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Enhancing Emotion Elicitation Using The Contextual, Multimodal Features Of A Social Network, Ahmed Rizk Feb 2015

Enhancing Emotion Elicitation Using The Contextual, Multimodal Features Of A Social Network, Ahmed Rizk

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In our research we addressed the problem of emotion elicitation of social networks. People tend to use social networks as a mean to express their emotions. Some people for example use a social network like Facebook as an outlet to express their negative emotions like frustration or anger and expect their network of friends to interact with them in a way that might help them deal with such emotions. Through friends' comments and likes people get feedback and support that could help neutralize their negative emotions. In the same manner, people use such networks to express their positive emotions like …

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Development Of Real-Time Pcr Assay For Detection Of Total Bacteria In Beverage Emulsions, Essam Gamaleldin Elsisi Feb 2015

Development Of Real-Time Pcr Assay For Detection Of Total Bacteria In Beverage Emulsions, Essam Gamaleldin Elsisi

Theses and Dissertations

The rapid growth and expansion of the soft drinks market and the necessity to meet and maintain the consumers’ expectations of having high quality products safe for consumption, have both drawn the attention to the need for rapid and sensitive methods for the detection of potential microbial contaminations. This has made the current conventional culture-based methods inconvenient due to the relatively long periods of time they need to yield results, in addition to their relatively low sensitivity. In contrast, real-time PCR is a rapid and sensitive molecular detection technique, capable of providing quick detection and quantification methods of specific DNA …

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Traversing The Urban As A Woman In Cairo And Aswan, Mennat-Allah Yehia Mourad Feb 2015

Traversing The Urban As A Woman In Cairo And Aswan, Mennat-Allah Yehia Mourad

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This thesis explores the hierarchical dynamics that govern the everydayness of women’s relationship to spaces. I argue that our conceptual understanding of space, especially through terms such as modern, cosmopolitan, tribal, village...etc, are all part of a lexicon that makes our everyday, but that also how we traverse the city, and the choices that we make of where to go and how to get there is an integral contributor of how a city is not only imagined but lived, and thus how the social imaginations that we believe govern our everyday is actually re-iterated. I argue that our choices as …

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Our Stories, Our Lives: Performed Storytelling In Cairo, Dana Alawneh Feb 2015

Our Stories, Our Lives: Performed Storytelling In Cairo, Dana Alawneh

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This thesis explores the work of two storytelling groups in Cairo through different conceptual frameworks. Affect, class politics, marginalization, art and the political are the main lenses through which I delve into the work of the groups in an attempt to understand a condition in which such groups exist and what it means to be part of a storytelling community in Cairo. Moreover, through my analysis I try to question the approaches of each group towards the issues they address, why and how they choose to tell certain stories. Moreover I question the method how the stories are told and …

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The Role Of Ngos In Empowering Visually Impaired People To Access Education And Employment In Egypt, Nevine Sharaf Feb 2015

The Role Of Ngos In Empowering Visually Impaired People To Access Education And Employment In Egypt, Nevine Sharaf

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Disability is viewed as a developmental issue given that people with disability are usually excluded from mainstream economic and social opportunities. However, the attention given to the people with disability in Egypt is mostly confined to medical and scientific features. Local NGOs in Egypt have long been working with visually impaired people. However, there is limited literature and empirical research specifying the role of local NGOs in empowering the visually impaired people to access education and employability in Egypt. Thus the purpose of this study is to assess the role that local NGOs play in this regard. The methodology used …

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Barriers Towards Employees' Structural And Psychological Empowerment: A Study Of Non-Managerial Employees In Governmental Service Organizations In Cairo, Passant Bassem Feb 2015

Barriers Towards Employees' Structural And Psychological Empowerment: A Study Of Non-Managerial Employees In Governmental Service Organizations In Cairo, Passant Bassem

Theses and Dissertations

The aim of this thesis is to pave the way for non-managerial employees’ empowerment in governmental service organizations in Egypt. Based on a review of previous studies that discussed the Egyptian bureaucracy, this study hypothesized that all the structural and psychological empowerment barriers - namely the organizational cultures and work context factors, managerial employees’ leadership style, and non-managerial employees’ readiness level and personalities - do exist within the governmental service organizations. Questionnaires were distributed to 223 non-managerial employees in Real Estate offices, Social Insurance and Pension offices, Traffic Services offices, Civil Registry offices, Health offices (Ministry of Health), Tax offices, …

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Causes Of Variation Orders In The Egyptian Construction Industry: Classification, Ranking, And Mitigation, Amr Khaled El-Sadek Feb 2015

