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Quentin Meillassoux: Philosophy In The Making, Graham Harman Jan 2015

Quentin Meillassoux: Philosophy In The Making, Graham Harman

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An in-depth study of the emerging French philosopher Quentin Meillassoux Freshly called to a professorship at the Sorbonne, and described as the fastest-rising French philosopher since Derrida, Meillassoux's star has continued to rise. This expanded edition of the only book on Meillassoux remains the best introduction to one of Europe's most promising thinkers. In this expanded edition of his landmark 2011 work on Meillassoux, Graham Harman assesses Meillassoux's publications in English so far, covering new materials not available to the Anglophone reader at the time of the first edition. Along with Meillassoux's startling book on Mallarm's poem 'Un coup de …


Just A Gaze: Female Clientele Of Diet Clinics In Cairo (An Ethnomedical Study), Iman Farid Basyouny Jan 1997

Just A Gaze: Female Clientele Of Diet Clinics In Cairo (An Ethnomedical Study), Iman Farid Basyouny

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Situating the female body in contemporary Egyptian urban culture, the author investigates women’s perceptions of the female body during their quest for therapy in diet clinics.


The Empowerment Of Women: Water And Sanitation Initiatives In Rural Egypt, Samiha El Katsha, Susan Watts Jul 1993

The Empowerment Of Women: Water And Sanitation Initiatives In Rural Egypt, Samiha El Katsha, Susan Watts

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No abstract provided.


Experiments In Community Development In A Zabbaleen Settlement, Marie Assaad, Nadra Garas Jan 1993

Experiments In Community Development In A Zabbaleen Settlement, Marie Assaad, Nadra Garas

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This publication is based on a study commissioned by UNICEF in September 1992. The purpose of the study was to provide advice on processes that would ensure wide community participation and promote environmentally and financially sustainable development. The study was undertaken jointly by a senior anthropologist with long experience in development work, particularly human resource development, training and action research, and a young MA graduate student of Public Administration. They were helped by their varied backgrounds and experience: the extensive experience of the senior partner in relation to the selected area, the diligent work of the junior partner reviewing available …


Investors And Workers In The Western Desert Of Egypt: An Exploratory Survey, Naiem A. Sherbiny, Donald P. Cole, Nadia Makary Girgis Oct 1992

Investors And Workers In The Western Desert Of Egypt: An Exploratory Survey, Naiem A. Sherbiny, Donald P. Cole, Nadia Makary Girgis

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The experiences and perceptions of 125 selected investors (small enterpreneurs) and 192 workers in 5 different areas of the Western Desert of Egypt are investigated. Socio-economic characteristcs of the investors and workers are described, and respondents' views of community services and the sources of change and resulting conflicts in the areas are assessed. Reasons underlying investment in the desert area are explored, paying particular attention to choice of activity and location. Investors' perceptions of successes, constraints and prospects of desert investment and workers' perceptions of the potential of their respective sectors of activity are reported. The workers' work experience, recruitment …


Scenes Of Schooling: Inside A Girls' School In Cairo, Linda Herrera Apr 1992

Scenes Of Schooling: Inside A Girls' School In Cairo, Linda Herrera

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No abstract provided.


Experience And Expression: Life Among Bedouin Women In South Sinai, Deborah Wickering Jul 1991

Experience And Expression: Life Among Bedouin Women In South Sinai, Deborah Wickering

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No abstract provided.


Women, Water, And Sanitation: Household Water Use In Two Egyptian Villages, Samiha El Katsha, Awatif Younis, Olfat El Sebaie, Ahmed Hussein Jul 1989

Women, Water, And Sanitation: Household Water Use In Two Egyptian Villages, Samiha El Katsha, Awatif Younis, Olfat El Sebaie, Ahmed Hussein

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No abstract provided.


Cairo's Leap Forward: People, Households, And Dwelling Space, Frederic Shorter Apr 1989

Cairo's Leap Forward: People, Households, And Dwelling Space, Frederic Shorter

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No abstract provided.


The Oil Question In Egyptian-Israeli Relations, 1967-1979: A Study In International Law And Resource Politics, Karim Wissa Jan 1989

The Oil Question In Egyptian-Israeli Relations, 1967-1979: A Study In International Law And Resource Politics, Karim Wissa

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No abstract provided.


