CONFERENCES
1.
11th Conference of the Nordic Society for Middle
Eastern Studies: "Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle
East", University of Helsinki, 14-16 August 2019
2.
Mediterranean Seminar Workshop:
“Violence”, Toronto, 4-5 October 2019
3.
3rd Annual Conference of the International
Working Group on “State, Society and Dynamics of Political Change in MENA”: “Values
and Institutions: What has Changed in post 2011 North Africa?”, Tangier, 25-26
October 2019
4.
Colloque International : “Les
établissements scolaires privés musulmans : Une offre éducationnelle comme les
autres ?”, Campus Saint Jean-d’Angély, Nice, 7-8 novembre 2019
5.
8th Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on
Islamic Art: "The Seas and the Mobility of Islamic Art", Doha, 10-11
November 2019
6.
Colloque : "Dynamique des langues,
des discours et des cultures en contexte méditerranéen", Tlemcen, 11-12
novembre 2019
7.
Conference: "About Life Paths that Call to Writing in
the Modern Arab World", University of Lille, 20-21 November 2019
8.
Roundtable Workshop: “Post-Sectarian Politics in the Middle
East”, University of Cambridge, 24 January 2020
9.
Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies Third Annual
Conference: ‘Urban Islam: Muslim Minorities, Identity and Tradition in West
Asian, South Asian, and African Cities’, University of London, 19 February 2020
10. ERF 26th Annual
Conference: “Sustainable Development Goals as a Framework for MENA’s
Development Policy”, Egypt, 29-31 March 2020
11. 3rd Pluriel
International Conference: “Islam and Otherness”, Beirut, 14-15 April 2020
12. Conference:
"Representing Disembarkation: Migrations, Arrivals, Territories",
Procida, Naples, 27-29 April 2020
13. 15th
International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH),
University of Zagreb, 13-17 July 2020
POSITIONS
14.
Rosalind Franklin Tenure Track Professorship for Female
Scholar in the Research Field of "Islamic Thought and Culture",
University of Groningen
15.
Visiting Professorship, Kuwait Program, School of
International Affairs at Sciences Po, Paris
16.
PhD Position for the Project "Islam, Market and Gender
in Russia", Sorbonne University, Paris
17.
PhD
Scholarship-Mediterranean History, University of Haifa
18.
Tenure-Track Position in Islamic / Quranic Studies, Harvard
Divinity School
19.
Assistant
Professor (Tenure--Track) in Middle East / North Africa History, Appalachian
State University, North Carolina
20.
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track Position) in Law and
Politics in Global or Middle East Context, Whitman College, Washington
21.
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Ottoman History,
University of California, Los Angeles
22.
Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville
OTHER INFORMATION
23.
2019 Prize for Best Article on Contemporary Levant, Council
for British Research in the Levant
24.
PhD Dissertation Award 2019 of the "Association for Gulf
and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)"
25.
Graduate Paper Prize 2019 of the "Association for Gulf
and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)”
26. Appel à projets
scientifiques 2020, L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale (Ifao) du Caire
27. École d'été :
"Sources et méthodes pour l'étude du phénomène missionnaire au
Moyen-Orient (fin XIXe-nos jours)", EFR Rome, 3-7 juin 2019
28.
Summer School on "Politics, Islam and Government in
Iran", Regional Studies Committee of Iranian Political Science Association
(IPSA), Tehran, 27 July - 7 August 2019
29.
Articles for "Geopolitics Quarterly" in Persian and
English
30.
Articles on "Policies on Violence Against Women in a
Comparative Perspective" for Special Issue of "Journal of
Mediterranean Knowledge"
31.
Articles for Journal "Contemporary Arab Affairs
(CAA)"
32.
Appel à contribution : « La pratique du
graffiti dans le contexte maghrébin les voix de l’underground », pour «
Insaniyat. Revue algérienne d’anthropologie et de sciences sociales »
33.
Articles on "Spatial Forms and Urban Consequences of
Forced Migration" for Special Issue of the "International Journal of
Islamic Architecture"
34.
Articles on Sufism
and Peace Studies for the Research Journal of Philosophy and Practice
35.
Contributions to Edited Book: "Egypt in Focus:
Creativity in Adversarial Contexts"
36.
