In common sense, historical buildings and settlements couldn’t be more distant from smart technology; however, those might play the main role in smart cities as a sustainable and human-centered urbanism model, creating a sense of belonging rooting on the local identity. Moreover, since Arab urbanism has been an exceptionally resilient and sustainable construct within extremely difficult environmental conditions, it has to be trusted as an incredible potential of traditional constructive strategies and implemented through the most modern technologies in the GCC smart-cities-to-be.