Le présent travail se compose de cinq parties. Dans la première partie, nous parlons des aspects historico-linguistiques de l’Égypte, des dialectes de l’arabe égyptien et du contexte sociolinguistique en Égypte. Dans la deuxième partie, de la notion de l’emprunt, des motifs de l’emprunt, de la langue des jeunes et de l’évolution de l’emprunt. Dans la troisième partie, nous parlons des critères d’identification des emprunts existant en arabe égyptien, des cas particuliers. Dans la quatrième partie, nous donnons les résultats d’une enquête menée auprès d’Égyptiens. Dans la cinquième et dernière partie, nous parlons de l’intégration phonétique, phonologique et sémantique des emprunts et de leurs correspondances phonologiques, des cas problématiques de l’emprunt, des champs et des causes de la disparition de quelques-uns d’entre eux. Dans un premier temps, nous avons réfléchi sur l’emprunt d’une façon théorique en essayant de répondre aux questions suivantes: qu’est-ce qu’on emprunte ? Dans quel domaine ? Quel type de mots ? A qui ? Pourquoi ? Comment ? Dans quelles circonstances ? Dans un deuxième temps, nous cherchons à comprendre les mécanismes sémantiques et phonologiques des emprunts: d’une part, pour le volet sémantique, nous avons identifié les sources d’emprunts (25 langues) et nous avons procédé à une vérification minutieuse et aussi systématique que possible de tous les emprunts dans les dictionnaires spécialisés; environ 1825 emprunts ont été trouvés dans les échanges quotidiens (qui représentent la majorité des emprunts aux langues étrangères existant en arabe égyptien). D’autre part, pour le volet phonétique, nous avons fait une analyse de tous les phonèmes étrangers et de leurs correspondances en arabe égyptien. Nous avons noté l’évolution sémantique des emprunts (qui est toujours la règle) par rapport au terme de la langue originale, et étudié leur l’adaptation phonologique. De plus, nous avons noté certaines différences qu’il y a entre certains dialectes de l’égyptien, car un mot n’est pas emprunté sous une forme unique, il donne parfois lieu à plusieurs variantes, suivant les circonstances, le lieu, la période de l’emprunt. Nous avons consulté les travaux qui ont été faits dans le domaine, nous avons eu recours à des corpus journalistiques, télévisuels (notamment la radio et la télévision) et aux médias sociaux (facebook, Windows Live messenger, yahoo messenger, les forums en ligne) ainsi qu’internet. De plus, nous avons procédé à des enquêtes orales ponctuelles visant des propos très courants dans le milieu égyptien. Nous avons organisé plusieurs rencontres avec des enquêtés égyptiens dans ce but. / This study consists of five parts. In the first part, we talk about the historical and linguistic aspects of Egypt, Egyptian Arabic dialects and the sociolinguistic context in Egypt. In the second part, we consider the concept of borrowing, borrowing motivation, the language of the youth and the evolution of borrowing. In the third part, we talk about the identification criteria of existing borrowings in Egyptian Arabic and special cases of borrowing. In the fourth part, we give the results of a survey from Egyptians informants. In the fifth and final part, we talk about phonetic, phonological and semantic integration of the borrowed terms and their phonological correspondences, problematic cases of borrowing, fields and causes of disappearance of certain words. First, we study the loan in a theoretical way by trying to answer the following questions: what do we borrow? In which domain? What kind of words? From whom? Why? How? Under what circumstances? Second, we intend to understand the mechanism of semantic and phonological borrowings. On the one hand, semantically, we set out and identified the sources of borrowings (25 languages). Thereafter, we conduct a thorough and systematic verification of all borrowed words or expressions in specialized dictionaries. Approximately 1825 borrowed words or phrases were found in daily exchanges (which represent the majority of the loans from foreign languages existing in Egyptian Arabic). On the other hand, phonetically, we made an analysis of all foreign phonemes and their reflexes in Egyptian Arabic. Furthermore, we watched closely and in an orderly manner the use of these words. We also looked at their semantic evolution (which is always the rule) in comparison to the correspondent term in the original language and to their phonological adaptation. In addition, we looked for the differences that exist in some of the various Egyptian dialects. Because a word is not borrowed in a single form, it sometimes has several variants, according to the circumstances, the place, and the time of the loan or borrowing of the language derivative. To achieve this thesis, we consulted the works that are made in this field. We used journalistic corpora, traditional media (radio and television), social media (Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, as well as online forums) and Internet. In addition, we conducted oral surveys on some very common borrowing in the local environment because such studies are of interest only if they are based on field surveys. We organized several meetings with Egyptians for this purpose.

