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Coptic Orthodox Christianity: Religious Transformation In The Time Of Neoliberalism, Marsil Kalliney
Coptic Orthodox Christianity: Religious Transformation In The Time Of Neoliberalism, Marsil Kalliney
Theses and Dissertations
While the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates a unique historical trajectory, contemporary Copts' conceptualization of religious discourses reflects a transformation impacted by political and economic global forces. The international prevailing ideological paradigm of neoliberalism is highlighted by the shift from governments into individuals through economic and political practices. This thesis illustrates the transformation using an example of a Coptic charity organization redefining itself to be a non-governmental organization (NGO) in response to the dominant paradigm of neoliberalism. The organization is a microcosm reflecting global financial and political forces as well as members' religious beliefs as they relate to these global forces. …
Knowing The Ropes: Autonomy In The Everyday Life Of Egyptian Married Women, Neveen Bashier
Knowing The Ropes: Autonomy In The Everyday Life Of Egyptian Married Women, Neveen Bashier
Theses and Dissertations
The rationale behind this thesis has been to construct different frames of married women's autonomy in Egypt. Such frames are meant to describe different patterns of behavior in the everyday life of Egyptian married women. In order to construct such frames, a research has been conducted and twenty five in-depth interviews alongside a discussion group with five participants were held with self identified Egyptian married women. The research sought answers to questions on married women's definition of autonomy, how it is expressed in the various roles they play in their everyday lives, the constraints facing such autonomy in married women's …
Equalizing Classroom Participation: Public Speaking Contexts In The Egyptian Efl Classroom, Mariah Jane Fairley
Equalizing Classroom Participation: Public Speaking Contexts In The Egyptian Efl Classroom, Mariah Jane Fairley
Theses and Dissertations
Research has shown that about one third of the students in a given classroom are silent, as defined as those students taking fewer than half the class average number of turns. Further, more of these silent students tend to be female than male, an imbalance that has been strongly linked to the phenomenon of male conversational dominance, expressed through: taking more and longer turns; interruption, especially of female students; calling out; topic control; and even the ignoring and insulting of others' contributions. The causes of male conversational dominance and the tendency towards female silence have been theoretically linked to socialization …
The Effect Of Error Correction Types On Grammatical Accuracy In Student Essay Revision, Neveen Saeed Abd Al Kareem Al Saeed
The Effect Of Error Correction Types On Grammatical Accuracy In Student Essay Revision, Neveen Saeed Abd Al Kareem Al Saeed
Theses and Dissertations
There has been an on-going debate on whether error feedback helps students to improve their grammatical accuracy from one draft to the other (Ferris, 1999; Truscott, 1996; 1999). Some studies found that error correction was effective (Ferris & Roberts, 2001) and others refuted this argument (Semke, 1984; Kepner, 1990). Their findings showed that feedback had no or non-significant effects on accuracy. According to previous research, one area which has not been properly studied is a comparison between groups receiving feedback and a no feedback group. Therefore, the present study investigated the effect of feedback on grammatical accuracy by comparing three …
Women, Regional Radio And Development: The Role Of North Upper Egypt Radio In The Struggle Of Females Towards Development In North Upper Egypt, Haidi M. K. Abdel Rahman
Women, Regional Radio And Development: The Role Of North Upper Egypt Radio In The Struggle Of Females Towards Development In North Upper Egypt, Haidi M. K. Abdel Rahman
Theses and Dissertations
This study examines the role of regional media in development. Using North Upper Egypt as an example, the thesis illustrates how a regional medium with a development mission might be able to contribute to the development of women in North Upper Egypt. The thesis inquiry required the search for more information than published about Egyptian radio stations. It also surveys the role of North Upper Egypt Radio Station in developing rural and urban female listeners at all levels.
