Vol. 5 No. 018 (2016): Issue 018

غلاف العدد 18 من دورية عمران

Issue 18 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Autumn 2016) includes the following studies and articles: “Urban Policies and Social Relations in Morocco” (Abderrahmane Rachik); “Creative Urban Chaos in Cairo’s Spaces after the January 2011 Revolution: The Nile Bridges and Maidan Tahrir” (Ali A. Alraouf); “Key Manifestations of Societal Life in the Arab City Under Israeli Colonialism” (Ibrahim Farid Mahajne); “The Algerian City and the Protest Movement A Sociological Approach” (Tahar Saoud, Abdelhalim Mahor Bacha); “Drop in Oil Prices and Attempts of Reform in Rentier States: The Case of Algeria” (Khaled Menna); “Road Networks in Ottoman Syria (16th – 18th Century)” (Antoine Abdel Nour); “The Civic Role of Arab Universities” (Sari Hanafi); “Sociology of Migration and Urbanization in View of the Structural Paradigm Test” (Khalid Chahbar); “The Brother, the Parish and the Citizen: The Dynamics of Individual Political Status in Tunisia: A Critical Reading of the B” (Ahmed Khouaja).

Published: 2016-10-01
Issue totals: 375 views 553 downloads 8 citations

Studies

  • Urban Policies and Social Relations in Morocco

    Cited 5 times 45 views 68 downloads
    Author: Abderrahmane Rachik
    7-32

    This study analyzes urban policies and the nature of social relations in the neighborhoods of large Moroccan cities in the context of the ongoing intensive urbanization in Morocco. Urbanization...

  • Creative Urban Chaos in Cairo’s Spaces after the January 2011 Revolution: The Nile Bridges and Maidan Tahrir

    Cited once 33 views 63 downloads
    Author: Ali A. Alraouf
    33-62

    This study examines Cairo’s Nile Bridges and Maidan Tahrir as examples of key urban public arenas and critical spaces where chaos crystalized in the context of Arab and Egyptian Revolution of...

  • Key Manifestations of Societal Life in the Arab City Under Israeli Colonialism

    45 views 71 downloads
    Author: Ibrahim Farid Mahajne
    63-92

    The nakba in Palestine destroyed the urbanity of the Palestinian city and banished it from the collective memory. Accordingly, this study calls for a reflection on the vanishing of the...

  • The Algerian City and the Protest Movement A Sociological Approach

    Cited twice 40 views 65 downloads
    Authors: Tahar Saoud, Abdelhalim Mahor Bacha
    93-126

    Addressing protest movements in Algerian cities, this study investigates the societal factors behind the movement, attempting to identify its forms, the social groups who took part in it, the...

  • Drop in Oil Prices and Attempts of Reform in Rentier States: The Case of Algeria

    38 views 62 downloads
    Author: Khaled Menna
    127-153

    Like many other oil producing countries, Algeria has been affected by the current drop in oil prices and its effect on public finances and balance of payments, even though it had, until now, a...

Translation

  • Road Networks in Ottoman Syria (16th – 18th Century)

    44 views 48 downloads
    Author: Antoine Abdel Nour
    157-180

    Roads are as important as cities in the formation of an urban transportation network. There can be no city or urban center without being linked to a road system. By the same token, it is the...

Book Reviews

  • Sociology of Migration and Urbanization in View of the Structural Paradigm Test

    49 views 64 downloads
    Author: Khalid Chahbar
    183-192

    Book Title: Culture and Field: Study in the Sociology of Urbanization and Migration in Morocco Author: Abderrahman el-Maliki Place of publication: Fes, Morocco Publisher: Sociology Lab in Social...

  • The Brother, the Parish and the Citizen: The Dynamics of Individual Political Status in Tunisia: A Critical Reading of the B

    43 views 59 downloads
    Author: Ahmed Khouaja
    193-199

    Book Title: Le frère, le sujet et le citoyen: Dynamique du statut politique de l’individu en Tunisie Author: Abdelhamid Hénia Place of publication: Tunis Publisher: l’Or du temps Date of...

Reports

  • The Civic Role of Arab Universities

    38 views 53 downloads
    Author: Sari Hanafi
    203-212

    Report on "The Civic Role of Arab Universities" Conference Le banese Association for Educational Studies i n a ssociation with Issam Fares Institute (American University of Beirut), April 21 -...