Causes Of Variation Orders In The Egyptian Construction Industry: Classification, Ranking, And Mitigation, Amr Khaled El-Sadek

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Variations or change orders are inevitable in any construction project. They are defined as any change that happens in the scope of the project whether this change is an additional scope of work, omission, or even alteration. This thesis presents the causes of variation orders in Egypt. The literature review divides the causes into four main categories: owner related, contractor related, consultant related, and other causes. All the identified events were surveyed in a questionnaire given to top executives in the construction field in Egypt. The survey was distributed equally on clients, consultants, and contractors. The top 10 most important …

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A Comparative Study On The Effect Of Male Migration On Female Spouses In Middle And Lower Income Families, Marwa Helmy Feb 2015

A Comparative Study On The Effect Of Male Migration On Female Spouses In Middle And Lower Income Families, Marwa Helmy

Theses and Dissertations

Migration is not a novel occurrence; it has always been a driving force along with civilization. The main catalyst behind the new era of migration is globalization. Migration is a gendered topic, and in previous academic discourse from which women have often been excluded from it. However, the effect of male migration on female spouses in the home country is an area where research has been scarce. It was not until the last decade that attention was shed on female migrants; and the important role they play in international migration. Therefore this study seeks to explore the effect of male …

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Japan As A Middle Power -Japanese Diplomacy During The Asian Financial Crisis-, Takeshi Kobayashi Feb 2015

Japan As A Middle Power -Japanese Diplomacy During The Asian Financial Crisis-, Takeshi Kobayashi

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The main question of the proposed thesis is: what was the guiding principle of Japanese diplomacy during the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) in the late 1990s and how did this principle help the countries in the region restore the Asian economy? My argument is that Japan responded to the Asian Financial Crisis as a middle power country and mediated opposing interests between Asia and the United States in order to stabilize the highly damaged Asian economy and prevent a recurrence of another crisis. Since the end of the Second World War, the United States led many countries in the free …

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“The Un-Touchables Humans Rights Discourses And The Challenges Of Emancipatory Politics In Lebanese Women's Movements”, Maya El Helou Feb 2015

“The Un-Touchables Humans Rights Discourses And The Challenges Of Emancipatory Politics In Lebanese Women's Movements”, Maya El Helou

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a process of questioning and understanding. It is also an invitation to begin by tackling social problems in a different way: by asking questions rather than looking at the world as if it is static, where one solution can be the answer. Through this research I try to unpack the complexity of activism under neoliberalism. Moreover I try to problematize the forces of gender governance that via its international institutions constantly attempt to absorb feminist collectives by limiting possibilities to rupture hegemonic narratives of the UN, global legal imaginations that at this moment in history articulate, arbitrate …

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An Application Of Asset Based Community Development Approach: A Case Study From Rural Community In Egypt, Alyaa Farouk Hessin Feb 2015

An Application Of Asset Based Community Development Approach: A Case Study From Rural Community In Egypt, Alyaa Farouk Hessin

Theses and Dissertations

Many communities in Egypt, specifically the rural areas, are unquestionably distressed places as a result of the major economic and political shifts that have occurred over the past few years. Strategies of community development are currently viewed as the radical remedy for poverty related problems. In Egypt, community development strategies are usually driven from traditional approaches including charity, needs and rights based approaches which focus on basic needs like shelters and food. These approaches have proved a deficiency as they ignore the structural causes of poverty and address symptoms only. In response to these shortages came an alternative capacity focused …

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A Content Analysis Of The Media Coverage Of The 2014 Presidential Elections In Egypt: The Case Studies Of Cbc And Channel 1, Jiana Barsoum Feb 2015

A Content Analysis Of The Media Coverage Of The 2014 Presidential Elections In Egypt: The Case Studies Of Cbc And Channel 1, Jiana Barsoum

Theses and Dissertations

Television broadcasting offers a platform for bringing the attention to issues of high importance, and forming opinions on these issues. With a high dependency on television broadcasting in Egypt to receive news and information about current events to formulate opinions, regulated television broadcasting is very crucial to aid the shift towards a more democratic nation. Balanced and impartial reporting is essential to ensure pluralism in the information presented. Hence, this thesis examines the performance of public media compared to privately owned media in light of their coverage of the 2014 presidential elections. The overall theoretical approach is based on Article …

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Institutionalizing Youth Aspirations In The Public Policy Process In Egypt, Mohamed Kadry Ibrahim Feb 2015

Institutionalizing Youth Aspirations In The Public Policy Process In Egypt, Mohamed Kadry Ibrahim

