Thursday, October 4, 2001

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
Chair: Stanley D. Brunn, University of Kentucky, USA

Andrej Kreutz, The University of Calgary, Canada, Geopolitics of Post-Soviet Russia and the Middle East.

Stanley D. Brunn, University of Kentucky, USA, Stamps of the Arab World: Visual Representations of History, Culture, Politics, and Landscapes

Mitch Rose, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Pryamids and the politics of heritage: emerging narratives of Egyptianess on the Giza plateau

David Atkinson, University of Hull, UK, Contrasting geographies of mobility, space and the desert: a European account of Italian North Africa.

Discussion

Coffee Break
 

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY AND REFUGEES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION
Chair: Anthony Spiteri, University of  Malta, Malta

John A. Schembri, University of Malta, Malta, Toponyms of coastal features and their linguistic association along the coast of the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean).

Kawthar Serhan, University of Ioannina, Greece, Arabic place names in the Greek language in the Eastern Mediterranean region (in Arabic).

Discussion

Lunch Break
 

OPENING CEREMONY
Chair: Mr. Leslie Agius, the Chief Executive of the Foundation of International Studies

Dr. Anthony Spiteri, Director of the European Mediterranean Network for the Social  Sciences, University of Malta

Professor Roger Ellul-Micallef, The Rector of the University of Malta

Dr. Louise Galea, Minister of Education

Didier Desdremau, The Ambassador of France

Professor Ghazi Falah, Editor-in Chief, Arab World Geographer, University of Akron, Ohio, USA

Professor Ali Toumi, Association des Géographes Tunisiens, Tunisia

Mohammad, 6 years old.
 
 

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION
Chair Hussein A. Amery, Colorado School of Mines, USA

Laura Rice, Oregon State University, USA, Shared Spaces/Separate Lives from The Ventriloquist and the Mime: the Geography of Identity in colonial Northern Africa.

Andrea Corsale, University of Cagliari, Italy, Environmental Policies and Challenges in the Oases of Morocco.

Carmelina Gugliuzzo and Giuseppe Restifo, University of Messina, Italy, Colonialism, Empire and Microbes: Mediterranean epidemiological environment and British sanitary polices in 19th century.

Brahim Brahamia, University of Constantine, Algeria, Les systèmes de santé maghrébins, de la  tradition à l’urbanisation : référence au cas de l’Algérie. (The Maghreb health systems, from tradition to urbanization: the case of Algeria). (In French)

Karim Hamdy, Oregon State University, USA, On-line Environmental Information in the Mediterranean Region: Is There a Digital Divide?

Discussion

Coffee Break
 

WATER RESOURCES IN THE ARAB WORLD
Chair: Dona J Stewart, Georgia State Unviersity, USA

Hussein A. Amery, Colorado School of Mines, USA, Scarcity-Induced Water Wars in the Middle East?

M. Guendouz and H. Rebbouh, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Algeria, l’eau dans le monde arabe: une ressource rare ; objet de concurrences et de conflits (Water in the Arab World: A scarce resource, object of rivalries and conflicts). (In French)

Discussion

Keynote Lecture:
Professor Eckart Ehlers, University of Bonn, The Mediterranean City -- Arab and Western Encounters: Traditions and Futures
(Chair: Guenter Meyer)

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Friday, October 5 , 2001

APPLIED AND DEVELOPMENT GEOGRAPHY
Chair: Virginie Mamadouh, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dona J. Stewart, Georgia State University, USA, Urban Growth and Development in Cairo - Overestimating Globalization?

Salah Hathout, University of Winnipeg, Canada, The use of spatial and non-spatial information systems/ analyses for predicting crop dynamics in the Nile Delta, Egypt.

Guenter Meyer, University of Mainz, Germany, Development of Micro-enterprises in Cairo; Results from a Long-term Study on Small-Scale Manufacturing.

Yamna Djellouli, University of Maine, France, and Daoud Abdelkarim, University of Sfax, Tunisia, Quelles alternatives de développement pour les hautes steppes tunisiennes et les hautes plaines steppiques du sud ouest algérien? (Which development alternatives for the Tunisian high steppes and the high grassy plains of south western Algeria). (In French)

Discussion

Coffee Break
 

ORIENTALISM AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATION
Chair: Maria-Dolors GArcia-Ramon, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Derek Gregory, University of British Columbia, Canada, Reading Cairo, Performing Cairo, 17981914.

