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Reforms In The Basic Educational Compulsory System: A Reading Of Primary School Arabic Curricula In Egypt, Malak S. Rouchdy Jan 1998

Reforms In The Basic Educational Compulsory System: A Reading Of Primary School Arabic Curricula In Egypt, Malak S. Rouchdy

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The second of two issues, this volume covers aspects of Egyptian society. Contributors include: Donald Cole, Soraya Altorki, Asef Bayat, Eric Denis, Enid Hill, Ziad Bahaeddin, Malak Rouchdy, Linda Herrera, Jim Napoli, Hussein Amin, Mahmoud al-Lozy, Cynthia Nelson, and Shahnaz Rouse.


Medating Education: The Emergence And Divergence Of Islamic Private Schools In Egypt, Linda Herrera Jan 1998

Medating Education: The Emergence And Divergence Of Islamic Private Schools In Egypt, Linda Herrera

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The second of two issues, this volume covers aspects of Egyptian society. Contributors include: Donald Cole, Soraya Altorki, Asef Bayat, Eric Denis, Enid Hill, Ziad Bahaeddin, Malak Rouchdy, Linda Herrera, Jim Napoli, Hussein Amin, Mahmoud al-Lozy, Cynthia Nelson, and Shahnaz Rouse.


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.


Palestinian Universities Under Occupation, Anthony Thrall Sullivan Jul 1988

Palestinian Universities Under Occupation, Anthony Thrall Sullivan

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The Impacts Of Egyptian-American Academic Research: The Cu/Mit Program, Mohamed El-Sayed Selim Jan 1984

The Impacts Of Egyptian-American Academic Research: The Cu/Mit Program, Mohamed El-Sayed Selim

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Egypt has been and continues to be one of the major recipients of development assistance in the third world, yet very little effort has been made to assess the overall impact of this aid on Egypt A symposium was held on December 10th and 11th, 1983 in Oriental Hall at the American University in Cairo, organized by Cairo Papers in Social Science with financial support from the Cairo Office of the Ford Foundation. Egyptian government ministers, officials from representative donors and scholars experienced in development were invited to make formal presentations to the symposium. The essays presented in this issue …


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.


Export Of Egyptian School Teachers, Suzanne A. Messiha Apr 1983

Export Of Egyptian School Teachers, Suzanne A. Messiha

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Migration is a complex social phenomenon whose causes, motivations and consequences are diverse. The economist, therefore, cannot presume the mono­poly of its explanation. He, like specialists of other disciplines, emphasizes the variables of his concern. This monograph treats migration from an economic point of view; migra­tion is conceptualized as a means of promoting efficient utilization of re­sources., an fovestment aiming at increasing the productivity of human resources, an investment which has costs and which also generates return (Schultz, 1971: 18, Bowan et al, 1967:875-98; Sjaastad, 1962:8-83.) It is an attempt to appraise Egypt's policy to invest in huma.n capital through …


Education For Women-For What?, Wafik Hassouna Jan 1977

Education For Women-For What?, Wafik Hassouna

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The seminar from which these papers flow was the product of many minds, multiple energies and much co-operation during the many months prior to its final implementation. The idea of a women's seminar oriented to the issues and concerns of contemporary Egyptian society was initially put forth in the fal I of 1974 to coincide with efforts that were developing on a national level in Egypt to commemorate 1975 as International Women's Year. It is with deepest gratitude that I extend special appreciation to Mrs. Marlene Michel Anawati, then a Post Master's Fellow in the Department of Sociology­Anthropology and Psychology. …