Michael Al-Rashid is a journalist and urban planner whose work focuses on housing, public space, and civic conflict. Born in Dearborn, Michigan, he studied engineering at Wayne State University before earning a master's in urban planning from Columbia and a journalism degree from NYU. His reporting has appeared in City Limits, The Atlantic, and The Guardian, and he has consulted on community engagement for small cities across the Northeast.
He has received the Urban Reporting Fellowship from the Metro Policy Lab and a Front Page Award for feature writing. Michael Al-Rashid is the author of Sidewalk Atlas and Metered, and he teaches adjunct courses in participatory planning at Pratt Institute. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner and an elderly rescue mutt that insists on walking the long way home.
