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American University in Cairo

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2005

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The Self-Perceived Identities Of Six English Teachers At One Islamic Language School In Cairo, Rama Ma Abdelaziz Ghazi Feb 2005

The Self-Perceived Identities Of Six English Teachers At One Islamic Language School In Cairo, Rama Ma Abdelaziz Ghazi

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Since the 1970s Egyptian society has witnessed a wave of Islamism. This tern1 refers to a surge of religious revivalism based on the precepts of Islam. This religious resurgence has been reflected and manifested in the increase in the emergence of a type of schooling knm\n as Islamic schools. Such schools aim at implementing certain goals and standards which are in-line with their ideology, in this case Islamic. The teacher is an access point between the school's administration, the Ministry of Education and the student. He or she acts as a mediator between the school (as a system, structure) and …


Young Women Smoking Shisha In Greater Cairo: A Social Study, Shahinaz M Khalil Feb 2005

Young Women Smoking Shisha In Greater Cairo: A Social Study, Shahinaz M Khalil

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There is a lack of research concerning the widespread phenomenon of young women smoking shisha, which is becoming a widespread phenomenon within Egyptian society. This research was conducted in order to assess the practices of young women concerning their smoking of the shisha in order to understand such a relatively new phenomenon. In order to understand this phenomenon, empirical questions were developed concerning the characteristics of young women smoking shisha, when and why they started, cost and frequency of smoking, their knowledge about the health hazards of smoking, the future of their smoking, their perception of young women smokers, and …