Configuring Palestine: A Neo-Gramscian Perspective Of International Institutions In Palestinian State Formation, Suzanne Maureen Morrison
Configuring Palestine: A Neo-Gramscian Perspective Of International Institutions In Palestinian State Formation, Suzanne Maureen Morrison
Theses and Dissertations
Through international institutions the international community has played a major role in the Palestinian territories, particularly since the Oslo Accords in 1993, in formulating a neoliberal framework for political and economic development for a potential Palestinian state and economy. In this schema, a neoliberal conceptualization of Palestine means that no state is actually required to induce into existence the neoliberal condition in Palestine. This thesis considers the role of international institutions in inducing the neoliberal condition into the conceptualization of Palestine. By utilizing a neo-Gramscian analytical framework I ascertained that international institutions ensure neoliberal values in configuring and conceptualizing Palestine …
Fdi Versus Local Industrial Investment: A Human Capital Perspective Of Development, Hebatallah Hamdy El Shamy
Fdi Versus Local Industrial Investment: A Human Capital Perspective Of Development, Hebatallah Hamdy El Shamy
Theses and Dissertations
This research looks at three automotive components' factories in Egypt, equally benchmarked in all aspects, except for the nationality and nature of their ownership structure and their unique management arrangements and styles. One is totally foreign owned, but co-managed, the second is partly foreign owned, and managed, and the third is totally Egyptian-owned and managed. The study eventually, seeks to uncover the inner workings of the role of FDI vis-Ã -vis that of local industrial intellectual elite (progressive entrepreneurs), in conjunction with the pattern of intermittent reliance on foreign technical assistance. It probes the different ways these three different arrangement …
Modeling And Optimization Of Supply Chain Cost Of Responsiveness, Moataz Mohamed Magdy Hamouda Ahmed
Modeling And Optimization Of Supply Chain Cost Of Responsiveness, Moataz Mohamed Magdy Hamouda Ahmed
Theses and Dissertations
In today's ever increasing competitive business world, a responsive Supply Chain (SC) should adapt itself quickly to customer demands resulting into maximum benefits to all its primary stakeholders. The objective of this work is to provide a managerial tool that optimizes the cost of responsiveness of supply chains where various transportation durations are present between the SC components, and to determine the weakest links in the SC that need strengthening for elevating the overall responsiveness. For these objectives a mathematical model was formulated and solved using CPLEX. Assessing supply chain's responsiveness is discussed in this work as well using the …
Fabrication And Properties Of Carbon Nanotube (Cnt)-Reinforced Aluminium Composites, Ahmed Sayed Salim Mohamed
Fabrication And Properties Of Carbon Nanotube (Cnt)-Reinforced Aluminium Composites, Ahmed Sayed Salim Mohamed
Theses and Dissertations
Nanostructured materials have attracted many researchers due to their outstanding mechanical and physical properties. One example is Carbon Nanotube (CNT) reinforced composites. Although most researchers have focused on using CNTs to reinforce polymeric and ceramic matrices, CNT-reinforced metallic composites are quickly emerging as attractive materials combining light weight with superior strength and stiffness. Potential applications include automotive and aerospace industries. In this research work, powder metallurgy techniques were employed to produce a nano composite with unique mechanical properties. 99.7% purity Aluminium (Al) powder was used along with two different types of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) having different aspect ratios to …
Improving The Effectivness Of Audit Committee: A Comparative Analysis Of Audit Committee Codes In Us, Uk And Egypt, Auday Sabri Tawfeek Sarsam
Improving The Effectivness Of Audit Committee: A Comparative Analysis Of Audit Committee Codes In Us, Uk And Egypt, Auday Sabri Tawfeek Sarsam
Theses and Dissertations
The audit committee performs a very important role in corporate governance. The main objective of this research is to enhance the audit committee effectiveness through, a comparison between codes and regulations of the Audit Committee in the U.K., U.S.A. and Egypt. Such comparison will highlight important issues related to Audit Committee activities and will result in modification to the existing Egyptian Code of Corporate Governance for Audit Committee. The importance of the research comes from the fact that the Audit Committee report became mandatory starting from 2009 for all listed companies in the EGX. The study conducted analyzed requirement in …
Fatimid Woodwork In Egypt: Its Style, Influences And Development, Fatema Alsulaiti
Fatimid Woodwork In Egypt: Its Style, Influences And Development, Fatema Alsulaiti
Theses and Dissertations
Fatimid Woodwork
Manufacturing Consent: Italy, The Mutamassirun, Egypt, And The Invasion Of Libya, Andrew Heiss
Manufacturing Consent: Italy, The Mutamassirun, Egypt, And The Invasion Of Libya, Andrew Heiss
Theses and Dissertations