Contributions to Edited Volume: “Moroccan Peregrinations:
Construction, Transmission and Circulation of Islamic Knowledge (18th-21st
Centuries)
37.
Online Resources: Two Harmonized Surveys of Young People in
Egypt 2009 and 2014
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CONFERENCES
1.
11th Conference of the Nordic
Society for Middle Eastern Studies: "Breaking and Creating Boundaries in
the Middle East", University of Helsinki, 14-16 August 2019
The NSMES conference will include almost 50 panels and
roundtables on physical boundaries, identity, religion, gender, immigration,
minorities and many other phenomena. We invite the audience to register to the
triannual Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies.
Deadline for
registration of participants: 5 August 2019.
Information: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/breaking-and-creating-boundaries-in-the-middle-east/registration
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2.
Mediterranean
Seminar Workshop: “Violence”, Toronto, 4-5 October 2019
Papers and round-table participants from
history, art history, religious studies, literary and cultural studies,
anthropology or any relevant Humanities and Social Sciences discipline are
welcome. For the workshop, we invite abstracts on any aspect of interfaith or
intrafaith violence in the premodern Mediterranean and on literary and artistic
representations of such violence. Papers with a comparative approach are
particularly welcome.
Deadline
for abstracts: 15 July 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/8330/discussions/4217109/cfp-“violence”-fall-2019-mediterranean-seminar-workshop-4-5
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3.
3rd
Annual Conference of the International Working Group on “State, Society and
Dynamics of Political Change in MENA”: “Values and Institutions: What has Changed
in post 2011 North Africa?”, Tangier, 25-26 October 2019
This symposium aims to contribute to a
preliminary assessment of the political transformations that resulted from the
first wave of the Arab uprisings of 2011 from the perspective of the supposed
mutual influence between democratic institutions and the democratic value
system. Social scientists interested in taking part in this debate are invited
to submit their abstracts.
Deadline
for abstracts: 7 July 2019. Information: https://www.kas.de/web/marokko/veranstaltungen/detail/-/content/call-for-papers-3
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4. Colloque International : “Les
établissements scolaires privés musulmans : Une offre éducationnelle comme les
autres ?”, Campus Saint Jean-d’Angély, Nice, 7-8 novembre 2019
Dans la perspective de ce colloque, il
s’agit d’établir un état des lieux de la situation des établissements scolaires
privés musulmans à partir d’une approche croisée avec des chercheurs et des
acteurs du terrain. Plusieurs axes composent les orientations
pluridisciplinaires en proposant de questionner une intrication des multiples
enjeux éducatifs, sociaux, religieux, et politiques pour envisager une approche
comparative à l’échelle nationale et internationale.
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5.
8th Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa
Symposium on Islamic Art: "The Seas and the Mobility of Islamic Art",
Doha, 10-11 November 2019
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6. Colloque : "Dynamique des langues,
des discours et des cultures en contexte méditerranéen", Tlemcen, 11-12
novembre 2019
Les contributions s'inscriront dans les
axes et sous axes suivants : Productions artistiques et diversité des
représentations - Rive Sud / Rive Nord; la mer Méditerranée dans les textes
littéraires; le métissage et ses paradoxes dans l'Histoire culturelle de la
Méditerranée - altérité et discours de la différenciation; les migrants et la
Méditerranée dans les arts (littérature, cinéma, peinture).
Deadline for
abstracts: 15 July 2019. Information: http://www.fabula.org/actualites/dynamique-des-langues-des-discours-et-des-c%20ultures-en-contexte-mediterraneen-dyladicmed_89745.php
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7.
Conference: "About Life Paths that Call to
Writing in the Modern Arab World", University of Lille, 20-21 November
2019
How do different paths of life, in the modern Arab world, act
as a catalyst for writing? Three axes of communication are proposed:
"Custodial paths and writings in the modern Arab world", "Life
paths of foreigners in Arab countries: the end of the travel story and of
post-orientalism?", and "Arab life paths in foreign Arab countries:
the writings of new exiles in the Arab world".
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2019. Information: https://colloquecestrajectoires.univ-lille.fr/en/static5/call-for-papers
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8.
