Cairo Papers emerged in 1977, when a group of scholars in the School of Humanities and Social Science and the Social Research Center at AUC developed the idea of the journal. The aim was to produce a monograph series dedicated not only to demonstrate the relevance of Middle Eastern social science vis-à-vis Western theoretical orientations but also to share with dedicated Western scholars the fruits of indigenous research into issues and problems of differential development in the Middle East. The founding members of the Cairo Papers included Profs. Tim Sullivan, Ali Dessouki, Mark Kennedy, Nicholas Hopkins and Asaad Nadim.

Cairo Papers in Social Science is the American University in Cairo’s long-running English-language journal monograph, published by the American University in Cairo Press.

  • A key feature of Cairo Papers is interdisciplinarity, best reflected in the diversity of the research published—spanning the fields of political science, economics, sociology, and anthropology, as well as history, journalism, media studies, gender studies, law, arts, and psychology.
  • Located in Cairo, Egypt, Cairo Papers’ scope is the production of critical social science and humanities knowledge in and about the Middle East.
  • Cairo Papers is committed to promoting emerging scholars in the region mainly through publications and workshops.
  • One of Cairo Papers’ missions is to foster the international circulation of knowledge produced in the region by Arabic-speaking scholars and from outlets with limited access to international circuits of the print economy.
  • Cairo Papers is dedicated to publishing and debating knowledge produced through original field-based research that is innovative in its methodologies, creative in its questions, and rigorous in its use of conceptual paradigms.
  • Cairo Papers provides a critical venue for engaging with timely events emerging in the region from a critical academic and interdisciplinary perspective.

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Book Chapters from 1994

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Basaisa Solar Project and Sustainable Community Development, Salah Arafa

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Sustainable Development Between Politics and Policies, M. Hosny El-Lakany

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The Human Rights Movement in Arab Countries: Problems of Concept, Context and Practice, Nader Fergany

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The United Nations and Human Rights, Larisa Gabriel

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Human Rights in Egypt: The Practical Experience, Naila Gabr

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The Arab Draft Charter for Human Rights, Mohamed Noman Galal

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Economic Incentives for Environmental Management: A Survey, M. Walid Gamaleldin

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Introduction (Environmental Threats in Egypt: Perceptions and Actions), Salwa Sharawi Gomaa

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Supplement: Directory of Egyptian Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, Salwa Sharawi Gomaa

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The Politics behind Egypt's New Environmental Law, Salwa Sharawi Gomaa

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Pollution and People in Cairo, Nicholas S. Hopkins, Sohair Mehanna, Tamer Abdelkader, Noha Abu Gazia, Samer El-Karanshawy, and Inas Tewfik

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A Tale of Two Factories, Khaled Kamel

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Human Rights in the Middle East: An Overview of the Last Decade, Hanny Megally

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Farmers and merchants: Background to structural adjustment in Egypt, Sohair Mehanna, Nicholas S. Hopkins, and Bahgat AbdelMaksoud

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US Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Egypt, Stephanie Ann Mulica

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Democratization in rural Egypt : a study of the village local popular council, Hanan Hamdy Radwan

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Cultural Heritage as Environment: Area Conservation in Cairo's Historic Zone, John Rodenbeck

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The Roots of Turmoil in the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights: Dynamics of Civil Institution-Building in Egypt, Mohamed El Sayed Said

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Human Rights in Egypt: The Cause, the Movement, and the Dilemma, Hani Shukrallah

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Introduction: Dealing with Human Rights in the Arab World, Dan Tschirgi

Books from 1993

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Experiments in community development in a Zabbaleen settlement, Marie Assaad and Nadra Garas

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The empowerment of women: Water and sanitation initiatives in rural Egypt, Samiha El Katsha and Susan Watts

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The Rationale for Structural Adjustment: A Layman's Guide, Marcelo M. Giugale

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Egypt's Program for Stabilization and Structural Adjustment: An Assessment, Hans Löfgren

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Introduction (the Economics and Politics of Structural Adjustment in Egypt), Hans Löfgren

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The Politics of Adjustment in Africa with Special Reference to Egypt, Trevor Parfitt

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The Socialist Labor Party: A case study of a contemporary Egyptian opposition party, Hanaa Fikry Singer

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The Nationalization of the IMF: The Nature and Evolution of the Official Discourse on Economic Reform in Egypt (1987-1991), Mourad Magdi Wahba

Book Chapters from 1992

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Environmental Action at the Community Level, Salah Arafa

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Towards Sustainable Desert Development for Egypt, Adli Bishay

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Urban refugees: Ethiopians and Eritreans in Cairo, Dereck Cooper

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Environmental Politics in Egypt, Salwa Sharawi Gomaa

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Environmental Policies in Egypt, Salah Hafez

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Environmental Challenges in Egypt, Farkhonda Hassan

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Scenes of schooling: Inside a girls' school in Cairo, Linda Herrera

Introduction: Environment and Development, Nicholas S. Hopkins

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Scarce Resources, Perception of Risk, and Collective Action, Nicholas S. Hopkins

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The Effects of Environment on Health, Shafika Nasser

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Denial in the Decisive Decade: Towards Intervention and Common Action, Sandra Postel

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Investors and workers in the western desert of Egypt: An exploratory survey, Naiem A. Sherbiny, Donald P. Cole, and Nadia Makary Girgis

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Human Development and the Environment, Mohsen Tawfik

Book Chapters from 1991

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Economic and Social Change in a Village in Giza, Judy H. Brink

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Employment and Income in the Informal Sector of the Maghreb and Mashreq Countries, Jacques Charmes

