Karam Alkatlabe

Karam is a Cambridge Trust scholar and recipient of the Institute of Ismaili Studies scholarship. He holds an MPhil in Architecture and Urban Studies. His research focuses on post-disaster urban reconstruction, informality rebuilding and the role of Architecture and Digital Urban Planning in recovery. He supervised architecture students at the University of Cambridge and Al-Baath University. Before his doctoral studies, he worked as a Building Operation Supervisor with the Aga Khan Development Network and WFP. He co-designed the humanitarian aid distribution site in Salamiyah in Syria which delivers to over 1200 beneficiaries daily.