PhD |
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1990, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
Masters |
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1982, Uinversity of California at Berkeley, USA |
Bachelor |
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1981, Cairo University |
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Research Area
Current Research Interests: Global cities, sustainable development, comparative urban studies.
48th European Regional Science Association Congress, Liverpool, England, August 2008.
Title of Paper: Regional Competition in the Gulf energized: What are the prospects for Doha?
7th International Conference on Planning Legislation, Housing and the Environment, Lusaka, Zambia, November 2005.
Title of Paper:“Cairo’s al-Azhar Park: Millennium Development Goals Etched in Green.” Also published in the Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, March 2006, vol. 4, pp. 23-31.
43rd European Regional Science Association Congress, Jyvaskyla, Finland. August 2003.
Title of Paper: “Legislation Is Not Enough: What It Takes to Create an Environmental Urban Management Initiative in Egypt.”
Salzburg Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, February 26-March 6, 2003. Participant in Session 406: “The Role of NGOs in the Health of Communities.”
49th North American Regional Science Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 2002.
Title of paper: “Bidding for ‘Global City’ Status: A PrescriptionforSustaining the Financial Health of Cairo.” Also published in CITIES, April 2003, Issue 4, pp. 129-134.
Title of paper:“Urban Segregation in Cairo.” Reprinted in Cities Divided: Spatial Segregation in Urban Africa, Sergio-Albio Gonzales, Ed., SAGRAPHIC, S.L, Barcelona, 2005.
- Award for 2nd Best Paper presented to the ACSP’94 Conference, November 1994.
- USAID Travel Grant, USAID Cairo, October 1994.
- Fulbright Travel Grant, Fulbright Foundation, October 1994,
October 2002.
- Swedeplan Travel Grants, Swedish Planning Agency, December 1991, April 1993.
- ITT Scholarship, AMIDEAST, 1983-4.
- Peace Fellowship, AMIDEAST, 1986-88
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