Legislating Infitah: Investment, Currency, And Foreign Trade Laws, Khaled Mahmoud Fahmy Oct 1988

Legislating Infitah: Investment, Currency, And Foreign Trade Laws, Khaled Mahmoud Fahmy

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No abstract provided.


Palestinian Universities Under Occupation, Anthony Thrall Sullivan Jul 1988

Palestinian Universities Under Occupation, Anthony Thrall Sullivan

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No abstract provided.


Social History Of An Agrarian Reform Community In Egypt, Reem Saad Jan 1988

Social History Of An Agrarian Reform Community In Egypt, Reem Saad

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No abstract provided.


The Changing Image Of Women In Rural Egypt, Mona Abaza Oct 1987

The Changing Image Of Women In Rural Egypt, Mona Abaza

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No abstract provided.


Gone For Good? Egyptian Migration Processes In The Arab World, Ralph R. Sell Jul 1987

Gone For Good? Egyptian Migration Processes In The Arab World, Ralph R. Sell

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No abstract provided.


Al-Sanhuri And Islamic Law: The Place And Significance Of Islamic Law In The Life And Work Of ʻAbd Al-Razzaq Ahmad Al-Sanhuri, Egyptian Jurist And Scholar, 1895-1971, Enid Hill Apr 1987

Al-Sanhuri And Islamic Law: The Place And Significance Of Islamic Law In The Life And Work Of ʻAbd Al-Razzaq Ahmad Al-Sanhuri, Egyptian Jurist And Scholar, 1895-1971, Enid Hill

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No abstract provided.


The Institutionalization Of Palestinian Identity In Egypt, Maha Ahmed Dajani Oct 1986

The Institutionalization Of Palestinian Identity In Egypt, Maha Ahmed Dajani

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No abstract provided.


The 'Jihad': An Islamic Alternative In Egypt, Nemat Guenena Jul 1986

The 'Jihad': An Islamic Alternative In Egypt, Nemat Guenena

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No abstract provided.


Philosophy, Ethics, And Virtuous Rule: A Study Of Averroes' Commentary On Plato's "Republic", Charles E. Butterworth Apr 1986

Philosophy, Ethics, And Virtuous Rule: A Study Of Averroes' Commentary On Plato's "Republic", Charles E. Butterworth

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No abstract provided.


Irrigation And Society In Rural Egypt, Sohair Mehanna, Richard Huntington, Rachad Antonius Oct 1984

Irrigation And Society In Rural Egypt, Sohair Mehanna, Richard Huntington, Rachad Antonius

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No abstract provided.


Basic Needs, Inflation, And The Poor Of Egypt, 1970-1980, Myrette Ahmed El Sokkari Jul 1984

Basic Needs, Inflation, And The Poor Of Egypt, 1970-1980, Myrette Ahmed El Sokkari

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The aim of the study is to see how the poor have fared over the 1970's: to evaluate whether their welfare improved or worsened. The cost of the private consumption goods will be estimated over the period of 1970-1982 using detailed information on the cost of food, clothing, and shelter for both urban and rural areas.


Social Security And The Family In Egypt, Helmi R. Tadros Apr 1984

Social Security And The Family In Egypt, Helmi R. Tadros

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This study is based on the research project entitled"The Role of Social and Economic Security in Family and Community Life", conducted by the Social Research Center (SRC) of the American University in Cairo in collaboration with the Mershon Center of the Ohio State University.


The Nationalization Of Arabic And Islamic Education In Egypt: Dar Al Alum And Al Azhar, Lois A. Aroian Oct 1983

The Nationalization Of Arabic And Islamic Education In Egypt: Dar Al Alum And Al Azhar, Lois A. Aroian

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This study sets forth for the first time the vital role of Dar Al'ulum, Egypt's first and only continuously operating university level teaching training institution, in the nationalization of Islamic and Arabic education in Egypt. Ali Mubarak, nineteenth century Egypt's longest enduring bureaucrat, initiated , and Khedive Ismail (1863-1879) founded Dar al Ulum in 1892 to train teachers of Arabic and Turkish for the newly expanding national (amiriyya) school system. This study grew out of a PhD dissertation, "Education, Language and Culture in Modern Egypt: Dar Al Ulum and its Graduates (1872-1923)" presented at The University of Michigin in 1978.


