Memberships
El-Wakil has also participated as a member of several juries on architecture and advisor to several institutions. He has been:
- A Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Heritage Trust (founded by Lord Duncan Sands);
- A Member of the Academic Board of the Prince of Wales school of Architecture;
- Advisor to Astronaut Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud High Commissioner of Tourism and of Saudi Heritage Trust;
- President of the Jury for the reconstruction of the Old Souks of Beirut;
- A member of the Jury and Think tank for the Aga Khan Prize for architecture;
- Advisor to UNESCO for the development of a village to relocate the Bdul tribe in Petra, Jordan;
- A member of the King Fahd award for the International Youth of the World Competition for Islamic Architecture;
- A Member of the Jury for the competition of the urban development for Samarkhand historical centre;
El- Wakil has also participated in many International symposiums and lectures; in the USA at Pratt Institute and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Rowlett Lectures at Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas at Austin.
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