List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. PART I: MARKETS AS ARCHITECTURE: MARKET HALLS PROMPTING SOCIAL MIXOPHILIA or MIXOPHOBIA? Chapter 1: Pivoting Hegemonies, Urban Grids and Socialities: Attaba Market Hall in Khedive Cairo, Egypt. Chapter 2: Bazaar Abbas, Port Said, Egypt: A Nineteenth Century Market Building and Centre of Cultural Exchange. Chapter 3: The Nineteenth Century La Lyre Market Hall in Algiers: Lessons and Future Directions. Chapter 4: The Central Market in Tunis: Fondouk Al-Ghalla. Chapter 5: Urban and Architectural Ambiances’ Complexity in The Nineteenth Century Colonial Markets: The Case of The Saharan City of Biskra, Algeria. PART II: MARKETS AS ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY AND PLACE MEMORY. Chapter 6: The Souks of Aleppo, Syria: Reconstructing Place Identity. Chapter 7: Beyond the Gates: Extending the Markets of Fatmid Cairo to Al-Khayamiya Bazaar. Chapter 8: The Functional Urbanism of Souk Al-Silah, Cairo: The Political and Economic Impact on trade in a Medieval Urban Fabric. Chapter 9: The Souk and the Foundouk: the Genesis of the Markets and Medinas of Morocco. Chapter 10: Timcheh Bakhshi: Morpho-Cultural Evolution of a Lost Timcheh in a Persian Bazaar. PART THREE III: MARKETS AS URBAN SPACE AND ARCHITECTURE FOR SOCIAL HARMONY. Chapter 11: Relational Space, Sustainable Place: The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. Chapter 12: Sustainability of Historical Bazaars: Bursa Historical Bazaar and Khans’ District in Turkey. Chapter 13: Souk Mutrah: A Hub for Cultural Exchange in the Gulf of Oman. Chapter 14: Souk Daniel, Al-Kifil, Iraq: Intersecting Trade and Religion. Chapter 15: Abu-Dhabi: Two Souks and the Space in Between. Index.