In conversation with Nourhan Bassam on her latest book ‘Women After Dark’.

This book represents a critical reframing of urban research, born from a persistent question: “What about the women after dark?”. Women After Dark critically interrogates the masculinised ideologies of the NightCity, long-standing concepts that have shaped urban night-time spaces while excluding women as active agents, both in the practice of the night-time economy and in broader urban decision-making. Women After Dark enters a conversation many cities still avoid: how night-time urban life is shaped by power, policy, and design. It invites us to see the night not as neutral, but as a system that decides who belongs, who is watched, and who is pushed out.
In conversation with Nourhan Bassam
Feminist Urbanist, Author & Founding Director The GenderedCity