Roundtable Workshop: “Post-Sectarian Politics
in the Middle East”, University of Cambridge, 24 January 2020
The objective of this workshop is to bring together scholars
and specialists to offer comparative perspectives on the evolution of sectarian
politics, including modes of resistance and re-signification in the Middle East
and, through comparative analysis, in other parts of the Muslim world. We aim
to produce a special journal issue of scholarly research developed from papers
presented at the workshop as a well as a short podcast series.
Deadline for
abstracts: 15 July 2019. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2019/05/01/call-for-papers-post-sectarian-politics-in-the-middle-east-university-of-cambridge
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9.
Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies Third
Annual Conference: ‘Urban Islam: Muslim Minorities, Identity and Tradition in
West Asian, South Asian, and African Cities’, University of London, 19 February
2020
We welcome research that focuses on all Muslim communities,
including Sunni, Shiite, Sufi, those of sub-denominations and of different
schools of thought, jurisprudence and theology; and adherents of Muslim
movements having a prominent communal identity and living as minorities in
Islamic cities.
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10.
ERF 26th Annual Conference:
“Sustainable Development Goals as a Framework for MENA’s Development Policy”,
Egypt, 29-31 March 2020
Proposals for conference papers and panels addressing the
following topics are encouraged: Digital connectivity; refugees, displacement
and repatriation; role of financial system in fostering inclusive regional
development; cities urbanisation and urban development; water agriculture,
climate change and sustainable development.
Deadline for
abstracts: 30 June 2019. Information: http://erf.org.eg/2019/05/30/erf-26th-annual-conference/
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11.
3rd Pluriel International
Conference: “Islam and Otherness”, Beirut, 14-15 April 2020
This conference aims to address “otherness” from the
perspective of Islam and beyond identity-based resistance. It will thus focus
on how Islam can be considered a ʻresource’ (Jullien) in order to approach the
other in the globalized world. In this context, what is the other's specific
thought that is being expressed to ground and support the dynamics of
postmodernity? Etc.
Deadline for
abstracts: 10 September 2019. Information: https://pluriel.fuce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CALL-FOR-PAPERS_PLURIEL_Beirut-2020_en.pdf
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12. Conference: "Representing Disembarkation: Migrations,
Arrivals, Territories", Procida, Naples, 27-29 April 2020
While mainly addressing the representation of disembarkation,
arrival, and embarkation in literary writing, we welcome papers from law
studies, politics and international relations, anthropology and history linking
the figurative to wider political and legal entanglements surrounding
experiences of disembarkation on the coastlines of Europe and beyond.
Deadline for
abstracts: 1 September 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/3936040/representing-disembarkation-migrations-arrivals-territories
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13.
15th
International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH),
University of Zagreb, 13-17 July 2020
The Executive Committee of ICOSEH and
the Organizing Committee invite the submission of abstracts of individual
papers as well as pre-organized panels/sessions and workshops. Papers are
expected to address various aspects of the economic and social history of the
Ottoman Empire. We encourage panels and workshops on any aspects of the
Ottomans and the Mediterranean and the Ottomans and Central Europe.
Deadline
for abstracts: 15 December 2019. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/4222924/icoseh-zagreb-2020-cfp
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POSITIONS
14. Rosalind Franklin Tenure Track Professorship for Female
Scholar in the Research Field of "Islamic Thought and Culture",
University of Groningen
The positon will contribute to one or more of our common
themes of inquiry, such as cultural heritage, intellectual history, history of
religion, ethics and philosophy, and the contemporary governance of religion.
Qualification: PhD degree in Theology/Religious Studies or another field
appropriate to the position; etc.
Deadline for
applications: 29 August 2019. Information: https://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000730P
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15. Visiting Professorship, Kuwait Program, School of
International Affairs at Sciences Po, Paris
Seeking experts on Middle East or Gulf Region in political
economy, human development, urbanism, environment, legislative cycles or
health.
Deadline for applications: 1 September 2019.
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16. PhD Position for the Project "Islam, Market and Gender
in Russia", Sorbonne University, Paris
Requirements: The candidate must hold a master's degree in
social sciences (history, anthropology, sociology, political science, Russian
language and civilization) with a specialization in Russia or another
post-Soviet state and must not be enrolled in another doctoral program at the
time of application. Fluency in Russian is required, and in the case of field
in another State, the language of that State.
