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Egyptian-Israeli Relations: Reflecting Regional Fluidity, Iman A. Hamdy Jan 1999

Egyptian-Israeli Relations: Reflecting Regional Fluidity, Iman A. Hamdy

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The fourth of four volumes, this volume covers contemporary political and social issues in Egypt. The contributors include: Mona Abaza, Nadje Sadeg al-Ali, Iman Hamdy, Noha el-Mikawy, Reem Saad.


A Mirror Of Political Culture In Contemporary Egypt: Divisions And Debates Among Women Activists, Nadje Sadig Al-Ali Jan 1999

A Mirror Of Political Culture In Contemporary Egypt: Divisions And Debates Among Women Activists, Nadje Sadig Al-Ali

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The fourth of four volumes, this volume covers contemporary political and social issues in Egypt. The contributors include: Mona Abaza, Nadje Sadeg al-Ali, Iman Hamdy, Noha el-Mikawy, Reem Saad.


Trajectories In The City: Reflections On Fieldwork In Um Al-Dunya, Farha Ghannam Jan 1999

Trajectories In The City: Reflections On Fieldwork In Um Al-Dunya, Farha Ghannam

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[abstract not provided]


Um Saber, Shadia And My Self: The Power Relationship Between The Researched And The Researcher, Iman Bibars Jan 1999

Um Saber, Shadia And My Self: The Power Relationship Between The Researched And The Researcher, Iman Bibars

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[abstract not provided]


On Medical Anthropology, Research, And Research Priorities: Notes From Cairo, Mohammed Tabishat Jan 1999

On Medical Anthropology, Research, And Research Priorities: Notes From Cairo, Mohammed Tabishat

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[abstract not provided]


Inside/Out: The "Native" And The "Halfie" Unsettled, Heba El-Kholy, Nadje Al-Alfi Jan 1999

Inside/Out: The "Native" And The "Halfie" Unsettled, Heba El-Kholy, Nadje Al-Alfi

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[abstract not provided]


Ethical Dilemmas Of Research Among Sudanese In Egypt: Producing Knowledge About The Public And The Private, Anita Häusermann Fábos Jan 1999

Ethical Dilemmas Of Research Among Sudanese In Egypt: Producing Knowledge About The Public And The Private, Anita Häusermann Fábos

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[abstract not provided]


Between Arab And French Agendas: Defining The Palestinian Diaspora And The Image Of The Other, Sari Hanafi Jan 1999

Between Arab And French Agendas: Defining The Palestinian Diaspora And The Image Of The Other, Sari Hanafi

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[abstract not provided]


Marble Paving In Mamluk Cairo, MuhạMmad ʻAbd Al-WahhāB Jun 1998

Marble Paving In Mamluk Cairo, MuhạMmad ʻAbd Al-WahhāB

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No abstract provided.


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.


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

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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.


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.


The Women's Question: New Directions Of Inquiry And Action: Roundtable Discussion, Cynthia Nelson, Shahnaz Rouse Jan 1998

The Women's Question: New Directions Of Inquiry And Action: Roundtable Discussion, Cynthia Nelson, Shahnaz Rouse

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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.


Discussion, Lila Abu Lughod Jan 1997

Discussion, Lila Abu Lughod

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The proceedings of the Arab Regional Women’s Studies Workshop held at the American University in Cairo in May 1997. Among the theoretical and practical issues discussed are: the importance of introducing gender studies in order to achieve social equality in the Arab World, rethinking political and research priorities in order to give more attention to gender issues, and comparing gender programs in some Arab countries.


Reconceptualizing Research And Policy: International Gender Discourses: Private Comparative Research Agendas And Methodologies- The Middle East And The United States, Sondra Hale Jan 1997

Reconceptualizing Research And Policy: International Gender Discourses: Private Comparative Research Agendas And Methodologies- The Middle East And The United States, Sondra Hale

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The proceedings of the Arab Regional Women’s Studies Workshop held at the American University in Cairo in May 1997. Among the theoretical and practical issues discussed are: the importance of introducing gender studies in order to achieve social equality in the Arab World, rethinking political and research priorities in order to give more attention to gender issues, and comparing gender programs in some Arab countries.


Women Studies Program In Palestine: Between Criticism And New Vision (Appendix: Case Studies From Palestine And Lebanon), Eileen Kuttab Jan 1997

Women Studies Program In Palestine: Between Criticism And New Vision (Appendix: Case Studies From Palestine And Lebanon), Eileen Kuttab

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The proceedings of the Arab Regional Women’s Studies Workshop held at the American University in Cairo in May 1997. Among the theoretical and practical issues discussed are: the importance of introducing gender studies in order to achieve social equality in the Arab World, rethinking political and research priorities in order to give more attention to gender issues, and comparing gender programs in some Arab countries.


Keynote Address: Feminist Studies : Relevance For Scholarship And Social Equity In Arab Societies, Soheir A. Morsy Jan 1997

Keynote Address: Feminist Studies : Relevance For Scholarship And Social Equity In Arab Societies, Soheir A. Morsy

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The proceedings of the Arab Regional Women’s Studies Workshop held at the American University in Cairo in May 1997. Among the theoretical and practical issues discussed are: the importance of introducing gender studies in order to achieve social equality in the Arab World, rethinking political and research priorities in order to give more attention to gender issues, and comparing gender programs in some Arab countries.