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Markets, Marketing, the Market: Informal Egypt, Nicholas S. Hopkins

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The Informal Sector in Egypt: Towards an Anthropology of Work, Nicholas S. Hopkins

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The Informal Dimension of Urban Activity in Egypt: Some Recent Work, Mostafa Kharoufi

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Urban Street Food Vendors: Case-Study from Egypt, Sarah F. Loza

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Impact of temporary international migration on rural Egypt, Atef Hanna Nada

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Gamaliyya: Informal Economy and Social Life in a Popular Quarter of Cairo, Georg Stauth

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The Gulf Crisis and The Fragmentation of the Middle East: The Policies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, Bassam Tibi

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Organizing Migrant Workers: The Egyptian Experience, James Toth

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The United States, the Arab World and the Gulf Crisis, Dan Tschirgi

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Experience and expression: Life among Bedouin women in South Sinai, Deborah Wickering

Books from 1990

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Privatization: the Egyptian debate, Mustafa Kamel Al Sayyid

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The Sub Culture of Hashish Users in Egypt: A Descriptive Analytic Study, Nashaat Hassan Hussein

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Social Background and Bureaucratic Behavior in Egypt, Earl L. Sullivan, El Sayed Yassin, Ali Leila, and Monte Palmer

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Squatter markets in Cairo, Helmi R. Tadros, Mohamed Feteeh, and Allen Hibbard

Books from 1989

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Women, water, and sanitation: Household water use in two Egyptian villages, Samiha El Katsha, Awatif Younis, Olfat El Sebaie, and Ahmed Hussein

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Cairo's leap forward: People, households, and dwelling space, Frederic Shorter

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Palestinian labor in a dependent economy: Women workers in the West Bank clothing industry, Randa George Siniora

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The oil question in Egyptian-Israeli relations, 1967-1979: A study in international law and resource politics, Karim Wissa

Books from 1988

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Legislating Infitah: Investment, currency, and foreign trade laws, Khaled Mahmoud Fahmy

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Participation and community in the Egyptian new lands: The case of South Tahrir, Nicholas Hopkins, Abderrahim ElHaydary, Salah El Zoghby, and Hanaa Singer

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Social history of an agrarian reform community in Egypt, Reem Saad

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Palestinian universities under occupation, Anthony Thrall Sullivan

Books from 1987

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The changing image of women in rural Egypt, Mona Abaza

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Al-Sanhuri and Islamic law: The place and significance of Islamic law in the life and work of ʻAbd al-Razzaq Ahmad al-Sanhuri, Egyptian jurist and scholar, 1895-1971, Enid Hill

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Informal Communities in Cairo: The Basis of a Typology, Linda Oldham, Haguer El Hadidi, and Hussein Tamaa

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Gone for good? Egyptian migration processes in the Arab world, Ralph R. Sell

Books from 1986

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Philosophy, ethics, and virtuous rule: A study of Averroes' Commentary on Plato's "Republic", Charles E. Butterworth

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The institutionalization of Palestinian identity in Egypt, Maha Ahmed Dajani

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The 'Jihad': An Islamic alternative in Egypt, Nemat Guenena

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Social identity and class in a Cairo neighborhood, Nadia Adel Taher

Books from 1985

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An analytic index of survey research in Egypt, Madiha El Safty, Monte Palmer, and Mark Kennedy

Book Chapters from 1984

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Egypt and the Helping Hand, Adel A. Beshai

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The United Nations Development Program in Egypt, Luciano Cappelletti

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Perspectives of the Egyptian Ministry of the Economy on the Impact of American Aid on Egypt, Mostafa El-Said

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Basic needs, inflation, and the poor of Egypt, 1970-1980, Myrette Ahmed El Sokkari

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Conflicting Objectives in the Egyptian-American Aid Relationship, Heba A. Handoussa

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The Development of Cooperation, Nicholas S. Hopkins

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The Ford Foundation in Egypt, Ann M. Lesch

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Irrigation and society in rural Egypt, Sohair Mehanna, Richard Huntington, and Rachad Antonius

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Egypt and the US: An Aid or Trade Relationship?, Dennis D. Miller

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Whose Knowledge Counts: Discourse and Development in an Egyptian Rural Community, Cynthia Nelson

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The Impacts of Egyptian-American Academic Research: The CU/MIT Program, Mohamed El-Sayed Selim

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The Perspective of the Egyptian Ministry of Investment on Development Assistance Programs, Wagih Shindy

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The U.S. Agency for International Development in Egypt, Michael Stone

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Conclusion: Foreign Aid and the Future of Egypt, Earl L. Sullivan

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Introduction: The impact of Development Assistance on Egypt, Earl L. Sullivan

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Social security and the family in Egypt, Helmi R. Tadros

Book Chapters from 1983

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Informal Sector Employment in Egypt, Mahmoud Abdel Fadil

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Africa and Non-Alignment, M. Samir Ahmed

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The Institutional Structure of Non-Alignment: An Evaluation of its Successes and Failures, M. Samir Ahmed

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Sociological Perspectives on Urban Housing, Madiha Al Safty

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The Nationalization of Arabic and Islamic Education in Egypt: Dar Al Alum and Al Azhar, Lois A. Aroian

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Non-Alignment: North-South and South-South, Adel Beshai

Nutrition: Facts, Fallacies and Implications for Women concerned with Development, Anne M.S. Coles

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Non-Alignment in a Changing Global System, A. K. Damodaran

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The Impact of the Present International System on the Non-Aligned Movement, V. P. Dott

Current Problems in Gynecology and Obstetrics and their Effects on Patient Attutudes, Samira El-Mallah