Ghagar Of Sett Guiranha: A Study Of A Gypsy Community In Egypt, Nabil Sobhi Hanna Apr 1982

Ghagar Of Sett Guiranha: A Study Of A Gypsy Community In Egypt, Nabil Sobhi Hanna

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This monograph is the result of a field study of one of the gypsy groups in Egypt known as the "Ghagar of Sett Guiran'ha'i" which lives within the boundaries of the Arab Republic of Egypt, in a rural area, close to main centers. Apart from giving a detailed description of this group, the study attempts to reveal the dynamics of integration of this group with the society around it through the examination of forms of social contact and avoidance; the expioration of similarities and contrasts between the gypsy group and the local community; and the investigation of some aspects of …


Distributing Disposable Income And The Impact Of Eliminating Food Subsidies In Egypt, Karima Korayem Apr 1982

Distributing Disposable Income And The Impact Of Eliminating Food Subsidies In Egypt, Karima Korayem

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While both papers in this issue were written on different occasions, both discuss factors relating to the standard of living of the Egyptian pop­ulation, namely, income and consumption. They, therefore are sufficiently related to comprise a single monograph. The income distribution paper shows that a large proportion of the pop­ulation falls in the relatively low income brackets. The second paper, a subject of intensive public debate at present, shows how important food sub­sidy is in keeping down the cost of living of the low-income urban popula­tion. For example, it has been found that almost one-third of the urban population devote …


Living Without Water, Asaad Nadim, Nawal El-Messiri Nadim, Sohair Mehanna, John H. Nixon Apr 1980

Living Without Water, Asaad Nadim, Nawal El-Messiri Nadim, Sohair Mehanna, John H. Nixon

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The socio-economic study reported here was conducted in July and August of 1979 as part of the Egyptian Government's Metered Water Service Connection Program for improving and ex­panding water and wastewater utilities in Greater Cairo. Ap­proximately one quarter of the population of Greater Cairo pre­sently lacks direct access to the city's water supply_system and must obtain its water from public fountains. Households lacking water connections are chiefly in the poorest areas of the city. The current program is thus ·geared to serving resi­dential areas whose inhabitants are on the lower half of the city's income scale. These, however, are the …


Attitudinal And Social Structural Aspects Of The Brain Drain: The Egyptian Case, Saneya Abdel Wahab Saleh Apr 1979

Attitudinal And Social Structural Aspects Of The Brain Drain: The Egyptian Case, Saneya Abdel Wahab Saleh

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The monograph is based on M.A. thesis and contains an in-depth sociological analysis of the brain drain phenomenon in Egypt.


Coping With Poverty In A Cairo Community, Andrea B. Rugh Jan 1979

Coping With Poverty In A Cairo Community, Andrea B. Rugh

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The monograph, a sociological study by a Western social scientist working in Egypt, on a popular quarter of Cairo. The study of the traditional quarters of the great cities of the Middle East has been a very much neglected area of research; in this monograph, bringing painstaking reseach and impressive sociological insight to bear, is our contribution towards folling the gap.


The Modernization Of Labor And Labor Law In The Arab Gulf States, Enid Hill Jan 1979

The Modernization Of Labor And Labor Law In The Arab Gulf States, Enid Hill

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The paper examins the topic of the modernization of labor and of labor law in the Arabian Gulf states .


Saudi Arabian Bedouin : An Assessment Of Their Needs, Saad E. Ibrahim, Donald P. Cole Apr 1978

Saudi Arabian Bedouin : An Assessment Of Their Needs, Saad E. Ibrahim, Donald P. Cole

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The research reported on in this monograph was carried out by the authors in May, June, and July 1977 in Saudi Arabia. Four groups of Bedouin tribesmen were visited in different parts of Saudi Arabia and questionnaires were administered to 208 individuals. The groups and areas visited include the following: 1.The Dawasir tribesmen in the vicinity of Aflaj in southern Najd. 2. The Al-Murrah tribesmen at Jabrin in the Eastern (al-Hasa) Province. 3. The Beni Zayed tribesmen in the vicinity of Qunfudah in the Tihamah region of southwestern Arabia. 4. The Harb and Beni Umar tribesmen in the vicinity of …