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After leading change in the 2011 revolution, and being the majority of the Egyptian population, young Egyptians became the focus of much attention. Youth empowerment and participation in shaping the future of their country became one of the primary concerns after the revolution. The research purpose is to identify the extent to which youth aspirations and dreams are incorporated in the process of public policy making. The research takes the Ministry of Youth and Sports and Ministry of Manpower and Migration as a case study to see their role and experience in institutionalizing youth aspirations in the national public policy …

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Media Diversity And Public Deliberation In Egypt: The Case Study Of Law 107 Of Year 2013 On Organizing The Right To Public Meetings, Marches, And Peaceful Protests, Dina Ahmed El Basnaly Feb 2015

Media Diversity And Public Deliberation In Egypt: The Case Study Of Law 107 Of Year 2013 On Organizing The Right To Public Meetings, Marches, And Peaceful Protests, Dina Ahmed El Basnaly

Theses and Dissertations

This research aims to identify the extent to which ownership, workforce, demography, and viewpoints in Egyptian private satellite stations are diverse and whether the existing levels of media diversity lead to efficient televised public deliberation. The research samples “Al-Hayat TV"‚ “CBC Egypt", and “Al-Nahar TV", which are the television stations with the highest viewership in Egypt. Egypt's law 107 of year 2013 on organizing the right to public meetings, marches, and peaceful protests is chosen as a case study of a policy issue that is tackled through televised deliberations. In-depth interviews and qualitative content analysis are used to answer the …

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The Edgy Relationship Between Sports Media And Sports Organizations In Egypt: The Urgency For An Effective Media Policy, Inas Mohamed Ali Mazhar Feb 2015

The Edgy Relationship Between Sports Media And Sports Organizations In Egypt: The Urgency For An Effective Media Policy, Inas Mohamed Ali Mazhar

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This study delves into the edgy and often tense relationship between sports organizations and sports media in Egypt. The study confirms how this relationship, which is usually known as being "symbiotic", based on mutual benefits, has now become a burden on the two sides in their day-to-day working relationship. The study is based on qualitative research with data collected through in-depth interviews. A purposive sample of journalists and members of sports organizations were selected to discuss the reasons behind the broken symbiotic ties which led to the relationship being at stake. The study also aims at finding solutions and recommendations …

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Sequence, Organization, And Genes Characteristics Of Orfs Identified In A Metagenomic Dna Fragment From Microbial Community Of The Deep Brine Environment Of Atlantis Ii In The Red Sea., Dina Hassan Assal Feb 2015

Sequence, Organization, And Genes Characteristics Of Orfs Identified In A Metagenomic Dna Fragment From Microbial Community Of The Deep Brine Environment Of Atlantis Ii In The Red Sea., Dina Hassan Assal

Theses and Dissertations

Microbial communities that reside in different natural habitats, particularly those of extreme environments, constitute a rich source for novel industrial enzymes and bioactive compounds. Until the advent of metagenomics technique, extreme environments represented a locked area with huge genetic repertoire that remained unexplored. The Atlantis II brine pool of the Red Sea (ATII) is one of such unexplored extreme environment. The lower part of this pool, the lower convective layer (LCL), has a pH of 5.3, high temperature (68C), elevated concentration of toxic heavy metals, and extreme salinity (26% salt). To understand the metabolic and the physiological properties of proteins …

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A Decision Support System For The Re-Equilibrium Of Ppp Contracts, Amira Mohamed Shalaby Feb 2015

A Decision Support System For The Re-Equilibrium Of Ppp Contracts, Amira Mohamed Shalaby

Theses and Dissertations

Public Private Partnership (PPP) contracts tend to have longer contract durations compared to other conventional procurement methods. Due to their prolonged nature, PPP contracts are extremely prone to contract renegotiation along their lifecycles in comparison to other forms of contracts with shorter durations. The common outcomes of the renegotiation process may include: increasing the service charges, increasing the concession period, or paying a lump sum amount to the party of concern in order to maintain a fixed rate of return and keep the return on equity constant. In this research, a framework is developed in order to calculate the renegotiation …

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The Association Between Health Financing And Maternal And Child Health In Middle East And North Africa Countries, Ahmed Tammam Abdelgawad Feb 2015

The Association Between Health Financing And Maternal And Child Health In Middle East And North Africa Countries, Ahmed Tammam Abdelgawad

Theses and Dissertations

Improving maternal and child health outcomes for women and children is a critical step to achieve the MDGs; however it requires sufficient funding to implement proven quality interventions. The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between the different health care financing options cross the Middle East and North Africa “MENA" countries and the maternal and child health outcomes. Our main argument is that: Can different health care financing strategies affect Maternal, Neonatal and Child health? If yes, How?. This study is based on a cross sectional analysis of twenty one states from MENA region between 2009 and …