The purpose of this thesis is to look at economic and legal aspects of foreign direct investment (hereinafter also referred to as FDI) on the example of Egypt, which is one of the key economic and political players in the Middle East and North Africa. The paper is composed of two parts. First part is dealing with the theoretical aspects of FDI. Chapter one is introductory and explains the nature and role of FDI in global economy. Next two chapters address the important issue of definition of investment and investor. The legal definition of these two terms is usually the key issue in the international documents concerning foreign direct investment. Fourth chapter deals with the bilateral investment treaties, which are so far the most relevant instrument governing the international investment. Chapter five deals with the unsuccessful attempts to establish universal international treaty concerning investment, influence of the Lisbon treaty on given issue and international organizations in the field of international investment. Chapter six concentrates on the issue of investment treatment standards. Seventh chapter investigates the most common causes of investment disputes and eighth chapter suggests possible means of their resolution. Second practical part deals more closely with factual Egyptian...

This thesis proposes that we can better understand Greek society in the Archaic Period by evaluating the purposes of their interactions with Egyptian material culture and through a greater appreciation of Egyptian political and cultural history in the Third Intermediate and Late Period. The thesis combines an examination of the Egyptian and Egyptianising objects from Greek graves and sanctuaries with a study of Egyptianising motifs in Greek painted pottery and sculpture. With this evidence, the thesis primarily addresses questions of agency and of consumption. It aims to demonstrate that Greek interactions with Egypt are not defined by Phoenician intermediaries or by the foundation of Naucratis late in the seventh century. Instead, it is argues that the development of personal connections between the elite of certain Greek states and the rulers of Egyptian kingdoms in the eighth century could explain the escalation of Greek interactions with Egyptian material culture during the Archaic Period and the regional variability of these interactions. The thesis also highlights the stark differences between Greek interactions with Egyptian and Egyptianising material in different media and in different consumption areas. In their sanctuaries, the Greeks used Egyptian faience, stone, and bronze objects alongside Greek-produced imitations of these objects in order to define aspire to the status of being a member of the elite while accessing a magical potency associated with Egyptian material culture. In other media, however, the Greeks reject imitation of Egyptian subjects and iconography, and instead we find processes of interaction which use Egyptian material culture but do not refer to it explicitly. Therefore it is concluded that Greek interactions with Egyptian material culture not only draws attention to Greek connectivity with surrounding cultures, and the Greek association of Egypt and magical potency, but can also help us to reflect upon different forms of elite-elite and elite-non-elite interaction and self-identification in the Archaic Period.

Cette étude de l’œuvre d’Albert Cossery interroge les relations entre parole et silence qui la gouvernent. Sous cet angle, le paradoxe s’impose comme une clé de lecture essentielle. Il permet de questionner le statut d’une écriture suspendue à la menace de son extinction. Dans un premier temps, la thèse envisage la dimension existentielle de la création littéraire pour Cossery, ce qui soulève une triple problématique touchant l’autobiographie, le rapport au temps et l’inscription dans l’espace. A chaque fois, un même constat s’impose : écrire est aussi vital que subsidiaire, car le dandy Cossery entend faire de sa vie une œuvre, sublimer le monde tangible, et y affirmer sa liberté. En toute cohérence, ses huit récits principaux, que la deuxième partie analyse dans leur épaisseur diégétique, s’accordent à révéler l’imposture universelle, à promouvoir une résistance active à son règne avant de plaider pour une résistance passive. C’est une révolution solitaire qui se trouve proposée et qui redéfinit le rapport de l’individu au réel. Un tel parcours de création, orienté vers la paix intérieure et le silence littéraire, vise à l’épure. Dans la dernière partie, l’écriture de Cossery, examinée dans ses aspects historiques, génériques et stylistiques, apparaît promise à une esthétique de la faute, au risque de passer pour une faute d’esthétique. Sa finalité est, là encore, méta-discursive. Son but n’est plus de se multiplier en livres ni de se constituer en œuvre, mais de se taire et de se laisser vivre dans la réception. L’écriture fonde un pacte de lecture qui se résorbe dans sa propre finalité. En foi de quoi, elle dessine, dans sa progression, un mouvement spiralaire. Le silence qui suit l’écriture est celui d’un bonheur de vivre enfin réalisé. / To wonder about the writing status of Albert Cossery’s literary work and understand the connection between the words and the silence leads to three directions (autobiography, time, space) which come down to the same conclusion: it is as essential to write as it is to stop writing. The dandy Cossery turns his life into an art and transcends the world. Therefore, his eight main novels bring to light a universal deception, followed by an active resistance to face it and finally a passive resistance driving to freedom. It is an individual revolution that will help oneself to relocate within the world. This path to inner peace and literary silence is an outline. From a linguistic point of view (literary movement, genre and stylistic), Cossery’s writing includes deliberate errors that make it aesthetic. Its ending is here again outside literature. His intention is not only to build a literary work but to keep silent and live it the way it is perceived. In the end, three approaches of the writing have been presented and three similar and paradoxal conclusions have been found out: writing claims the end of its own writing. The overall theme of this thesis shapes it into a spiral. The silence that follows the writing enables the happiness of living.

