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Medieval Muslim-European relations: Islamic juristic theory and chancery practice

E. M. Sartain

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 groups: Western images of Islamic culture, Muslim images of Europe, the Arabs and the Byzantines.
Mirror of chivalry: Salah al-Din in the medieval European imagination

John Victor Tolan

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 groups: Western images of Islamic culture, Muslim images of Europe, the Arabs and the Byzantines.
Community Organization and Development among the Zabbalin of Muqattam

Elena Volpi

Two studies of the informal garbage collectors' community at the base of the Muqattam Hills in Cairo explore and comment on the impact of an institution-building program on leadership and participation and the impact of development programs on the women of the settlement.
Seventy-five years of economic thought in Egypt

Galal A. Amin

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 to influence the formation of human capital upon which so much depends. In 1995, in celebration of the American University in Cairo's SeventyFifth Anniversary, the editorial board of CAIRO PAPERS decided to devote the publication's annual symposium to an examination of the professional development in modern Egypt of three social science disciplines: Economics, History and Sociology. In the following pages, three of Egypt's most prominent scholars, Dr. Galal Amin, of AUC's Department of Economics, Dr. Raoof Abbas, a historian at AUC's Department of Arabic Studies, and Dr. Ahmed Zayed, of Cairo University's Department of Sociology, first describe and assess the growth of their respective disciplines in Egypt over the past seven decades and then identify concrete current requirements for. strengthening the contributions these areas of inquiry can make of Egypt's national life. Each writer provides a uniquely informative and thoughtful discussion, managing to combine frank analysis of past and present shortcomings in his field with sensitive and perceptive commentary on difficulties that were overcome, achievements that have been realized, and goals that remain to be met. In addition to the descriptive, analytic and prescriptive points they raise, the three essays indirectly, by virtue of their presence in this volume, tell us much about the strength of contemporary social sciences in Egypt.
Historiography in Egypt in the Twentieth Century

Raouf Abbas Hamed

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 to influence the formation of human capital upon which so much depends. In 1995, in celebration of the American University in Cairo's SeventyFifth Anniversary, the editorial board of CAIRO PAPERS decided to devote the publication's annual symposium to an examination of the professional development in modern Egypt of three social science disciplines: Economics, History and Sociology. In the following pages, three of Egypt's most prominent scholars, Dr. Galal Amin, of AUC's Department of Economics, Dr. Raoof Abbas, a historian at AUC's Department of Arabic Studies, and Dr. Ahmed Zayed, of Cairo University's Department of Sociology, first describe and assess the growth of their respective disciplines in Egypt over the past seven decades and then identify concrete current requirements for. strengthening the contributions these areas of inquiry can make of Egypt's national life. Each writer provides a uniquely informative and thoughtful discussion, managing to combine frank analysis of past and present shortcomings in his field with sensitive and perceptive commentary on difficulties that were overcome, achievements that have been realized, and goals that remain to be met. In addition to the descriptive, analytic and prescriptive points they raise, the three essays indirectly, by virtue of their presence in this volume, tell us much about the strength of contemporary social sciences in Egypt.
Seventy years of sociology in Egypt

Ahmed Zayed

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 to influence the formation of human capital upon which so much depends. In 1995, in celebration of the American University in Cairo's SeventyFifth Anniversary, the editorial board of CAIRO PAPERS decided to devote the publication's annual symposium to an examination of the professional development in modern Egypt of three social science disciplines: Economics, History and Sociology. In the following pages, three of Egypt's most prominent scholars, Dr. Galal Amin, of AUC's Department of Economics, Dr. Raoof Abbas, a historian at AUC's Department of Arabic Studies, and Dr. Ahmed Zayed, of Cairo University's Department of Sociology, first describe and assess the growth of their respective disciplines in Egypt over the past seven decades and then identify concrete current requirements for. strengthening the contributions these areas of inquiry can make of Egypt's national life. Each writer provides a uniquely informative and thoughtful discussion, managing to combine frank analysis of past and present shortcomings in his field with sensitive and perceptive commentary on difficulties that were overcome, achievements that have been realized, and goals that remain to be met. In addition to the descriptive, analytic and prescriptive points they raise, the three essays indirectly, by virtue of their presence in this volume, tell us much about the strength of contemporary social sciences in Egypt.
State, society and violations of human rights in Egypt

Mustapha K. Al-Sayyid

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Human rights and cultural specificity: some reflections

Rachad Antonius

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Basaisa solar project and sustainable community development

Salah Arafa

A variety of articles on Egyptian environment
Sustainable development between politics and policies

M. Hosny El Lakany

A variety of articles on Egyptian environment
The human rights movement in Arab countries: problems of concept, context and practice

Nader Fergany

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
The United Nations and Human Rights

Larisa Gabriel

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Human Rights in Egypt: The Practical Experience

Naila Gabr

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Economic incentives for environmental management: a survey

M. Walid Gamaleldin

A variety of articles on Egyptian environment
Introduction: Environmental threats in Egypt: Perceptions and Actions

Salwa Sharawi Gomaa

A variety of articles on Egyptian environment
Supplement: Directory of Egyptian enviornmental non-governmental organizations

Salwa Sharawi Gomaa

A variety of articles on Egyptian environment
The politics behind Egypt's new environmental law

Salwa Sharawi Gomaa

A variety of articles on Egyptian environment
Pollution and people in Cairo

Nicholas S. Hopkins, Sohair Mehanna, Tamer Abdelkader, and Noha Abu Gazia

A variety of articles on Egyptian environment
A tale of two factories

Khaled Kamel

A variety of articles on Egyptian environment
Human Rights in the Middle East: An overview of the last decade

Hanny Megally

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
US Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Egypt

Stephanie Ann Mulica

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Cultural heritage as environment: Area conservation in Cairo's historic zone

John Rodenbeck

A variety of articles on Egyptian environment
The roots of turmoil in the Egyptian organization for human rights: dynamics of civil institution- building in Egypt

Mohamed El Sayed Said

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Human rights in Egypt: The cause, the movement, and the dilemma

Hani Shukrallah

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"
Introduction : Dealing with Human Rights in the Arab World

Dan Tschirgi

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"