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  Moving Pictures: Context of Use and Iconography of Chariots in the New Kingdom

  Lisa Sabbahy Dr.

  Chariots, the racing cars of the ancient world, first appeared in Egypt about 1600 BC, and quickly became not only the preferred mode of transport for royalty and the elite, but also revolutionised military tactics and warfare. Remains of chariots have been found in Egyptian tombs –Tutankhamun’s tomb contained six chariots, which tripled the number of ancient Egyptian chariots known before the discovery of his tomb. However, none of the chariots was complete, as all lacked their leather casings, which were only known from images on tomb and temple walls.

  In 2008, the Ancient Egyptian Leatherwork Project (AELP) working in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, found a cache of several trays of red and green leather containing some 60 large leather fragments. Some of these had been noted before, but the find had been largely ignored and buried in the depths of the museum. This remarkable object entered the museum in 1932, a purchase from the Tano family, reputable dealers at that time, hence the nick-name ‘Tano Chariot’.

  The Tano leather all came from a single chariot, including portions of the bow-case, the body’s casing and the horse housing. The leather is elaborately decorated in appliquéd green and red or beige leather. Parallels for some of these fragments are found in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung in Berlin, many of which, until their appearance in this volume, are unpublished. This includes the chariot leather from the tombs of Amenhotep II, III, Tutmose IV and Tutankhamun.

  This book presents the Tano material with fully illustrated, detailed descriptions. Chariot related texts and technological analyses – together with detailed comparisons with other chariots and associated leather remains – help provide possible dates for it. The find is put into context with chapters on relevant hieroglyphic texts, and a study of representations of chariots that help identify the various parts, and highlight the role of the chariot in Egyptian religion, propaganda, and culture.

  The Tano Chariot leather, despite being unprovenanced, is a unique find, which reveals a great deal about ancient Egyptian leatherwork technologies, warfare, weapons, and chariotry.

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  The Novel as a Repository for Oral and Women’s History

  Rafif Saidawy

  Oral history archives have always been at the forefront of liberatory social movements in general, and of feminist movement in particular. Until the end of the twentieth century in the Arab world, archives of women’s oral narratives were almost non-existent with the exception of small documentation efforts tied to individual research. However, since 2011, there has been a marked increase in the documentation of projects. In this context, the Women and Memory Forum organized a conference in 2015 about the challenges of creating gender sensitive oral history archives in times of change. The papers in this collection shed light on documentation initiatives in Arab countries in transitional and conflict situations, in addition to international experiences. They engage with questions around archives and power, the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies to the making and preserving of archives, ethical concerns in the construction of archives, women’s archives and the production of alternative knowledge, as well as conceptual and methodological issues in oral history.

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  Egypt and the Middle East

  Magda Shahin

  In the early days of his presidency, Donald Trump has rolled out the red carpet for Arab leaders and reaffirmed the traditional U.S. privileging of alliances over human rights narratives, two decisions which radically differed from the Obama administration. Despite these developments, which regional leaders welcomed, Trump’s failure to articulate a comprehensive strategy to defeat ISIS and his preference for military might over diplomacy have caused concerns. While it is clear the U.S. has re-exerted itself in the Middle East, much of the Arab population (and their leaders) remain perplexed as to the Washington’s plans for the region. That Trump is a novice in foreign affairs and diplomacy is a given, and his early attempts at navigating the international arena may have appeared erratic. However, that does not mean there is no consistent philosophy behind his inconsistencies. Arguably, the most illustrative example of Trump’s foreign policy successes in the Middle East are the mistakes he has not made. His handling of the U.S. embassy in Israel is case in point. Despite promising to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem during his campaign, Trump has since adopted a more nuanced approach. Trump views himself as a peerless negotiator and has set his sights on securing the “ultimate deal:” a comprehensive, negotiated settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict. His acknowledgment that continued settlement expansion in the West Bank hinders the peace process and his willingness to meet with Abbas show he is not the blind supporter of Israel many feared. 2 However, stabilizing the region will require more than confronting ISIS and cementing a deal between the Palestinians and the Israelis. He must also contend with the growing regional ambitions of two outside powers: Iran and Turkey.

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  Electroporation Improvement of Leukemic Cells Using Dielectrophoresis Technique

  Sameh Sherif, Yehya H. Ghallab, and Yehea Ismail

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  On Caching and Base Station Densification Tradeoff for Maximized Energy Efficiency

  Omar M. Sleem, Amr A. El-Sherif, Laila H. Afify, and Tamer Elbatt

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  Documenting the Oral History of Iraqis in Times of Conflict: Challenges, Ethics, and Standards of Practice

  Lucine Taminian

  Oral history archives have always been at the forefront of liberatory social movements in general, and of feminist movement in particular. Until the end of the twentieth century in the Arab world, archives of women’s oral narratives were almost non-existent with the exception of small documentation efforts tied to individual research. However, since 2011, there has been a marked increase in the documentation of projects. In this context, the Women and Memory Forum organized a conference in 2015 about the challenges of creating gender sensitive oral history archives in times of change. The papers in this collection shed light on documentation initiatives in Arab countries in transitional and conflict situations, in addition to international experiences. They engage with questions around archives and power, the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies to the making and preserving of archives, ethical concerns in the construction of archives, women’s archives and the production of alternative knowledge, as well as conceptual and methodological issues in oral history.