Deadline for
applications: 14 July 2019. Information: https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/UMR8224-LUBJUR0-001/Default.aspx?lang=EN
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17. PhD
Scholarship-Mediterranean History, University of Haifa
The Haifa
Center for Mediterranean History is offering four-year PhD scholarships for
projects relating to the pre-modern history of the Mediterranean, starting in
October 2019. Prospective PhD projects will engage meaningfully in a
Mediterranean theme, and show relevance to the current historiographical
discourse.
Deadline for
applications: 1 August 2019.
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18. Tenure-Track Position in Islamic / Quranic Studies, Harvard
Divinity School
We are particularly interested in a candidate with scholarly
expertise either in: Islam in the Americas, Islam in Southeast Asia, or Quranic
Studies. The candidate should be competent in the appropriate research
languages and conversant with the broader, global history of Islamic religion
and culture.
Review of applications will begin in September 2019 and
continue until the position is filled. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58640
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19. Assistant Professor
(Tenure-Track) in Middle East / North Africa History, Appalachian State
University, North Carolina
Minimum Qualifications: ability to teach courses in area of specialization and global
history required. Ph.D. in history or a related field, teaching experience, and
evidence of scholarly potential expected. Candidates who are ABD will be
considered, but the position requires completion of all doctoral requirements
by August 2020.
Review of applications will begin on 16 September 2019 and
continue until the position is filled. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58651
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20. Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track Position) in Law and
Politics in Global or Middle East Context, Whitman College, Washington
Candidates should have experience in fieldwork, archival,
historical institutional, political theoretical, and/or legal textual
approaches. They might offer courses in international law; international
politics; decolonization; human rights; theories of empire; comparative
constitutionalism; indigenous politics; and/or area-specific courses on Asia
and Africa.
Deadline for applications: 15 August 2019.
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21. Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Ottoman History,
University of California, Los Angeles
This position at the rank of assistant professor in 16th
through mid-19th century Ottoman history will begin on 1 July 2020. All
candidates should have completed their PhD in history no later than 30 June
2020.
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22. Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville
One-year, non-tenure-track lectureship, commencing 1 August
2019. The successful applicant will be able to teach World Civilization after
1500 and upper division courses in the area of specialty. Ph.D. in history or a
related field must be in hand before the position begins.
Deadline for applications: 15 July 2019. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=58500
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OTHER INFORMATION
23. 2019 Prize for Best Article on Contemporary Levant, Council
for British Research in the Levant
The award recognises excellent research and scholarship that
engages with current and emerging issues in the Levant. We are looking for
original unpublished articles from scholars in different stages of their
careers and from different disciplines: anthropology, sociology, politics,
religion and theology, language and linguistics cultural studies, modern
history, social geography, media, film studies and literature.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 July 2019.
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24. PhD Dissertation Award 2019 of the "Association for Gulf
and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)"
Dissertations from across the disciplines and a variety of
perspectives are invited. They must primarily focus on the Arabian Peninsula,
but can be inclusive of the transnational flows of people, material and ideas
across the Gulf, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean. PhD dissertations (in English)
accepted for the degree of PhD between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019 are
eligible.
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25. Graduate Paper Prize 2019 of the "Association for Gulf
and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS)”
The research papers must have been written between 1 July
2018 and 30 June 2019 and primarily focus on the Arabian Peninsula but can be
inclusive of the transnational flow of people, goods and ideas across the Gulf,
Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Papers should include an engagement with literature,
a clear methodology, and make an original contribution to scholarship in the
field.
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26. Appel à projets scientifiques 2020,
L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale (Ifao) du Caire
Il s'adresse à tout chercheur, français
ou étranger, qui souhaite développer des recherches dans les domaines de
compétence de l'Ifao, couvrant l'histoire de l'Égypte, de la Préhistoire à
l'époque contemporaine.
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27. École d'été : "Sources et méthodes
pour l'étude du phénomène missionnaire au Moyen-Orient (fin XIXe-nos
jours)", EFR Rome, 3-7 juin 2019
Écrire l'histoire des missions
orientales à partir des archives romaines. Centralisation, classification,
conservation?
