The US is a diverse country comprised of many immigrant groups. There have been a number of studies that have focused on different immigrant groups in America (Ahmed, 2010; Barry & Grilo, 2003; Bhattacharya & Schoppelrey, 2004; Buddington, 2002; Farley et a12005; Heras & Meleis,…
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The autonomy of the shari ` a courts in Ottoman-Egypt during the 16th and 17th centuries, is the subject of this thesis. Specifically, it pursues the question of formalization (the incorporation of courts and their functionaries into the civil apparatus of the state) and, relate…
Academics have extensively studied the life trajectories of second-generation immigrants. Various research studies have explored their identity-negotiation processes by looking at their degree of assimilation and acculturation into their host countries and their transnational co…
In 1947, a number of papyri from Egypt were bequeathed to the Brooklyn Museum of Art by the family of the American Egyptologist Charles Edwin Wilbour. Wilbour had acquired these papyri in Egypt between 1881 and 1896, the year of his death. Among them was pBrooklyn 47.218.49, a p…
The Internet news medium has immense potential to restructure the existing media regime in Egypt. Online news sites offer new patterns for the production and consumption of media content and function as communication spaces in realms which lie beyond existing social and politica…
For 90 years Celticists have known of a long list of features whereby Insular Celtic syntax deviates from the Indo-European norm, but agrees with Semitic, Egyptian, and/or Berber (hereafter "Mediterranean Hamito-Semitic"). Such features include VSO macrotype, conjugated preposit…
The Egyptian vulture sign has, long over a century, been ambiguously presumed by most egyptologists as Hebrew aleph (ℵ) or laryngeal (?) with the conventional pronunciation as the vowel /a/. While there is no question regarding the occurrence of lateral /L/ in Coptic, a direct d…
Hospitals in Egypt are approaching a time of change during which they will be required to assess their roles and the way they function as organizations. Health sector reform initiatives requiring greater autonomy and accountability are being pushed by international donors and in…
Problem. Middle Egyptian has played an increasingly important role in Biblical Archaeology and Old Testament studies. Much of biblical chronology is closely connected to Egyptian chronology; many biblical events record Egyptian involvement, and some of these are included on Egyp…
Fifty-one Egyptian women, from all social groups and classes, living in the greater Cairo region during 1993–94 were intensively and extensively interviewed to ascertain their conceptualization of female identity (“femininity”) as well as the status, rights, and roles of women i…
Structural transformation and economic liberalization have been on the Egyptian policy agenda for over 20 years. However, the results have been mixed. Macroeconomic imbalances have been manageable in Egypt. Microeconomic distortion have been persistent, mainly lack of employment…
The main goal of this study is to provide an insight into how highly educated Egyptian women construct their perception of themselves as Muslims and Arabs living in the US after September 11, 2001, through redefining their gender roles. It is a qualitative study of Egyptian wome…
Beginning with Great Britain's colonial takeover of Egypt's School of Medicine and adjoining hospital in 1893 until its return to Egyptian hands in 1929, this study examines how Anglo-Egyptian medical discourse constructed a trope of the “modern Egyptian woman.” By cautiously ap…
In this dissertation, I review the history of translation theories and then propose a new theory of translation, which I call "transformance." I use Bakhtinian dialogics as the theory's base and incorporate insights available from poststructuralism and deconstruction, postcoloni…
A basic problem for scholars in Egyptology concerns ancient Egyptian social organization. Some Egyptologists state that ancient Egyptian society was organized along matrilineal lines, while others argue that the ancient Egyptian society was organized along patrilineal fines. The…
An explanatory Theory must answer an explanation-seeking “why” question concerning a “what”; e.g. why did a State develop in the Nile valley? Acceptable theories covering Egypt or anthropological theories applicable to the area do not exist. A theory consists of a general regula…
The ancient Egyptians and Dogon conceive that all elements of the universe operate in harmony. Therefore, the manner in which the Egyptians and Dogon express and experience their cosmologies must agree with this harmony. Using an African-centered approach, this study examines th…
This study prospectively examined the injury patterns of Egyptian national team athletes for five months. The athletes were members of Egyptian Federation coactive teams participating in men's and women's fencing, weightlifting, and martial arts, and men's wrestling. The purpose…
This study examines the Egyptian “colonial” presence in Early Bronze I Palestine. The emerging role of the Egyptian state in the enforcement of social and cultural boundaries is an important focus of this research. The pottery analysis in this study and review of publications ha…