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  University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st-Century Revolution Project

  Stephen Urgola

  Oral history archives have always been at the forefront of liberatory social movements in general, and of feminist movement in particular. Until the end of the twentieth century in the Arab world, archives of women’s oral narratives were almost non-existent with the exception of small documentation efforts tied to individual research. However, since 2011, there has been a marked increase in the documentation of projects. In this context, the Women and Memory Forum organized a conference in 2015 about the challenges of creating gender sensitive oral history archives in times of change. The papers in this collection shed light on documentation initiatives in Arab countries in transitional and conflict situations, in addition to international experiences. They engage with questions around archives and power, the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies to the making and preserving of archives, ethical concerns in the construction of archives, women’s archives and the production of alternative knowledge, as well as conceptual and methodological issues in oral history.

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  University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st-Century Revolution Project

  Stephen Urgola

  This article discusses the University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st-Century Revolution Project, which aimed at collecting and disseminating material related to Egypt's January 2011 Tahrir Square protests and their aftermath. It covers efforts to collect artifacts like signs and souvenirs, photographs, printed material, websites, etc,. Includes an examination of the project's program of conducting oral history interviews with participants and observers, noting techniques and challenges.

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  Hybrid plasmonic electro-optical directional coupler based modulator based on electrically tuning the ITO's properties

  M. Y. Abdelatty, M. M. Badr, and Mohamed A. Swillam

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  Subwavelength focusing in the infrared range using a meta surface

  Manar Abdel-Galil, Yehea Ismail, and Mohamed Swillam

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  Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access schemes in Wireless Powered Communication Networks

  Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid, Alessandro Biason, Tamer Elbatt, Karim G. Seddik, and Michele Zorzi

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  On the role of finite queues in cooperative cognitive radio networks with energy harvesting

  Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid, Tamer ElBatt, and Karim G. Seddik

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  Plasmonic scattering nanostructures for efficient light trapping in flat CZTS solar cells

  Omar A.M. Abdelraouf, M. Ismail Abdelrahaman, and Nageh K. Allam

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  CIFAR-10: KNN-Based Ensemble of Classifiers

  Yehya Abouelnaga, Ola S. Ali, Hager Rady, and Mohamed Moustafa

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  Integration of Multiple Fault-Tolerant techniques for FPGA-based NCS Nodes

  Gehad I. Alkady, Ali AbdelKader, Ramez M. Daoud, Hassanein H. Amer, and Nahla A. El-Araby

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  Highly reliable controller implementation using a network-based fully reconfigurable FPGA for industrial applications

  Gehad I. Alkady, Ramez M. Daoud, Hassanein H. Amer, Ihab Adly, and Hassan H. Halawa

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  Fault-Tolerant FPGA-based controllers in factory automation

  Gehad I. Alkady, Ramez M. Daoud, Hassanein H. Amer, Malak Y. Elsalamouny, and Ihab Adly

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  FPGA-based reliable video sensor in NC

  Gehad I. Alkady, Markus Rentschler, Ramez M. Daoud, Hassanein H. Amer, and Hadeer Ahmed

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  Numerical optimization of geometry parameters for shaped film cooling holes

  Mohammad M. Alshehaby, Kasem E. Ragab, and Lamyaa El-Gabry

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  Non-coherent multi-layer constellations for unequal error protection

  Kareem M. Attiah, Karim Seddik, Ramy H. Gohary, and Halim Yanikomeroglu

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  Hybrid feedback-based access scheme for cognitive radio systems

  Sara A. Attlla, Karim G. Seddik, Amr A. El-Sherif, and Sherif I. Rabia

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  Novel system architecture for railway wireless communications

  Moustafa M. Awad, Hassan H. Halawa, Markus Rentschler, Ramez M. Daoud, and Hassanein H. Amer

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  Food Issues and Revolution: The Process of Dispossession, Class Solidarity, and Popular Uprising: The Case of Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia

  Habib Ayeb

  In recent years, the food question has been a central concern for politicians, economists, international organizations, activists and NGOs alike, as well as social scientists at large. This interest has emerged from the global food crisis and its impact on the environment and the political economy and security of the global south, as well as the expansion of scholarly studies relating food issues to agrarian questions with the objective of developing theoretical frameworks that would allow for a critical analysis of the current food issues at historical, cultural, social, political and economic levels. In this context, Cairo Papers organized its 2016 symposium around the food question in the Middle East. Papers in this collection address the food question from both its food and agricultural aspects, and approach it as the site of political and economic conflicts, as the means of sociocultural control and distinction, and as the expression of national and ethnic identities.

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  Fiber-optic-based interferometric sensor

  Ahmad B. Ayoub, Abd El Rahman Nader, Mai Saad, Qiaoqiang Gan, and Mohamed A. Swillam

  [abstract not available]

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  High performance silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometer based photonic modulator

  Ahmad B. Ayoub and Mohamed A. Swillam

  [abstract not available]