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August 17, 2013
August 13, 2013
Pre-Publication Review of Egypt’s Prehistoric Fauna; An AUC Press Nature Foldout
Egypt’s Prehistoric Fauna; An AUC Press Nature Foldout is due to be published and available soon. The devastating setbacks in Egypt has forced the frequent closure of the printer in Cairo, and AUC Press – with their offices in the heart of Tahrir Square – has been challenged to keep business going as usual.
We recently shared the pdf files with an Egyptian-American paleontologist friend and she was kind enough to write us her impressions:
I absolutely love the AUC [Nature Foldout] on Egypt’s natural history! It’s beautiful, very well written, and well organized. I am impressed. I’m also amazed with how much information you were able to fit into a two page document without making it too crowded! This was a fantastic idea! Dad loves it too! Please let us know as soon as it is published and how we can buy copies, because we will want MANY to distribute to all of our friends and relatives! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! Can’t wait for it to be published!
Filed under: AUC Press Nature Foldout Update Tagged: American University in Cairo Press, Ancient Whales, AUC Press Nature Foldouts, Dinosaurs of Egypt, Egypt, Environment, Matthew Lamanna, Nature, Prehistoric Egypt
August 9, 2013
AUC Press Nature Foldouts at The Bowers Museum Gift Store
Today, upon a visit to the Bowers Museum in Orange County to attend an ARCE lecture, I was overjoyed to see the Nature Foldouts on display in the lovely Egypt section of the Museum Gift Store! They were nestled right next to the Egyptian history book originally published in 1964 by Barbara Mertz, who passed away just two days ago at the age of 85…
Filed under: AUC Press Nature Foldout Update
American Research Center in Egypt Lecture at Bowers Museum
Dr. Brett McClain of the Chicago House Epigraphic Survey gave an ARCE lecture today on the work being done at the Temples of Ramesses III in Karnak: http://www.arce.org/chapters/orangecounty/events/u685
I had the pleasure of reintroducing myself to Dr. McClain (we were once introduced at Habu Temple briefly during my spring 2012 trip) and I gave him a set of the Nature Foldouts, which he informed me are on the shelf at the Chicago House Library in Luxor!
Great lecture, fantastic work, and yet another wonderful member of the Chicago House!
Filed under: AUC Press Nature Foldout Update
August 7, 2013
Review of Egypt’s Flora & Fauna Nature Foldout… from Arkansas
Emily—from Piggott, Arkansas, and winner of the Goodreads Book Giveaway Contest—posted her review of the Nature Foldout:
I just received this book in the mail. On first glance, I love the little foldout book. It is beautiful. The pages seem sturdy, and I think it would great be for families. Lots of ideas are popping into my head on how to use this in classroom.
Thanks so much Emily!
Filed under: Reviews of the Nature Foldouts
August 5, 2013
AfriBats on iNaturalist.org
My photograph posted on flickr of a Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat (Rhinopoma hardwickii) which I encountered at Dendera Temple has been included in the AfriBats group on iNaturalist.org where people can record detailed observations of wildlife in the world. Here’s the link to the observation I made: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358158
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Ecology, Ecotourism, Egypt, Environment, Fauna, Flora, Nile Valley, Temples
July 31, 2013
Currently Producing: New Arabic Edition of Birds of the Nile Valley Nature Foldout – طيور وادي النيل
طيور وادي النيل : مطبعة الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة
المستشار العلمي: جون وايت
الترجمة إلى العربية: ياسمين مطاوع
الكاتب/الرسام: دومينيك نافارو
التصميم: دون ن. إريكسون
Filed under: AUC Press Nature Foldout Update
Egypt’s New Minister of State for Environmental Affairs
Laila Iskandar, Egypt’s new minister of state for environmental affairs, is a veteran of social and environmental work in Egypt and abroad.
Iskandar played a major role in organising recycling in Sinai and Mansheyet Nasser and cooperated with the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs on a project that aimed to relocate garbage recycling plants outside Cairo.
Iskandar, who resigned from her local posts before starting her ministerial work, spent 15 years helping organise, train and improve conditions for the zabbaleen (garbage collectors) of Muqattam.
Agricultural refuse, rice hay and the notorious black cloud are high on Iskandar’s agenda, as is the possibility of using coal as fuel in cement factories and the production of bio-fuel from organic refuse. Rice hay, she notes, can be used to produce alternative energy and to generate bio-fuel.
Iskandar is also determined to act against infringements on natural protectorates, including the Wadi Al-Rayyan area.
Filed under: Egypt Environmental News
Egypt’s New Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, Laila Isknadar
Laila Iskandar, Egypt’s new minister of state for environmental affairs, is a veteran of social and environmental work in Egypt and abroad.
Iskandar played a major role in organising recycling in Sinai and Mansheyet Nasser and cooperated with the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs on a project that aimed to relocate garbage recycling plants outside Cairo.
Iskandar, who resigned from her local posts before starting her ministerial work, spent 15 years helping organise, train and improve conditions for the zabbaleen (garbage collectors) of Muqattam.
Agricultural refuse, rice hay and the notorious black cloud are high on Iskandar’s agenda, as is the possibility of using coal as fuel in cement factories and the production of bio-fuel from organic refuse. Rice hay, she notes, can be used to produce alternative energy and to generate bio-fuel.
Iskandar is also determined to act against infringements on natural protectorates, including the Wadi Al-Rayyan area.
Filed under: Uncategorized
July 27, 2013
Goodreads Book Giveaway Contest Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the winners of the Goodreads Book Giveaway Contest!
The winner of Egypt’s Flora & Fauna Nature Foldout is Elizabeth of Piggott, Arkansas, competing with 921 people to win the foldout!
The winner of Birds of the Nile Valley Nature Foldout is Katy of Davis, California, competing with 858 people to win the foldout!
Congratulations to you both!
Look forward to another Goodreads Book Giveaway Contest where you can win the two new titles in the AUC Press Nature Foldout series, Ancient Egypt’s Wildlife and Egypt’s Prehistoric Fauna!
Filed under: AUC Press Nature Foldout Update Tagged: AUC Press Nature Foldouts, Birds, Dominique Navarro, Egypt, Environment, Fauna, Flora, Goodreads
