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.
Book Chapters from 1994
Basaisa Solar Project and Sustainable Community Development, Salah Arafa
Sustainable Development Between Politics and Policies, M. Hosny El-Lakany
The Human Rights Movement in Arab Countries: Problems of Concept, Context and Practice, Nader Fergany
The United Nations and Human Rights, Larisa Gabriel
Human Rights in Egypt: The Practical Experience, Naila Gabr
The Arab Draft Charter for Human Rights, Mohamed Noman Galal
Economic Incentives for Environmental Management: A Survey, M. Walid Gamaleldin
Introduction (Environmental Threats in Egypt: Perceptions and Actions), Salwa Sharawi Gomaa
Supplement: Directory of Egyptian Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, Salwa Sharawi Gomaa
The Politics behind Egypt's New Environmental Law, Salwa Sharawi Gomaa
Pollution and People in Cairo, Nicholas S. Hopkins, Sohair Mehanna, Tamer Abdelkader, Noha Abu Gazia, Samer El-Karanshawy, and Inas Tewfik
A Tale of Two Factories, Khaled Kamel
Human Rights in the Middle East: An Overview of the Last Decade, Hanny Megally
Farmers and merchants: Background to structural adjustment in Egypt, Sohair Mehanna, Nicholas S. Hopkins, and Bahgat AbdelMaksoud
US Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Egypt, Stephanie Ann Mulica
Democratization in rural Egypt : a study of the village local popular council, Hanan Hamdy Radwan
Cultural Heritage as Environment: Area Conservation in Cairo's Historic Zone, John Rodenbeck
The Roots of Turmoil in the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights: Dynamics of Civil Institution-Building in Egypt, Mohamed El Sayed Said
Human Rights in Egypt: The Cause, the Movement, and the Dilemma, Hani Shukrallah
Introduction: Dealing with Human Rights in the Arab World, Dan Tschirgi
Books from 1993
Experiments in community development in a Zabbaleen settlement, Marie Assaad and Nadra Garas
The empowerment of women: Water and sanitation initiatives in rural Egypt, Samiha El Katsha and Susan Watts
The Rationale for Structural Adjustment: A Layman's Guide, Marcelo M. Giugale
Egypt's Program for Stabilization and Structural Adjustment: An Assessment, Hans Löfgren
Introduction (the Economics and Politics of Structural Adjustment in Egypt), Hans Löfgren
The Politics of Adjustment in Africa with Special Reference to Egypt, Trevor Parfitt
The Socialist Labor Party: A case study of a contemporary Egyptian opposition party, Hanaa Fikry Singer
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
Environmental Action at the Community Level, Salah Arafa
Towards Sustainable Desert Development for Egypt, Adli Bishay
Urban refugees: Ethiopians and Eritreans in Cairo, Dereck Cooper
Environmental Politics in Egypt, Salwa Sharawi Gomaa
Environmental Policies in Egypt, Salah Hafez
Environmental Challenges in Egypt, Farkhonda Hassan
Scenes of schooling: Inside a girls' school in Cairo, Linda Herrera
Introduction: Environment and Development, Nicholas S. Hopkins
Scarce Resources, Perception of Risk, and Collective Action, Nicholas S. Hopkins
The Effects of Environment on Health, Shafika Nasser
Denial in the Decisive Decade: Towards Intervention and Common Action, Sandra Postel
Investors and workers in the western desert of Egypt: An exploratory survey, Naiem A. Sherbiny, Donald P. Cole, and Nadia Makary Girgis
Human Development and the Environment, Mohsen Tawfik
Book Chapters from 1991
Economic and Social Change in a Village in Giza, Judy H. Brink
Employment and Income in the Informal Sector of the Maghreb and Mashreq Countries, Jacques Charmes
Markets, Marketing, the Market: Informal Egypt, Nicholas S. Hopkins
The Informal Sector in Egypt: Towards an Anthropology of Work, Nicholas S. Hopkins
The Informal Dimension of Urban Activity in Egypt: Some Recent Work, Mostafa Kharoufi
Urban Street Food Vendors: Case-Study from Egypt, Sarah F. Loza
Impact of temporary international migration on rural Egypt, Atef Hanna Nada
Gamaliyya: Informal Economy and Social Life in a Popular Quarter of Cairo, Georg Stauth