Women's Studies In The Middle East: Some Problems And Prospects, Haleh Afshar Jan 1997

Women's Studies In The Middle East: Some Problems And Prospects, Haleh Afshar

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The proceedings of the Arab Regional Women’s Studies Workshop held at the American University in Cairo in May 1997. Among the theoretical and practical issues discussed are: the importance of introducing gender studies in order to achieve social equality in the Arab World, rethinking political and research priorities in order to give more attention to gender issues, and comparing gender programs in some Arab countries.


Discussion, Shahnaz Rouse Jan 1997

Discussion, Shahnaz Rouse

Faculty Book Chapters

The proceedings of the Arab Regional Women’s Studies Workshop held at the American University in Cairo in May 1997. Among the theoretical and practical issues discussed are: the importance of introducing gender studies in order to achieve social equality in the Arab World, rethinking political and research priorities in order to give more attention to gender issues, and comparing gender programs in some Arab countries.


The Institute For Women's Studies In The Arab World: The Natural Outcome Of The First Women's College In The Middle East, Mona Khalaf Jan 1997

The Institute For Women's Studies In The Arab World: The Natural Outcome Of The First Women's College In The Middle East, Mona Khalaf

Faculty Book Chapters

The proceedings of the Arab Regional Women’s Studies Workshop held at the American University in Cairo in May 1997. Among the theoretical and practical issues discussed are: the importance of introducing gender studies in order to achieve social equality in the Arab World, rethinking political and research priorities in order to give more attention to gender issues, and comparing gender programs in some Arab countries.


Introduction: Why A Gender/Women's Studies Program At The American University In Cairo?, Cynthia Nelson, Soraya Altorki Jan 1997

Introduction: Why A Gender/Women's Studies Program At The American University In Cairo?, Cynthia Nelson, Soraya Altorki

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The proceedings of the Arab Regional Women’s Studies Workshop held at the American University in Cairo in May 1997. Among the theoretical and practical issues discussed are: the importance of introducing gender studies in order to achieve social equality in the Arab World, rethinking political and research priorities in order to give more attention to gender issues, and comparing gender programs in some Arab countries.


Assessing Gender/Women's Studies: A Comparative Perspective -- Women's Studies Programs: The Middle East In Context, Nahla Abdo Jan 1997

Assessing Gender/Women's Studies: A Comparative Perspective -- Women's Studies Programs: The Middle East In Context, Nahla Abdo

Faculty Book Chapters

The proceedings of the Arab Regional Women’s Studies Workshop held at the American University in Cairo in May 1997. Among the theoretical and practical issues discussed are: the importance of introducing gender studies in order to achieve social equality in the Arab World, rethinking political and research priorities in order to give more attention to gender issues, and comparing gender programs in some Arab countries.


Open Discussion (Arab Regional Women’S Studies Workshop), Haleh Afshar, Boutheina Cheriet, Shahnaz Rouse, Barbara Ibrahim, Seteney Shamy Jan 1997

Open Discussion (Arab Regional Women’S Studies Workshop), Haleh Afshar, Boutheina Cheriet, Shahnaz Rouse, Barbara Ibrahim, Seteney Shamy

Faculty Book Chapters

The proceedings of the Arab Regional Women’s Studies Workshop held at the American University in Cairo in May 1997. Among the theoretical and practical issues discussed are: the importance of introducing gender studies in order to achieve social equality in the Arab World, rethinking political and research priorities in order to give more attention to gender issues, and comparing gender programs in some Arab countries.


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.


Historiography In Egypt In The Twentieth Century, Raouf Abbas Hamed Jan 1996

Historiography In Egypt In The Twentieth Century, Raouf Abbas Hamed

Faculty Book Chapters

Tue fundamental determinant of how societies cope with challenges is ultimately found in their human resource base. Nothing is more important than education, in its broadest sense, to the strength of that base. Forming a vital part of any educational system, social science not only helps societies define themselves but also to identify, and indeed generate, possibilities of what they might become. Whether by transmitting or challenging conceptions of the nature of a society's relation to its members or to other societies, or by raising pertinent questions regarding these issues, what is done--or not done--in the social sciences is likely …


Cross-Cultural Encounters: Past And Present, David R. Blanks Jan 1996

Cross-Cultural Encounters: Past And Present, David R. Blanks

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 …


Mirror Of Chivalry: Salah Al-Din In The Medieval European Imagination, John Victor Tolan Jan 1996

Mirror Of Chivalry: Salah Al-Din In The Medieval European Imagination, John Victor Tolan

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 …


Renaissance England And The Turban, Nabil I. Matar Jan 1996

Renaissance England And The Turban, Nabil I. Matar

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 …


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 …


Medieval Muslim-European Relations: Islamic Juristic Theory And Chancery Practice, E. M. Sartain Jan 1996

Medieval Muslim-European Relations: Islamic Juristic Theory And Chancery Practice, E. M. Sartain

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 …