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• 06 déc 2010

  Cairo

  Study days - Urban studies

  Hyper-density and strategy planning in world cities

  What future for Greater Cairo?

  In partnership with NVIC-Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo and with the support of Cultures France (“Fonds D’Alembert 2010”), the idea of the workshop organized at CEDEJ (MAEE / CNRS) - Cairo is to work on the issue of hyper-densities in the metropolitan context and exchange between researchers, experts and decision makers, taking in account that the trend is an increasing growth and urbanization of the planet, especially in the capitals of developing countries. The objective will be linked on how to plan and organize the metropolitan urban contexts of hyper-density. As such, the case of Cairo will be the focus of attention in connection with the strategy "Greater Cairo 2050” developed by the Egyptian authorities and put in perspective with metropolises of North and South.

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• 19 nov 2010

  20 nov 2010

  Addis Ababa

  Conference, symposium - Religion

  The Roles and Values of Menzuma : Islamic panegyrics in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

  The songs of praise called menzuma, sung by a soloist accompanied by a choir and percussion are popular all over the Muslim areas of Ethiopia where the practice of Sufi Islam is still well rooted. The purposes of this workshop are many : to study Menzuma genre from different perspectives and in the different languages in which it is performed ; to study the role of Menzuma as a social performance in public or private spheres ; to understand the relations between the oral performance and the written text of Menzuma ; to explore the different levels of significance of Menzuma texts, i.e. Religious, moral, historical, artistic, etc. ; to observe the circulation, exchange and transformations of Menzuma among different societies of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.

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• 14 avr 2010

  Cairo

  Conference, symposium - Sociology

  Gender, cities and local governance in the Arab world and in the Mediterranean region

  Colloque international / International Conference organisé par le Centre d’études et de documentation économiques, juridiques et sociales (CEDEJ, Le Caire) les 14 et 15 Avril 2010.

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