The period between 1902â 12 reveals a number of insights into both Italy's imperial history and Egypt's colonial experience. Facing an economic crisis at home, hundreds of thousands of Italians emigrated to expatriate communities throughout the world, including Egypt. This massive hemorrhage of Italy's population led the government to embrace emigration, and new policies enacted by the Italian foreign ministry after Italy's military failures in Somalia and Eritrea recast migrant Italians as â colonistsâ and global Italian communities as â colonies.â Egypt posed a particularly difficult problem for the foreign ministryâ because of the multi-ethnic character of the Egyptian social …
Till' Death (Or Conversion) Do Us Part - Coptic Divorces In Egyptian Courts And Their Implications, Barbara Viktoria Bishay
Till' Death (Or Conversion) Do Us Part - Coptic Divorces In Egyptian Courts And Their Implications, Barbara Viktoria Bishay
Theses and Dissertations
When President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized and unified the courts in 1956, he aimed at fostering unity and equality among the Egyptians. But this move has in fact achieved quite the opposite, as it forces Coptic Egyptians to sometimes choose between the freedom of practicing their religion and equality before the law, two basic human and civil rights that should be granted to all. By nationalizing the courts and yet still adhering to religious codes of personal status laws (PSL), legal dualism has not ceased to exist in Egypt and it is put into an ambivalent status between civil and …
Software Application For Computer Aided Vocabulary Learning In A Blended Learning Environment, Rasha Essam Hashem Hassan
Software Application For Computer Aided Vocabulary Learning In A Blended Learning Environment, Rasha Essam Hashem Hassan
Theses and Dissertations
This study focuses on the effect of computer-aided vocabulary learning software called 'ArabCAVL on students' vocabulary acquisition. It was hypothesized that students who use the ArabCAVL software in blended learning environment will surpass students who use traditional vocabulary learning strategies in face-to-face learning environment even though both groups were using the same framework for introducing vocabulary. Pre-test and post-test were used for assessing the previously mentioned factors, while a questionnaire with open-ended questions was used to elicit students' attitudes toward using the software. Despite the fact that both the Nation (2001) framework and the ArabCAVL software showed a significant increase …
The Role Of The Hawza Of Najaf And Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani In Restructuring The Iraqi Governance System In Post-Baathist Iraq, Fadel Reda Ali Al-Kifaee
The Role Of The Hawza Of Najaf And Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani In Restructuring The Iraqi Governance System In Post-Baathist Iraq, Fadel Reda Ali Al-Kifaee
Theses and Dissertations
The role of the Shi'i religious establishment in the Iraqi transition since 2003 has been the subject of considerable research. To have clearer insight, the present research places this topic within the context of two critical frameworks: the doctrinal and structural aspect of the jurist's guardianship and the religious-political potentials of the conflict between the Iranian walayat al-faqih and Ayatollah al-Sistani's neo-quietist approach. In addition, it sheds light on al-Sistani's influence over three areas: the constitution-making process, rule of law, and the issue of having clerics running in elections. The analysis presented in this paper examines how this Ayatollah's views …
An E-Readiness Assessment Tool For Local Authorities: A Pilot Application To Iraq, Mohammed Raji Musa
An E-Readiness Assessment Tool For Local Authorities: A Pilot Application To Iraq, Mohammed Raji Musa
Theses and Dissertations
Measuring e-readiness is vital to embrace e-government successfully. Sophistication of available tools and lack of capacity at municipal level makes it important to consider e-readiness assessment tools for municipalities. This study proposes a tool for measuring e-readiness in municipalities and it was conducted in two Iraqi governorates. Data was collected, for this studay, quantitatively and qualitatively relying on questionnaires for public internet users and government employees, and IDIs. Several aspects were investigated and then used in the tool that was designed to qualify for the use of local officials in Iraq as a pilot case for developing countries. Indicators were …
International And Regional Measures Against Somali Piracy: Genuine But Misguided, Essam Mahmoud Badran
International And Regional Measures Against Somali Piracy: Genuine But Misguided, Essam Mahmoud Badran
Theses and Dissertations
The increasing piracy in the Gulf of Aden has captured the attention of the international community. Somali pirates have proven their ability to attack all types of vessels from small yachts to giant oil supertankers. As a result, series of serious efforts by international community have been undertaken to put an end to this emerging phenomenon. These include, deploying the biggest anti-piracy fleet in modern history, permitting warships to purse pirates in Somali territorial waters under special conditions, and the new approach toward establishing international tribunals to prosecute pirates. However, there is a growing need to re-examine Somali piracy counter-measures …
The Evolution Of Birkat Al-Fil (From The Fatimids To The Twentieth Century), Nadia Fouad Younes
The Evolution Of Birkat Al-Fil (From The Fatimids To The Twentieth Century), Nadia Fouad Younes
