In the wake of the January 25, 2011 popular uprisings, youth and leaders from the Kasr el Dobara Evangelical Church, the largest Protestant congregation in the Middle East, situated just behind Tahrir
Christianity and monasticism have long flourished along the Nile in Middle Egypt, the region stretching from al-Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus) to Dayr al-Ganadla. The contributors to this volume, international
This collection of case-studies showcases the experiences of ten intriguing entrepreneurial ventures from emerging markets in the Arab world (Egypt, the UAE, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia).Readers will re
Ababsa (social geography, French Institute for the Near East, Jordan), Dupret, and Denis draw together 13 case studies by urban planners, sociologists, and law, political science, and other scholars f
What are the long-term structural features of the Egyptian economy? What are the factors that have facilitated or inhibited its performance? This crucial and timely work answers these questions and mo
If justice in the Arab world is often marked by a lack of autonomy of the judiciary toward the executive power, one of the characteristic features of the Egyptian judiciary lies in its strength and ac
Grand Egyptian Museum Catalogue Gnral Vol 1. A documentation, using latest technologies, of the Late and Ptolemaic Period anthropoid sarcophagi housed in Cairos Grand Egyptian Museum.
Sustainable development and environmental change have become two of the watchwords of the new century. But what do they mean for ordinary people living in some of the harshest environments in the worl
Le Quesne, an archaeologist based in Britain, presents the second in a series of books reporting on a massive conservation initiative bankrolled by the US Agency for International Development. The arc
Across the globe, American-style and liberal arts universities are being established. From the first, the American University of Beirut, established in 1866, to the liberal arts institutions being est
Considering the paradoxical position of al-raqs al-baladi or "belly dance" in Egyptian social life, as both a vibrant and a contested cultural form, this issue of Cairo Papers in Social Science consid
The Copts, adherents of the Egyptian Orthodox Church, today represent the largest Christian community in the Middle East, and their presiding bishops have been accorded the title of pope since the thi
Apart from the ancient Coptic Christian church in Egypt there are also Greek and Armenian Orthodox congregations along with Catholic, Anglican and Evangelical. The late Otto Meinardus wrote extensivel
For centuries, Egyptian civilization and its antiquities have inspired passionate interest. Archaeologists, engineers, astronomers, poets, painters, people of different cultures, and travelers have be
While many of the Arab documentary films that emerged after the digital turn in the 1990s have been the subject of close scholarly and media attention, far less well studied is the immense wealth of A
