This thesis demonstrates that The American University in Cairo (AUC) is a novel configuration of neo-liberal restructuring through which we can understand new trends in food consumption and new Egyptian understandings of ...
Since the inception of international human rights, some activists have argued for a universal framework and this framework has encountered resistance. International feminism is a space where the concept of universal truth ...
I would like to thank my committee that made writing this thesis a
real enjoyment and a fruitful learning process. My committee did not reserve
any effort to help me focus on every single detail pertaining to my
arguments. ...
This thesis sets out by exploring processes of socio-economic and political change leading up to the most recent upheavals in the Arab World, with a focus on Tunisia and Morocco. A comparative study of the different ...
Informed decision making and flexibility have grown to be important standard requirements in the field of business process modeling and design due to the emergence of intrinsically complex variables within the business ...
In this project, I attempt to conduct an â ethnography of theoryâ among women activists in an Egyptian feminist non-governmental organization (NGO). In doing so, I follow the calls for grounding theory of gender and the ...
One of the most critical challenges in international relations is the management of transboundary waterways. This is because transboundary waterways, by nature, challenge those whom are involuntary partners to cooperate ...
Web caching is one of many applications argued to benefit from a switch from a client-server to a peer-to-peer architecture. Several projects suggested the use of a network of peers to provide cached web content in order ...
While the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates a unique historical trajectory, contemporary Copts' conceptualization of religious discourses reflects a transformation impacted by political and economic global forces. The ...
Corporal punishment continues to be practiced at unacceptable rates in Egyptian schools, at the same time that violence rates are rising. Corporal punishment in schools reflects a large gap between current education policy ...
CSR is an emerging trend that has received significant attention in the past few years in the Egyptian context. This research is an exploration of the actual effectiveness of CSR initiatives that are being undertaken in ...
COBRA1 is a co-factor of BRCA1 that was identified to be the β-subunit of the NELF complex (Negative elongation factor) which stalls RNA polymerase II and prevents elongation of the message. The reported levels of expression ...
Exploration of CRISPR/Cas systems in the unique Red sea Brine pools can provide insights into host-viral interactions in highly extremophile environments. 454 Metagenomic datasets from different strata of Atlantis II, ...
Media Richness Theory (MRT) argues that within any work organization, the performance of employees and managers improve when using â richer' media for equivocal tasks. The main goal of this study is to assess the predictions ...
The emergence of cyberactivists in Egypt gave rise to a new form of activism. Experiencing and admiring these activists made me wonder how this group which was empowered with only a simple weapon – their keyboards – could ...
This thesis covers the development of a model updating technique which relies on the introduction of correction factors to the elemental stiffness matrix of a beam Finite Element Model (FEM). A Genetic Algorithm selects ...
The objective of this research is to examine the effectiveness or lack thereof of community-based organizations (CBOs) in alleviating poverty in Ezbet Bekhit, Manshiet Nasser, with a special focus on employment creation. ...
New wars are defined by their innate disposition to blur distinctions and human rights violations while structurally undermining the enjoyment of human rights. These wars
are self-fueling human rights cataclysms that destroy ...
The need for fast maneuvering and accurate positioning of flexible structures poses a control challenge. The flexibility inherent in these lightly damped systems creates large residual vibrations in response to fast ...
Reliable estimation of sewage flow rates is essential for the proper design of sewers, pumping stations, and treatment plants. The widely used design peaking factors for sewerage systems are usually related to the population ...