Ghazi Falah, University of Akron, USA, The use and abuse of European travellers narratives for the (re)writing of Palestine historical geography.

Ali Toumi, Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales de Tunis, Tunisia, The image of Europe as it seen by prominent Andalusian and Maghrebian travellers and geographers. (Paper in Arabic, Presentation in French)

Joan Nogue-Font, University of Girona, Spain, Portraits of colonial Morocco-Spanish visitors to the Moroccan Protectorate between 1912 and 1956

Joelle Ana Bergere Dezaphi, Université Complutense de Madrid, Spain, Images of Morocco and the Euro-Arab relations through 19th century travel stories: The case of Charles Didiers tour in Morocco. (In French)

Mohamed Benaali, Abdelmalik al-Saadi University, Morocco. Travelers literature: The process of formation of images about the I and the Others-- the case of Pierre Loti. (Paper in Arabic, Presentation in French)

Discussion

Lunch Break
 

COLONIAL DISCOURSE AND URBAN GEOGRAPHY I
Chair: Taoufik Belhareth, Facultédes Sciences Humaiens et Sociales de Tunis, Tunisia

Abel Albet-Mas, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, Urban and regional planning in colonial Morocco: from protection to exploitation, a competition for modernization.

Badia Belabed Sahraoui, University of Mentouri, Algeria, Politique coloniale et pratique spatiale : cas de  la ville de Constantine au 19me siècle (Colonial policies and spatial practices: the case of the city of Constantine at the 19th century). (In French).

Abderrahim Hafiane, Algeria, Les influences européennes sur l'urbanisme : les normes et règles dans le cas des villes algériennes (The European influences on the urbanism: Norms and rules in the case of Algerian cities) (In French).

Daniel Pinson, University of Aix-Marseille III, France, L’universalisme de la Charte d’Athènes et les particularismes de l’habitat marocain (Universalism in the Athens Charter and the specificities of Moroccan habitat). (In French)

Rassem Khamaisi, University of Haifa, Israel, The legacy of British system and its impact in shaping the Palestinian space. (In Arabic).

Discussion

Coffee Break
 

COLONIAL DISCOURSE AND URBAN GEOGRAPHY II
Chair:John a. Schembri, University of Malta, Malta

Gwyn Rowley, The University of Sheffield, UK, Gentrification within the Old City, Jerusalem: Conversations in Place.

Joseph Schechla, Habitat International Coalition Middle East and North Africa, Egypt, The human rights of housing and planning: norms, violations and the professionals role.

Mohamed Aziz, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Automated Cartographic Modeling of the Urban Development in Kuwait. (Paper in Arabic, presentation in English)

Discussion

Keynote Lecture:
Professor Peter J. Taylor, Loughborough University, UK. Middle Eastern Cities in the world city network: a global analysis of dependence, integration and autonomy.
(Chair: Ghazi Falah)

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Saturday , October 6 , 2001

GEOGRAPHY OF DIASPORA AND MIGRATION
Chair: Ali Toumi, Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales de Tunis, Tunisia

Virginie Mamadouh, University of Amsterdam , The Netherlands, Dutch-Moroccans: the social construction of a new identity.

Fouad Ibrahim, University of Bayreuth, Germany. The Egyptian Diaspora in Germany.

Hein de Haas, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Migration and development in the sending areas: The case of the Moroccan Todgha valley.

Liliane Barakat, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon, Le Liban ou la course à l’émigration (Lebanon or the race for emigration) (In French).

Alasdair D. Drysdale, University of New Hampshire, USA, Population dynamics and family planning in Oman.

Discussion

Coffee Break
 

GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM I
Chair: Yasmina Arama, University of Mentouri, Algeria

Fabrizio Eva, University of Milan, Italy, Italian Tourists in North Africa, Muslim Migrants in Italy: A Question of Extra-Territoriality.

Slim Gabiche, University of Tunis I, Tunisia, Le tourisme et les limites spatiales du centre ville de Sousse en 1997 (Tunisie) (Tourism and the spatial limits of the inner city of Sousse in 1997, Tunisia) (In French).

