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

Studies

  • Urban Policies and Social Relations in Morocco Cited 3 times

    Author: Abderrahmane Rachik (Author)
    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

    Author: Ali A. Alraouf (Author)
    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

    Author: Ibrahim Farid Mahajne (Author)
    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 once

    Author: Tahar Saoud, Abdelhalim Mahor Bacha (Author)
    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

    Author: Khaled Menna (Author)
    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)

    Author: Antoine Abdel Nour (Author)
    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...

Reports

  • The Civic Role of Arab Universities

    Author: Sari Hanafi (Author)
    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 -...

Book Reviews

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

    Author: Khalid Chahbar (Author)
    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

    Author: Ahmed Khouaja (Author)
    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...