The scenes from the momentous spring of 2011 are all too familiar to us now: masses of people crowding the streets of downtown metropolises, holding up signs, waving their flags, proudly marking what is theirs—their nation—and what deserves to be theirs—a civil democracy. These reclamations have been appropriately dubbed by many in the Arabic press as “dignity revolutions.”

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‘ZAHA HADID: FORM IN MOTION’, PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PERELMAN BUILDING, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011–MARCH 25, 2012 ‘CITY OF MIRAGES: BAGHDAD, 1952–1982’ AND ‘CHANGE: ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 2000–PRESENT’, CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 22–MAY 5, 2012 ‘ARTS DE L’ISLAM’, THE NEW PERMANENT EXHIBITION, MUSÉE DU LOUVRE, FROM SEPTEMBER 22, 2012