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis will be exploring in depth the urban fabric of the area formerly known as Birkat al-Fil, or Elephant Pond, and its modern day transformation into areas such as Hilmiyya and Hilmiyya al-Jadida. Though the pond was eventually filled in the middle of the nineteenth century, the area will still be discussed in terms of its development within the modern era. I have defined the pre-twentieth century area of Birkat al-Fil by historical landmarks such as Bab al-Khalq to the north, the Mosque of Sultan Hasan to the east, and Sayyida Zaynab to the west. The pond area that …
Determinants Of Egypt's Economic Growth For The Period 1985-2007, Rasha Mostafa Hammam
Determinants Of Egypt's Economic Growth For The Period 1985-2007, Rasha Mostafa Hammam
Theses and Dissertations
The main aim of this research is to examine the significance of several economic growth determinants to gauge their impact on Egypt's economic growth. This research uses annual time series analysis to assess the significance of several important variables on economic growth in Egypt for the period 1985-2007, and applies Ordinary Least Square method of estimation, with an autoregressive specification. The estimation results reveals positive and significant effect of gross fixed capital formation, foreign direct investment, investment in infrastructure, household consumption expenditure, exports and taxes on international trade on economic growth in Egypt, while the government consumption expenditure shows negative …
Dramatizing National Dignity In El Lozy's Trilogy, Samy Selim
Dramatizing National Dignity In El Lozy's Trilogy, Samy Selim
Theses and Dissertations
Mahmoud El Lozy's trilogy, We That Are Young, consists of three plays: Bay the Moon, And Then Went Down to the Ship, and Us and Them (a widely circulating unpublished typescript written in 1998-2005 that has been performed and directed by the author or/and directed as staged reading in Cairo privately-- or by invitation--as well as publicly in New York). This thesis analyses how El Lozy dramatizes the concept of national dignity from the Arab and Egyptian perspectives. The trilogy is contextualized using the writings of Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, and Galal Amin. El Lozy's status as a dramatist and …
"I Aspire To Walk": Egyptian Working Women Defining Threats On Cairo's Public Space, Caroline Kamel Nassif
"I Aspire To Walk": Egyptian Working Women Defining Threats On Cairo's Public Space, Caroline Kamel Nassif
Theses and Dissertations
Since the 1970s economic activities have become characterized by a combination of spatial dispersion and global integration, which as Sassen (1991) emphasized has created a new strategic role for major cities. Due to these changes, the â Global Cityâ , a term coined by Sassen, has emerged with certain political, economic and cultural characteristics that render it vital for the world economy. Cairo, a city with a long reputable history and acclaimed regional and continental status has been striving to acquire the â globalâ status. While there is controversy on whether Cairo has acquired this title or not, El Khishin …
A Cross-Cultural Comparison Of Organizational Communication Media: An Application Of Media Richness Theory, Mai Wahid Abdel Kader
A Cross-Cultural Comparison Of Organizational Communication Media: An Application Of Media Richness Theory, Mai Wahid Abdel Kader
Theses and Dissertations
Media Richness Theory (MRT) argues that within any work organization, the performance of employees and managers improve when using â richer' media for equivocal tasks. The main goal of this study is to assess the predictions made by Media Richness Theory that richer communication is better for tasks which are perceived to be equivocal. The employees' media selection behavior was assessed in accordance with the MRT to test its validity and application. This study sought to evaluate whether or not the assumptions made by MRT hold across the different cultural settings within organizations by distinguishing between high-context collectivistic cultures and …
Arabism And The Syrian Intelligentsia In Cairo: 1900-1918, Justin Hoyle
Arabism And The Syrian Intelligentsia In Cairo: 1900-1918, Justin Hoyle
Theses and Dissertations
My thesis examines the process by which the Syrian intelligentsia in Cairo catalyzed Cairo's transformation into an epicenter of the Arabist movement between 1900 and 1918. I will explore a combination of British diplomatic sources and Arabic-language publications in order to determine the role of the Syrian intelligentsia in Cairo in the burgeoning Arabist movement of the early twentieth century. In addition to contributing to our existing historical understanding of the development of Arabist ideology, this study will demonstrate the utility of analyzing centers of Arabism (in this case Cairo) that have often been neglected in contemporary nationalist historiography. Cairo …
Canadian Refugee Resettlement: A Case Study Of The Process Of Policy-Making For Iraqi Refugees, Mia Gauthier
Canadian Refugee Resettlement: A Case Study Of The Process Of Policy-Making For Iraqi Refugees, Mia Gauthier
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this research is to understand how the Canadian government came to decide when was the opportune time to begin the resettlement of Iraqis, what magnitude these resettlement operations would take, and whom, amongst the millions of Iraqis displaced by the war following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, would be selected for resettlement to Canada. The research identifies different sets of influences on the policy-making process related to the resettlement of Iraqi refugees to Canada, and explores how these resettlement policies were initiated, developed, implemented, and shaped over time. A literature review is undertaken on the history of the …