The Gulf Crisis and The Fragmentation of the Middle East: The Policies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, Bassam Tibi
Organizing Migrant Workers: The Egyptian Experience, James Toth
The United States, the Arab World and the Gulf Crisis, Dan Tschirgi
Experience and expression: Life among Bedouin women in South Sinai, Deborah Wickering
Books from 1990
Privatization: the Egyptian debate, Mustafa Kamel Al Sayyid
The Sub Culture of Hashish Users in Egypt: A Descriptive Analytic Study, Nashaat Hassan Hussein
Social Background and Bureaucratic Behavior in Egypt, Earl L. Sullivan, El Sayed Yassin, Ali Leila, and Monte Palmer
Squatter markets in Cairo, Helmi R. Tadros, Mohamed Feteeh, and Allen Hibbard
Books from 1989
Women, water, and sanitation: Household water use in two Egyptian villages, Samiha El Katsha, Awatif Younis, Olfat El Sebaie, and Ahmed Hussein
Cairo's leap forward: People, households, and dwelling space, Frederic Shorter
Palestinian labor in a dependent economy: Women workers in the West Bank clothing industry, Randa George Siniora
The oil question in Egyptian-Israeli relations, 1967-1979: A study in international law and resource politics, Karim Wissa
Books from 1988
Legislating Infitah: Investment, currency, and foreign trade laws, Khaled Mahmoud Fahmy
Participation and community in the Egyptian new lands: The case of South Tahrir, Nicholas Hopkins, Abderrahim ElHaydary, Salah El Zoghby, and Hanaa Singer
Social history of an agrarian reform community in Egypt, Reem Saad
Palestinian universities under occupation, Anthony Thrall Sullivan
Books from 1987
The changing image of women in rural Egypt, Mona Abaza
Informal Communities in Cairo: The Basis of a Typology, Linda Oldham, Haguer El Hadidi, and Hussein Tamaa
Gone for good? Egyptian migration processes in the Arab world, Ralph R. Sell
Books from 1986
Philosophy, ethics, and virtuous rule: A study of Averroes' Commentary on Plato's "Republic", Charles E. Butterworth
The institutionalization of Palestinian identity in Egypt, Maha Ahmed Dajani
The 'Jihad': An Islamic alternative in Egypt, Nemat Guenena
Social identity and class in a Cairo neighborhood, Nadia Adel Taher
Books from 1985
An analytic index of survey research in Egypt, Madiha El Safty, Monte Palmer, and Mark Kennedy
Book Chapters from 1984
Egypt and the Helping Hand, Adel A. Beshai
The United Nations Development Program in Egypt, Luciano Cappelletti
Perspectives of the Egyptian Ministry of the Economy on the Impact of American Aid on Egypt, Mostafa El-Said
Basic needs, inflation, and the poor of Egypt, 1970-1980, Myrette Ahmed El Sokkari
Conflicting Objectives in the Egyptian-American Aid Relationship, Heba A. Handoussa
The Development of Cooperation, Nicholas S. Hopkins
The Ford Foundation in Egypt, Ann M. Lesch
Irrigation and society in rural Egypt, Sohair Mehanna, Richard Huntington, and Rachad Antonius
Egypt and the US: An Aid or Trade Relationship?, Dennis D. Miller
Whose Knowledge Counts: Discourse and Development in an Egyptian Rural Community, Cynthia Nelson
The Impacts of Egyptian-American Academic Research: The CU/MIT Program, Mohamed El-Sayed Selim
The Perspective of the Egyptian Ministry of Investment on Development Assistance Programs, Wagih Shindy
The U.S. Agency for International Development in Egypt, Michael Stone
Conclusion: Foreign Aid and the Future of Egypt, Earl L. Sullivan
Introduction: The impact of Development Assistance on Egypt, Earl L. Sullivan
Social security and the family in Egypt, Helmi R. Tadros
Book Chapters from 1983
Informal Sector Employment in Egypt, Mahmoud Abdel Fadil
Africa and Non-Alignment, M. Samir Ahmed
The Institutional Structure of Non-Alignment: An Evaluation of its Successes and Failures, M. Samir Ahmed
Sociological Perspectives on Urban Housing, Madiha Al Safty
The Nationalization of Arabic and Islamic Education in Egypt: Dar Al Alum and Al Azhar, Lois A. Aroian
Non-Alignment: North-South and South-South, Adel Beshai
Nutrition: Facts, Fallacies and Implications for Women concerned with Development, Anne M.S. Coles
Non-Alignment in a Changing Global System, A. K. Damodaran
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