, Co-founder, 10 Tooba

• Heba Zakarnah, Architect and Research Assistant, University of Nottingham

Moderator:

• Ingy Hegazy, American University in Cairo (Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism project)

Come engage with the maps, stories, and sonic and visual atmospheres co-created by workers whose lives are subsumed by the hyper-intense rhythms of the global fashion industry.