{"product_id":"egypts-desert-dreams-david-sims-9789774166686","title":"Egypt's Desert Dreams: Development or Disaster?","description":"Egypt has placed its hopes on developing its vast and empty deserts as the ultimate solution to the country's problems. New cities, new farms, new industrial zones, new tourism resorts, and new development corridors, all have been promoted for over half a century to create a modern Egypt and to pull tens of millions of people away from the increasingly crowded Nile Valley into the desert hinterland. The results, in spite of colossal expenditures and ever-grander government pronouncements, have been meager at best, and today Egypt's desert is littered with stalled schemes, abandoned projects, and forlorn dreams. It also remains stubbornly uninhabited. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEgypt's Desert Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e is the first attempt of its kind\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eto look at Egypt's desert development in its entirety. It recounts the failures\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eof governmental schemes, analyzes why they have failed, and exposes the main winners of Egypt's desert projects, as well as the underlying narratives and political necessities behind it, even in the post-revolutionary era. It also shows that all is not lost, and that there are alternative paths that Egypt could take.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Sims\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 977416668X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789774166686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American University in Cairo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.40d","brand":"David Sims","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052621230335,"sku":"9789774166686","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_69374135-1774-41d6-9a9b-43510e7e90a9.jpg?v=1685019862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/egypts-desert-dreams-david-sims-9789774166686","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}