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The Influences Of Fatimid Jewelry: Echoes Through Motifs, Techniques And Shapes, Dina M. El-Mahdy Tolba May 2007

The Influences Of Fatimid Jewelry: Echoes Through Motifs, Techniques And Shapes, Dina M. El-Mahdy Tolba

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Institutionalization And Reform: The Case Of The National Democratic Party In Egypt, Safinaz El Tarouty Jun 2005

Institutionalization And Reform: The Case Of The National Democratic Party In Egypt, Safinaz El Tarouty

Archived Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the National Democratic Party in Egypt (NDP). It assesses the internal dynamics and reforms of the party between 2000 and 2004 and asks to what extent these reforms have influenced the nature and institutionalization of the party. Starting from the emergence of the Egyptian republic, it traces the rise and development of the consecutive single parties under Nasser and the creation of the NDP under Sadat in 1978. This thesis suggests that the reforms of 2000 do not appear to have significantly increased the level of institutionalization of Egypt’s persistently dominant party. It argues that the reforms …


Naqshbandiyya In Damascus: Strategies To Establish And Strengthen The Order In A Changing Society, Leif Stenberg Dec 1999

Naqshbandiyya In Damascus: Strategies To Establish And Strengthen The Order In A Changing Society, Leif Stenberg

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From Crisis To Catastrophe: Epitaph For E.T. (Egyptian Theater), Mahmoud Ahmed El Lozy Jan 1998

From Crisis To Catastrophe: Epitaph For E.T. (Egyptian Theater), Mahmoud Ahmed El Lozy

Faculty Book Chapters

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.


The Revealed Word And The Struggle For Authority: Interpretation And Use Of Islamic Terminology Among Algerian Islamists, Leif Stenberg Dec 1996

The Revealed Word And The Struggle For Authority: Interpretation And Use Of Islamic Terminology Among Algerian Islamists, Leif Stenberg

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

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Arab Views Of Northern Europeans In Medieval History And Geography, Thabit Abdullah Jan 1996

Arab Views Of Northern Europeans In Medieval History And Geography, Thabit Abdullah

Faculty Book Chapters

This collective volume is the result of the Second Annual Conference on Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Mediterranean held at the American University in Cairo, 5-7 May, 1996. The contributors, David R. Blanks, John Victor Tolan, Nabil I. Matar, John Rodenbeck, Thabit Abdullah, E.M. Sartain, Omaima Abou-Bakr, and Nadia M. El-Cheik, take an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from sociology, anthropology, political science, history, and literature, in medieval their examination of past attitudes, in particular images of the 'Other' in medieval Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, in order to trace the origins of modern stereotypes. The essays are divided into three …


An Ambivalent Image: Byzantium Viewed By The Arabs, Nadia M. El-Cheik Jan 1996

An Ambivalent Image: Byzantium Viewed By The Arabs, Nadia M. El-Cheik

Faculty Book Chapters

This collective volume is the result of the Second Annual Conference on Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Mediterranean held at the American University in Cairo, 5-7 May, 1996. The contributors, David R. Blanks, John Victor Tolan, Nabil I. Matar, John Rodenbeck, Thabit Abdullah, E.M. Sartain, Omaima Abou-Bakr, and Nadia M. El-Cheik, take an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from sociology, anthropology, political science, history, and literature, in medieval their examination of past attitudes, in particular images of the 'Other' in medieval Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, in order to trace the origins of modern stereotypes. The essays are divided into three …


Changes In Egyptian Family Life From Muhammad ʻAli Till The Present, Nadia Haggag Jan 1958

Changes In Egyptian Family Life From Muhammad ʻAli Till The Present, Nadia Haggag

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.