Magister Public Health - MPH / Introduction: Health Sector Reform was initiated as a component of the Structural Adjustment Policies that were imposed on the developing countries by the international monetary organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank during the 1980s and the 1990s. It included three main components, that is, financing reforms, decentralization and introducing competition to the health sector. Changes to the Egyptian health system were introduced in the 1980s through the cost recovery projects, while the Health Sector Reform Program was announced in 1997. This culminated in a change from a Primary Health Care model to a Family Health Model as regards the Primary Health Care sector of the Egyptian health system. Changes in the health systems have profound effects on people, so that it is essential to study the ongoing transformation of the Egyptian health system and its implications. Aim: The aim of the current study was to determine the acceptability of the Family Health Model, which replaces Primary Health Care, as currently implemented in Wardan Village, Giza, Egypt. Methodology: The study was a cross sectional survey utilizing a structured questionnaire that was used to determine the awareness and perception/satisfaction of the community members in an Egyptian rural area (Wardan village, Giza Governorate) towards the transformation from primary health care to family health model. 357 subjects participated in this study. Results: Awareness of the study participants towards the transformation process was 15.6%. The overall satisfaction with the family health unit by the participants was 80.5% compared with 35.7% for the old PHC one. Higher satisfaction was associated with older age (p=0.02), less education (p<0.001), being married in the past or present (p=0.02), working status (p=0.007), and more years of using the unit (p<0.001). Acceptability of the family health model among the participants of the current study was high at 88.3%. Higher score of acceptability were associated with less education (p<0.001), being or have been married (p=0.048), and with working status (p=0.005). 93.8% of the participants think that family health unit services are accessible and 79.9% of the participants think that the family health unit provides quality services. Conclusion: The Family Health Model has achieved successes when implemented but encountered some difficulties that have limited the gains and interfered with some of its aspects. The current study has shown that the Family Health Unit has gained a high score of satisfaction and acceptability by the study participants, although the awareness of the study participants about the transformation of the Primary Health Care Model to a Family Health Model was low.

The purpose of this study of Anglo-Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif’s two novels, In the Eye of the Sun (1999), first published in 1992, and The Map of Love (2000), first published in 1999, is to examine how they are arenas for hybrid politics in the post-colonial Egyptian context and the Arab diasporic context. This thesis examines how Soueif deals with residual colonial logics by using Post-colonial theories of transculturation. These theories reveal, through an analysis of Soueif’s use of Pharaonicism and her depiction of social and religious divides, that Soueif sometimes legitimizes and sometimes contests the results of transculturation by using products of this very process of transculturation. In the diasporic context, Soueif’s work deterritorializes these hybrid politics of legitimation and contestation by collapsing disparate temporalities and emphasizing continuity between them. To do this she deterritorializes and reterritorializes Pharaonicism, as well as Western literary tradition, the English language and political activism, to emphasize the cultural affinities between Egyptians/Arabs and Western culture. In this manner, she composes an integration strategy designed to facilitate her incorporation into her Western society of settlement, Great-Britain. This allows her to build a political platform from which she can contest and influence politics in her homeland, her society of settlement and the shape of Western cultural and political hegemony on a global scale. She is consequently able to transcend residual colonial logics through the very hybrid politics that they have created. Moreover, in the process, through the political agency that she exercises in her writing and activism, she builds a deterritorialized diasporic identity based on integration into many spheres of belonging that problematizes the victim model of diaspora in Diaspora studies.