Naim Ghali, Faculté des lettres Manouba, Tunis, Les unités hôtelières exploitées par des tours-opérateurs européens : le cas de la Tunisie (Hotels managed by European tour operators: the case of Tunisia) (In French)

Brigitte Dumortier, Université Paris 1-Sorbonne, France and Dominique Creton, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France, Le tourisme comme composante des relations euro - arabes : le cas de Dubaï (Tourism as a component of Euro-Arab relations: the case of Dubai) (In French).

Discussion

Lunch Break
 

EURO - ARAB ENCOUNTER I
Chair: Liliane Barakat, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon

Maria-Dolors Garcia-Ramon, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, A Gendered Colonial Encounter: European Women in the Arab World.

Farida Naceur, University of Biskra, Algeria, L’impact de la conception architecturale sur la dégradation des cités d’habitat : Z.H.U.N (The impact of the architectural conception on degradation in residential projects ZHUN). (In French)

Amari Amar, University of Setif, Algeria, Euro-Arab relationship: Reality and prospect. (In Arabic).
(summarised in French by Brahim Brahamia)

Jessica Jacobs, Open University, UK, Gender and the Euro-Arab Encounter: European women on holiday in Egypt.

Discussion

Coffee Break
 

GLOBALIZATION AND THE ARAB WORLD
Chair: Slah Hathout, University  Of Winnipeg, Canada

Yasmina Arama, University of Mentouri, Algeria, Mondialisation... Globalisation, quelle régionalisation pour les pays du Maghreb ? (Economic internationalization ... globalization, what kind of regionalization for countries of the Maghreb?) (In French).

Abdullah Alhomaid and Adel Alabdulkarim, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, Europe in the Contemporary Arab Discourse on Globalization.

Abdulhafed Abdulraheem Mahbub, Makka Al-Mukaramah, Saudi Arabia, Islam and Capital Globalization. (In Arabic).

Francesco Adamo, Università del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro", Novara, Italy, Collaboration for Local Progress in the Mediterranean European Countries.

Discussion

OPEN FORUM about The Arab World Geographer and AWG 2003 Conference
(also invitation to First World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies Mainz September 2002, by Guenter Meyer).

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Sunday, October 7, 2001

EURO-ARAB ENCOUNTER II
Chair: Farida Naceur, Unviersity of Biskra, Algeria

Belkacem Labii, University of Constantine, Algeria, Les contresens des échanges culturels euro-arabes : cas de la formation des algériens en Europe (Misconceptions in Euro-Arab cultural exchanges: the case of the training of Algerians in Europe) (In French).

Taoufik Belhareth, Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales de Tunis, Tunisia, Effets des relations priviligiées de la TUnisie avec l'Europe sur le transport aérien tunisien (Commercial and cultural exchanges, and the Tunisian transportation system. (In French).

GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM II

Khedidja Brahamia, University of Annaba, Algeria, Impacts spatiaux des flux étrangers sur la ville de Annaba (Spatial impacts of the stream of strangers in the city of Annaba, Algeria) (In French).

Patrizia Manduchi, University of Cagliari, Italy, Une cité et ses visiteurs. Pour une histoire du tourisme à Essaouira (Maroc) (A city and its
visitors. For a history of tourism in Essaouira, Morocco) (In French).

Samia Benabbas-Kaghouche, University of Constantine, Algeria, Les villes du monde arabe, entre une exploitation touristique factice et la perte d’identité (Arab towns: between factitious touristic exploitation and loss of identity) (In French).

Discussion

Coffee Break

FORUM: Presentation of AAG (Stanley Brunn) IBG (David Atkinson) IGU (Ali Toumi)
 

COLONIAL DISCOURSE AND URBAN GEOGRAPHY III
Chair: Gwyn Rowley, The University of Sheffield, UK

Siham Bestandji, University of Constantine, Algeria, L’intervention coloniale sur l’espace urbain à Constantine : « la droite contre la courbe » (Colonial intervention on urban space in Constantine (Algeria): 'line against curve') (In French).

Ghaniyya Lakhal Tafer and Al-Tayyib Sahnoun, Mantouri University, Constantine, Algeria, The influence of French colonialism on Algerian urban planning: The case of Constantine, Algeria. (In Arabic, Summary in French).

Discussion

Cloture