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The Middle-Eastern Cold War: The Religious Struggle Between The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia And The Islamic Republic Of Iran, Omar Zein Feb 2015

The Middle-Eastern Cold War: The Religious Struggle Between The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia And The Islamic Republic Of Iran, Omar Zein

Theses and Dissertations

The Middle East has witnessed in the past two decades an increase in the number of internal conflicts within many states. Many of those internal conflicts had developed into a religious strife between Sunnis and Shi’as. Today in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain there is an ongoing conflicts between representatives of both sects; whether it is a state or transnational actors. The Middle East has not witnessed a struggle between the two most popular sects of Islam since the Ottoman-Safavid war in 16th century. To analyze the cause behind the rise in conflicts between Sunnis and Shiites; there must be …

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American Legal Realism: Towards A New Approach To The Privatization Of Omar Effendi In Egypt, Peter Maurice Mikhael Feb 2015

American Legal Realism: Towards A New Approach To The Privatization Of Omar Effendi In Egypt, Peter Maurice Mikhael

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This paper presents to its readers the progressive legal evolution that has influenced, over the past century, legal reform in American history. It focuses specifically on American legal realist thinking that was considered revolutionary in nature relative to the natural and formalist schools of jurisprudence. The focus then shifts to Egypt where the combination of formal and natural jurisprudence is clear to legal scholars. Omar Effendi, as one of the most prominent case decision in the post-25th January revolution period, was both criticized and lauded for political reasons. Scholars that supported the decision were glad that the corrupt privatization of …

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A Morettian Literary Atlas Of Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo In Three Early Realist Novels: Cairo Modern, Khan Al-Khalili, And Midaq Alley, Paul A. Sundberg Feb 2015

A Morettian Literary Atlas Of Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo In Three Early Realist Novels: Cairo Modern, Khan Al-Khalili, And Midaq Alley, Paul A. Sundberg

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This thesis includes a variey of “literary map experiements” on a dataset of mappable, non-generic, places found in three early realist “Cairo novels” by Naguib Mahfouz: Cairo Modern (1945), Khan al-Khalili (1946) and Midaq Alley (1947) and analyses of the mapped results. Experiments in the “atlas” are conducted on each novel separately and – in a more ‘distant” reading – on combinations of the three novels. The methodology is one originated by Stanford literary historian Franco Moretti in his Atlas of the European Novel 1800-1900 and Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Lierary History. To the researcher’s knowledge, this …

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Towards A Child-Centered Juvenile Justice System In Egypt: A Situation Analysis Of Law And Practice, Manar Mohammad Abulqasem Hafez Ahmed Feb 2015

Towards A Child-Centered Juvenile Justice System In Egypt: A Situation Analysis Of Law And Practice, Manar Mohammad Abulqasem Hafez Ahmed

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The past few decades have witnessed a growing global interest in formulating juvenile justice systems that can prevent juvenile delinquency as well as rehabilitate and reintegrate juvenile offenders. This research studies the Egyptian juvenile justice system, both in terms of its regulating law as well as its application, in light of global instruments and international requirements for the establishment of a comprehensive and rehabilitative juvenile justice system. The research is qualitative, uses observation and interviews with stakeholders involved in the administration of the juvenile justice system in Egypt. It offers a conceptual framework that builds on the internationally pronounced United …

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The Administration Of National Elections: A Comparative Analysis And The Case Of Egypt., Marie Ramona Canaan Feb 2015

The Administration Of National Elections: A Comparative Analysis And The Case Of Egypt., Marie Ramona Canaan

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This study introduces policy directive outlines and important considerations in relation to the design of the National Electoral Authority organigram- the new electoral management body- NEA- stated in the 2014 Egyptian constitution. The suggested structure is based on a range of the most widely used electoral administration options and a comparative study of three different countries. It also recalls relevant principles of international electoral principles policies and practices.

