Eight Years Wandering In The High Mountains Of Sinai Peninsula: A Tale Of Two Maps (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781447812838)

This book is the first complete geo-based account about the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. A series of seventeen expeditions (Phase I: 2000-2008) were conducted to study the geography and human occupation development, providing exclusive highly detailed maps. Between 2010 and 2013 (Phase II), the study has undergone an extensive analysis/modeling process, supervised and sponsored by IMT Institute for Advanced Studies; scientifically collaborating with the EURAC - European Research Academy, towards a global perspective. It is a multidisciplinary geographical account which focuses on a local Bedouin community which inhabits a transitional mountain area of a rich and complex context, reflecting the socioeconomic and geopolitical paradoxes of the Middle East, the decade prior the revolutions of the Arab Spring. It presents a complete image for the local aspects in a keystone Arab state; a state of a significant share: 'the Egyptian National Reforms Revolution of January 25, 2011 CE'.

Author: Ahmed Shams
ISBN-10: 1447812832
ISBN-13: 9781447812838
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 08/07/2011
Pages: 398
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.81lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.03d