Vol. 5 No. 017 (2016): Issue 017

غلاف العدد 17 من دورية عمران

Issue 17 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Summer 2016) includes the following studies and articles: “Colonial Knowledge” (Tony Ballantyne); “Managing Cultural Affairs in Morocco during Colonial Times” (Bouchra Zougagh); “Sociology of the Colonial Knowledge Production: Education in Morocco” (Mohamed Faoubar); “Colonial Sociology on Morocco’s Rural Migration” (Abderrahman EL Maliki); “The Legitimacy of Conquest and Annexation: Morocco in French Colonial Writings” (Mohammed Meziane); “The State of Male Syrian Workers in Lebanon” (Sabr Darwish); “Using GIS Technologies and Remote-Sensing Data to Identify Best Locations for Education in Erbil” (Omar Rwandzy); “Spanish Colonial Writing on the Atlantic Coastal Desert” (Mohamed Saba); “Islam and the Market: Dialectic of the Religious and Economic” (Mohamed Taifouri).

Published: 2016-07-01

Studies

  • The State of Male Syrian Workers in Lebanon

    Author: Sabr Darwish (Author)
    135-170

    This field study sheds light on Lebanon’s Syrian labor force and the legal framework it operates in. The first part deals with the working conditions of Syrian workers in Lebanon, such as...

  • Using GIS Technologies and Remote-Sensing Data to Identify Best Locations for Education in Erbil

    Author: Omar Rwandzy (Author)
    171-206

    The city of Erbil witnessed a major expansion after 2003, both in terms of space and population growth. These changes were accompanied by transformations in all aspects of city residents lives...

Issue Focus

  • Colonial Knowledge

    Author: Tony Ballantyne (Author)
    13-46

    Ballantyne discusses how knowledge about colonialism has moved away from being mainly the concern of economists and historians to becoming part of the works of anthropologists, sociologists, and...

  • Managing Cultural Affairs in Morocco during Colonial Times

    Author: Bouchra Zougagh (Author)
    47-66

    Adopting a history of knowledge approach, the article examines the major transformations to Moroccan culture during the colonial period resulting from the exposure to cultural, social, and...

  • Sociology of the Colonial Knowledge Production: Education in Morocco

    Author: Mohamed Faoubar (Author)
    67-90

    This sociological study analyzes the conditions for the production of colonial knowledge in Morocco with a focus on the foundation of Morocco’s education system at the start of the protectorate...

  • Colonial Sociology on Morocco’s Rural Migration

    Author: Abderrahman EL Maliki (Author)
    91-105

    Sociology played a major role in facilitating Morocco’s colonization. Taking advantage of its colonial experience gained in Algeria, France sought to exert control over Moroccan tribes and...

  • The Legitimacy of Conquest and Annexation: Morocco in French Colonial Writings

    Author: Mohammed Meziane (Author)
    107-132

    Knowledge of Moroccan society and state facilitated the occupation of Morocco and resulted in the signing of the French protectorate treaty over Morocco on March 30, 1912. This was by no means...

Book Reviews

  • Spanish Colonial Writing on the Atlantic Coastal Desert

    Author: Mohamed Saba (Author)
    209-214

    - Joaquín Gatell, Travels Through Morocco: Sousse, Nun and Tekna (Madrid: The Geographical Society of Madrid, first half of 1879). - Tomás García Figueras, Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña,...

  • Islam and the Market: Dialectic of the Religious and Economic

    Author: Mohamed Taifouri (Author)
    215-220

    Book Title: l’Islam de Marché: L’autre Révolution Conservatrice Author: Patrick Haenni Translator: Umaria Sultani Place of publication: Cairo Publisher: Madarat for Research and Publishing Date...