Conceptualizing 'Chinese Diaspora': A Study Of Chinese Migrants In Cairo, Shannon Mcdonald
Conceptualizing 'Chinese Diaspora': A Study Of Chinese Migrants In Cairo, Shannon Mcdonald
Theses and Dissertations
While China's recent increased presence and authority in Africa has been noted by national and international media, governments and academic sources, the issue of Chinese migrants living in the African continent and specifically Egypt has largely been left unnoticed. Despite the variance in population statistics, it is clear that Egypt does contain a population of Chinese migrants and that this population will undoubtedly grow as China's relationship with Egypt continues to flourish. Who are these migrants, and how do they relate to other populations of Chinese migrants residing across the world? Several terms have been used to describe this population …
The Impact Of Authoritarian Systems On The Rise Of Transnational Islamist Movements: Egypt, Saudi Arabia & The Path To Al Qaeda, Rehab El-Bakry
The Impact Of Authoritarian Systems On The Rise Of Transnational Islamist Movements: Egypt, Saudi Arabia & The Path To Al Qaeda, Rehab El-Bakry
Theses and Dissertations
The events of September 11, 2001 have had a profound impact on the world we live in today. Not only have they changed the perception of rights and freedoms in both the developed and developing worlds, but these events brought violent political Islamist movements from the fringes of international politics to the forefront of world politics. Suddenly movements that were once seen as an issue for the Muslim world became a concern for countries worldwide as they struggled to understand the causes behind the rise of Islamist violence and figure out ways to address it. By and large, Islamist movements, …
The Political Economy Of Violence: The Case Of Venezuela, Daniel Simon Leon
The Political Economy Of Violence: The Case Of Venezuela, Daniel Simon Leon
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis will attempt to answer the question of how can the rise in social violence be explained in the oil-rich nation of Venezuela since the 1980s? The once relatively peaceful nation of Venezuela has seen a dramatic rise in social violence over the last three decades that has placed her amongst some of the world's most dangerous countries. A review of the relevant literature will reveal that the study of a social phenomenon such as violence, and in a nation such as Venezuela, is a complicated task because there are a number of different but in many cases interlinked …
Tomorrow's Doctors And Today's Changes: Neo-Liberal Discourses And The Daily Practices Of Medical Interns At A State University Hospital In Cairo, Salma Shokralla
Tomorrow's Doctors And Today's Changes: Neo-Liberal Discourses And The Daily Practices Of Medical Interns At A State University Hospital In Cairo, Salma Shokralla
Theses and Dissertations
As the State shifts towards liberalization policies in the health sector, debates surrounding the outcomes of medical encounters came to the core of public debate. To understand changes that are influencing medical encounters and their outcomes, this study focused on the socialization process medical students go through to become practicing physicians. A public university hospital (Al Kasr Al Ainy) where medical students get their practical training was the focus of this study. Courses on physician-patient encounters, newly implemented under the government's education reform plan, were analyzed as an example of how discourses are produced to shift the responsibility of public …
Re-Imagining The Ns/Nns Dichotomy: Bicultural Teachers, Heba H. Fathelbab
Re-Imagining The Ns/Nns Dichotomy: Bicultural Teachers, Heba H. Fathelbab
Theses and Dissertations
EFL teachers have been categorized using the NS/NNS (native speaker/non-native speaker) dichotomy into NESTs (native English speaking teachers) and NNESTs (non-native English speaking teachers). However, this inaccurate dichotomy does not take into account other possible categories that may fall between these two extreme notions, and has shown to have several ramifications. First, students' perception of teacher nativeness may influence students' attitudes and learning (Sahin, 2005). In addition, this perception could have an effect on students' evaluations of their teachers (Al-Issa & Sulieman, 2007). Further, this biased dichotomy contributes to NNESTs' low self-confidence (Butler, 2007). Finally, it may cause unequal job …
The Development Of Fluency, Syntactic Complexity, And Grammatical Accuracy In Oral Presentations: A Case Of Egyptian Efl Learners, Mayada Mohammad Tawfik Zaki
The Development Of Fluency, Syntactic Complexity, And Grammatical Accuracy In Oral Presentations: A Case Of Egyptian Efl Learners, Mayada Mohammad Tawfik Zaki
Theses and Dissertations
Processing theories (Clahsen, 1984; Pienemann, 1997) have argued that the production of subordinate clauses is the last stage in the development of the second language learner. However, these theories did not refer to details about the development of accuracy and frequency of the production of subordinate clauses in second language learners' speech. They also did not investigate the relation between proficiency level and the production of complex syntax. Thus, more knowledge was required about the development of frequency and accuracy of complex syntax in EFL learners, and the relation between this development and proficiency level. Moreover, both second language and …