Riad Ahmed Riad Mohamed Riad () (born September 18, 1927) an
Egypt
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ian
scholar
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and
geographer
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. Among his books is “Journey in the time of Nubia",
[Journey in the time of Nubia. hindawi]
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) from Fouad I University. In 1956 he obtained his Ph.D. degree From Voelker Kunde Institute, Vienna University
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. He was soon appointed a staff member at Faculty of Arts Ain Shams University
Ain Shams University () is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.
History
Ain Shams University was founded in July 1950, the third ...
,Beirut Arab University
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and Qatar University
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with the posts of lecturer, assistant professor, and professor in the Department of Geography. His wife Kawthar Abdel Rassoul participated in much of his research and books, especially in regards to field research in the Nubia
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area.[ Riad was awarded Egypt's State Appreciation Award of 2017.][Biography of Mohamed Riad, Hindawi Organization]
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Works
Riad has over 250 items of published research in basic geography and anthropology, including 17 books in Arabic, 31 papers in Arabic, 21 papers in English (in Egyptian and foreign academic bulletins and periodicals), and approximately 180 articles in Al-Ahram
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[Articles in Al-Ahram]
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(pages of opinion on Egyptian socio-economic & political questions), Al-Hilal monthly, and Al-Siyasa Al-Dawlia quarterly.[
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Viewpoints and thoughts
* African economy, resources, development and politics.[
* Arab Gulf studies in urban, socio-cultural and political developments.
* Egyptian field: Bedouin and Nubian acculturation and political processes,][Nubian Encounters: The Story of the Nubian Ethnological Survey, 1961-1964]
/ref> and Egyptian agrarian problems, the overwhelming dominance of the capital city of Cairo in the web of Egyptian affairs, industry and tourism.[
Riad produces criticism of major agriculture projects considering the threat of scarcity of water due to ]climate change
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, advocating for strong local governments and the creation of an industrial hub within the Suez Canal
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region.[
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Books
In Arabic
* Economic geography and biogeographic production.
* Africa: A study of the continent's components.[Africa, A study of the continent's components]
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* Cairo: the fabric of people in place and time and problems in the present and future.
* Journey in the time of Nubia: a study of the old Nuba and indicators of future development.[
* The old Nubia in photos: The environment of the Nubian society and the life before displacement.
* Introduction of the book of Garf Hussein between the past and the present.
* Human: a study of race and civilization.
* General assets in geopolitics and geopolitics: with an applied study on the Middle East.
* Transport geography.
* Egypt: the texture of people, place and time.
* Polar and Nordic World: A Geographical Study.
* Translation of the book «Racial Myths» by ]Juan Comas
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.Racial Myths
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References
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1927 births
Living people
Egyptian scholars
Cairo University alumni
University of Vienna alumni
Academic staff of Ain Shams University
Egyptian expatriates in Lebanon
Egyptian geographers