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28. Summer School on "Politics, Islam and Government in
Iran", Regional Studies Committee of Iranian Political Science Association
(IPSA), Tehran, 27 July - 7 August 2019
The school is planning to explore Islam, politics and
government in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The focus of the courses is to
portray and analyze the political power structure as well as the influence of
religion on the Islamic Republic ideology.
Deadline for
registration: 7 July 2019.
Information: http://www.ipsa.ir/content/2/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA/13763/Summer-school;
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29. Articles for "Geopolitics Quarterly" in Persian and
English
This journal considers academic papers that lie within
geopolitics and political geography disciplines. Academic papers in
international relations, political sciences, political economy, strategic
sciences, international law and political sociology and other disciplines with
geopolitical approach are also considered.
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30. Articles on "Policies on Violence Against Women in a
Comparative Perspective" for Special Issue of "Journal of
Mediterranean Knowledge"
This special issue aims at describing and analyzing
initiatives (policies, services, campaigns) on violence against women, and in
particular at exploring initiatives with a comparative outlook.
Deadline for abstracts: 16 September 2019.
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31. Articles for Journal "Contemporary Arab Affairs
(CAA)"
The editors of this peer-reviewed journal published by the
Centre for Arab Unity Studies and University of California Press, invite
authors to submit original multidisciplinary articles on the Arab World
(5,000-7,000 words) to the editor at caa@caus.org.lb.
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32. Appel à contribution : « La pratique du
graffiti dans le contexte maghrébin les voix de l’underground », pour «
Insaniyat. Revue algérienne d’anthropologie et de sciences sociales »
Ce numéro thématique de Insaniyat
tâchera d’articuler les contributions autour des aspects suivants, sans
forcément s’y limiter : histoire et caractéristiques de la pratique du graffiti
dans le contexte maghrébin ; auteurs, supports et sites de dissémination de
cette pratique socio-langagière ; langues et signes mobilisés dans la pratique
du graffiti ; graffiti face aux campagnes d’effacement.
Deadline for articles: 15 July 2019.
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33. Articles on "Spatial Forms and Urban Consequences of
Forced Migration" for Special Issue of the "International Journal of
Islamic Architecture"
Articles are invited which offer historical and theoretical
analyses on topics related to refugees: including social and cultural aspects,
special practices, urbanism, design and construction.
Deadline for
abstracts: 30 July 2019.
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34. Articles on "Sufism and Peace
Studies" for the "Research Journal of Philosophy and Practice"
Research scholars,
authors are welcome for submitting their valuable research work related to Sufi
practice, philosophy and teaching of Sufi saints.
Deadline for
articles: 30 September 2019.
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35. Contributions to Edited Book: "Egypt in Focus:
Creativity in Adversarial Contexts"
The current socio-political situation in Egypt raises
fundamental questions about the state of the arts and the future of literature
and culture in the country. This special volume examines the complex
paradoxical predicament of a seemingly irrepressible expressive context under
the thralls of an imposed gloomy hush. It also addresses how individuals and
institutions navigate the inflicted muteness through different strategies.
Deadline for
full papers: 1 August 2019. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2019/02/07/special-issue-of-the-journal-of-the-african-literature-association
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36. Contributions to Edited Volume: “Moroccan Peregrinations:
Construction, Transmission and Circulation of Islamic Knowledge (18th-21st
Centuries)
The ambition of this issue is to renew previous reflections
by gathering multidisciplinary studies that juxtapose human and social sciences
and Islamic studies, shed light on unpublished sources and explore new fields.
The volume will include the following themes: contents, actors and the
geography of knowledge; knowledge policies, competing knowledge; Vintage Islam,
New Age Islam.
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37. Online Resources: Two Harmonized Surveys of Young People in
Egypt 2009 and 2014
The Economic
Research Forum (ERF) and the Population Council provide new versions of two
harmonized micro datasets: "The Harmonized Survey of Young People in
Egypt, HSYPE 2009 v2, Egypt 2009" at http://www.erfdataportal.com/index.php/catalog/152and for 2014 at http://www.erfdataportal.com/index.php/catalog/153.
To know more
about the newly disseminated data or access any of the data sets, please visit
the ERF's Open Access Micro Data Initiative (OAMDI) page with 127 studies: http://www.erfdataportal.com/index.php/catalog
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