Using North America's most recognized construction cost data from RSMeans, this step-by-step guide develops problem-solving skills through over 300 sample problems and exercises. All of the major construction items, including site work, concrete and masonry, wood and metal framing, doors and windows[...]
Which way will Egypt go now that Husni Mubarak's authoritarian regime has been swept from power? Will it become an Islamic theocracy similar to Iran? Will it embrace Western-style liberalism and democracy? Egypt after Mubarak reveals that Egypt's secularists and Islamists may yet navigate a middle p[...]
This book examines the meaning of elections in authoritarian Egypt.
Kick your feet up, relax and unwind with this Islamic art coloring book designed especially with Eid in mind. Full of fun and creativity for the whole family to enjoy.[...]
Sheikh Mubarak was the founder of the modern state of Kuwait. But the man who actually led Kuwait to modernity was his son Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, one of the most significant figures of Kuwait from the 1940s to Kuwaiti independence in 1961. Largely responsible for the creation of the Kuwaiti defe[...]
Amidst political upheaval and the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the State of Kuwait emerged as an independent country under British protection in 1899, with Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah widely accredited as the instrument of its foundation. But the path to power for Mubarak was not a simple or smooth on[...]
For 18 days of his life, starting the 25th of January 2011 up to the 11th of February, Abdel Latif El Menawy slept in his office inside Egypt's State TV building. The landmark building behind Tahrir Square was under constant siege, locked down by tanks and barbed wire as protesters massed outside t[...]
Hårt förtryck och växande klyftor präglade Egypten under Hosni Mubaraks 30 år vid makten. Men 2011 hände det som ingen trodde kunde hända. Folket tog över gatorna och fick presidenten på fall.
Arvet efter Mubarak tar dig långt från mediernas ögonblicksbilder. Per Björklund tr[...]