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The Difference Between Political And Philosophical Freedom In The Completed Works Of Hannah Arendt, Khadeega Ga'far Feb 2015

The Difference Between Political And Philosophical Freedom In The Completed Works Of Hannah Arendt, Khadeega Ga'far

Theses and Dissertations

Hannah Arendt distinguishes between two different practices of freedom whose origins are rooted into two historical human experiences: political freedom/action and philosophical freedom/free will. She argues that the two experiences were different as concerns the origin, the location and the conditions of each. Freedom of the will, or philosophical freedom, is relevant only in solitude while political freedom is relevant to people living together in political communities. Arendt also claims that the freedom of the will is the origin of the ideal of sovereignty which constitutes its meaning in commanding and demanding obedience. Hence, the free will realizes its freedom …

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Carbon Markets As Regulation Strategy: States, Non-State Market Actors And Public-Private Climate Governance, Nouran Shash Feb 2015

Carbon Markets As Regulation Strategy: States, Non-State Market Actors And Public-Private Climate Governance, Nouran Shash

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The thesis looks at whether the development of carbon markets as a key policy instrument to address climate change can be explained by the participation of non-state private market actors in decision-making processes at the institutional level. It looks at the underlying interests and stakes that both states and private non-state market actors have had in carbon trading, the role that states and businesses play in these markets and the implications that the adoption of this instrument has had, in terms of controversies regarding accountability, transparency and justice issues. Through investigating the role of one major private carbon market actor, …

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Faith Based Education In Cairo: An Assessment Of The Role And Quality, Dalia Samir El-Gamal Feb 2015

Faith Based Education In Cairo: An Assessment Of The Role And Quality, Dalia Samir El-Gamal

Theses and Dissertations

Faith based education is not a new phenomena in Egypt since religious institutions and scholars have always played a role in providing education services to their community formally and informally. Formally, they provided education services to the members of their community through building and managing schools. The trend of faith based schools in Cairo has always been rising since the last decades. However, many faith based schools are facing many regulatory and social obstacles post 25th revolution and 30th June revolution in Egypt. This is due to the misunderstanding of faith based education and the underestimation of their role. Therefore, …

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Cantus Lamentus: Navigating Hiv Positive Mothers Subjectivities In Egypt Post 2011, Wesam Adel Hassan Feb 2015

Cantus Lamentus: Navigating Hiv Positive Mothers Subjectivities In Egypt Post 2011, Wesam Adel Hassan

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This thesis explores the subjectivities of mothers living with HIV in relation to the exercised techniques of governing HIV and AIDS in Egypt. Drawing on the experiences of women living with HIV, in addition to the analysis of the National HIV Strategic frameworks and national media press articles, this thesis traces major events related to the bio-politics of HIV in Egypt post-2011. I conducted research with mothers living with HIV to explore how they perceived their individual experiences of living with HIV within the social and political context of Egypt post-2011. The research is an attempt to unravel glimpses of …

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European Union Foreign Policy Towards Egypt During The Arab Spring Of 2011, Ahmed Adel Hassan Feb 2015

European Union Foreign Policy Towards Egypt During The Arab Spring Of 2011, Ahmed Adel Hassan

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With the onset of the Arab Spring, external actors found themselves caught off guard by the democratic uprisings and the implications they hold to their respective national interests in the region. For the EU, the instability in the region presents challenges to the long relationship the European nations culminated with the Middle East, especially with Egypt. The uprising created a situation where the EU had to develop new policies to capitalize on the opportunity for democratic change while maintaining the decades long EU’s interest in Egypt. Accordingly, the main question this study tries to answer is whether and the extent …

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Between Egyptian Nationalism And Religion: Imagining The Nation From Below, Yara Moussa Sultan Feb 2015

Between Egyptian Nationalism And Religion: Imagining The Nation From Below, Yara Moussa Sultan

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The January 25 revolution and the dramatic unfolding of events thereafter, have been a time of immense social, political and economic transformation in Egypt. Recent changes in political leadership, from the fall of Mubarak’s regime, to the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) ascent to power, and finally, to the landslide victory of the Armed Forces through Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s assuming of the presidency, have brought to light some of the dynamics of mass politics in Egypt. These transformations made visible a wide array of expressions of collective and national belonging as the Egyptian people came into contact with ideologically differentiated ruling regimes. …

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Adsorption Of Heavy Metals Cations In Wastewater Using Cement Kiln Dust, Mohamed Abdel Kareem El Zayat Feb 2015

Adsorption Of Heavy Metals Cations In Wastewater Using Cement Kiln Dust, Mohamed Abdel Kareem El Zayat

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Wastewater containing heavy metal constituents are mainly generated from industrial processes, such as electric battery manufacturing, lead smelting and glass industry. Heavy metals are very dangerous and carcinogenic due to the fact that they can bio-accumulate in our bodies resulting in increasing the concentration of chemicals in the biological organism compared to the chemical’s concentration in the environment. A special emphasize in this study is on lead, cadmium, and copper since they are the most common toxic heavy metals in some inorganic industrial wastewater. Common techniques used in heavy metals treatment processes are chemical treatment, flotation, filter coalescence,and membrane filtration. …

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