The aim of this work was to investigate the effect on horizontal ground heat exchanger performance of changing soil and load parameters, and pipe horizontal separation distance for ground-coupled heat pumps under Egyptian conditions.Egypt possesses a variety of energy resources; namely fossil and renewable. The amount of renewable energy available is significant and must be utilized perfectly for the sake of achieving sustainable use of energy resources. Soils in Egypt vary widely from being clay with its thermal conductivity of 1.11 (for clay particles) to sand with its thermal conductivity of 5.77 (for sand particles). Two soil samples were chosen from the literature to be used in the investigation held in this work with boundary conditions that match the weather and ground temperature distribution conditions in Egypt.Conduction heat transfer in soils is a very complicated process especially when it is combined with time dependant boundary conditions and temperature dependent thermophysical properties of the medium. A MATLAB code was used to estimate thermophysical properties of the soil samples with three different moisture contents (0, 0.2, and saturation %) and the upper boundary condition bases on two surface dryness conditions (dry and wet). The results of the code were fed to Abqaus/CAE to analysis and predict the temperature distribution in these soils with implementing the time dependant boundary conditions to investigate the ground thermal behaviour of these soils. Also the temperature distribution around two pipes per trench of horizontal ground heat exchanger with applying synthetic load based on estimated cooling and heating degree days for one set of weather conditions. The horizontal separation distance between pipes was investigated by changing it to be 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5 metres.Both the MATLAB code and Abaqus environment were validated against measured data published in the literature and their results agreed well with this data.The results of the simulation showed that the ground thermal behaviour depends mainly on the boundary conditions applied on the model. Dry soils are the worst being affected by the variation of the boundaries, because of its low volumetric heat capacities. The moisture content in the soil should be kept around 0.2 or above to get the most benefits from the presence of moisture in the vicinity of ground heat exchangers. The effect of the soil surface dryness is less significant than that of the moisture content of the entire system but it is more controllable than the moisture content. Also it was found that the horizontal separation distance (HSD) between pipes must be selected on the bases of prior knowledge of the site parameters soil type and moisture level. The results showed that the 0.4m HSD is the optimum HSD for the conditions and load profile included in this study.

A partir de uma ampla documentação que abrange diversas categorias de suportes materiais e imagens datadas do período faraônico, este trabalho tem como objetivo compreender as mudanças na representação, concepção e simbolismo do touro Ápis e sua significância em rituais da realeza e enquanto divindade para a sociedade egípcia como um todo. / Based on a large documentation that compreend many kinds of material supports and images dated from the Pharaonic Period, this work aims to understand the changes on the representation, conception and symbolism of the Apis bull and its significance in kingship rituals and as a deity to the Egyptian society as a whole.

Egyptian fractions are what we know as unit fractions that are of the form 1/n - with the exception, by the Egyptians, of 2/3. Egyptian fractions have actually played an important part in mathematics history with its primary roots in number theory. This paper will trace the history of Egyptian fractions by starting at the time of the Egyptians, working our way to Fibonacci, a geologist named Farey, continued fractions, Diophantine equations, and unsolved problems in number theory.

Private funerary stelae are a vital bundle of material in Egyptological research that may reveal plenty of information in terms of e.g. social structures, religious practices and linguistics. This study examines one stela in particular (NM18) from Museum Gustavianum, Uppsala, that has not yet undergone a full analysis, nor been put into its proper context of the late Middle Kingdom. The present study aims to provide for such a contextualization by identifying and discussing certain features on the stela, such as iconography and orthographic elements. By thoroughly analyzing these elements and putting them in relation to analogous stelae, one may find as to what extent there are unique, conventional and/or modified features on NM18. The study shows that NM18 may be considered a significant object for research that involves late Middle Kingdom stelae. A qualitative approach is applied in order to thoroughly analyze the textual and iconographical content of the stela. / Privata gravstelar utgör ett essentiellt källmaterial inom egyptologisk forskning som kan avslöja stora mängder information gällande exempelvis sociala strukturer, religiös praxis och lingvistik. I denna studie undersöks en specifik stele (NM18) från Museum Gustavianum, Uppsala, som ännu inte genomgått en full analys eller blivit placerad i sin rätta kontext i det sena Mellersta Riket. Med studien ämnas att bidra med en sådan kontextualisering genom att identifiera och diskutera specifika drag på stelen, såsom ikonografi och ortografiska element. Med en grundlig analys av dessa element och genom att sätta dem i relation till jämförbara stelar, kan man utröna i vilken mån det finns unika, konventionella och/eller modifierade drag på NM18. Studien visar att NM18 kan anses vara ett betydelsefullt objekt i studier som involverar sena Mellersta Riket stelar. Ett kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt används för att ingående analysera det textuella och ikonografiska innehållet på stelen.