Books . Catalogues . Atlases . Maps . Papers . Abstracts . Press Articles . Reviews . Posters
Books
Shams, A. (August 2011e). Eight years wandering in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula: a tale of two maps. Cairo: Sinai Peninsula Research 2000-2013 CE AMAZON GOOGLE BOOKS
Library / Citations
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Watson Library, New York
The British Museum
Durham University - Bill Bryson Library
Heidelberg University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg)
University of Erfurt Library (Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt)
EURAC research Library
Exhibition Catalogue
Shams, A. November 2017b. A Swiss Photographic Journey: Egypt’s Landscapes from Alexander’s Desert Temple to Mount Sinai, and Beyond. In Boissonnas and Egypt, ed. O. Baddeley, London: Saint Catherine Foundation & Royal Geographical Society PDF UAL/PDF
Royal Geographical Society
Saint Catherine Foundation
Journal Papers
Tews, S., Harkel, L.T. and A. Shams. (September 2022c). From the Coast to the High Mountains: A Remote Sensing Survey of Disturbances and Threats to the Archaeology and Heritage of South Sinai J. Maritime Archaeology (doi: 10.1007/s11457-022-09335-2)
Shams, A. (October 2021c). Time for a New Sinai Map? J. Cartographica (The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization) 56(3):208-225 (doi: 10.3138/cart-2020-0018)
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS - CARTOGRAPHICA
Shams, A. (August 2021b). Sinai’s Imaginary Boundary Line in Twenty-first Century. J. Borderlands Studies
(doi: 10.1080/08865655.2021.1968930) TAYLOR & FRANCIS - JBS
Shams, A. (August 2016g). Mapping and Mapmaking in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula: A Review and the Revival of the 19th Century CE Practices. Q. Palestine Exploration 148(3):188-210
(doi: 10.1080/00310328.2016.1201738) TAYLOR & FRANCIS - PEQ
Shams, A. and U. Tappeiner. (January 2015a). Semi-arid watershed management: the experimental farm and representative catchment of the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. Int. J. of Water 9(1):1-27
(doi: 10.1504/IJW.2015.067443) INDERSCIENCE - IJW
Shams, A. (November 2014f). A rediscovered-new ‘Qanat’ system in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula, with Levantine reflections. J. Aid Environments 110: 69-74. (doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.06.006) ELSEVIER - JAE
Shams, A. (2012c). Towards a quantification model: the accountability of the for-profit and nonprofit organizations in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. Int. J. Tourism Anthropology 2(3):185-212 (doi: 10.1504/IJTA.2012.050758) INDERSCIENCE - IJTA
Conference Papers
Shams, A. (July 2014d). Trans-border impacts on governance decentralisation and landscape in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula: review and alternatives. In Heritage 2014: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, ed. R. Amoêda, S. Lira and C. Pinheiro, Barcelos: Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development (Theme: Heritage & Governance for Sustainability)
Shams, A. B. Stoinschek and U. Tappeiner. (June 2012b). Heritage-based land use patterns in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula and the Alps: a neo socio-ecological perspective. In Heritage 2012: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, ed. R. Amoêda, S. Lira and C. Pinheiro, Barcelos: Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development (Theme: Heritage & Environment) PDF
Shams, A. (July 2011d). The treasures of the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai: from the treasury of 6th century CE to the museum of 21st century CE. J. Predella 29: Online (Section: Museums) PDF PREDELLA
Shams, A. (June 2011c). Themes of traditional-modernized daily life of the Gebaliya tribe in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In Sharing Cultures 2011: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intangible Heritage, ed. R. Amoêda, S. Lira and C. Pinheiro, 585-594, Barcelos: Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development (Theme: Social Practices) PDF
Shams, A. (April 2011b). Towards a quantification model: the impact of eco-cultural heritage-based mass tourism in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In Proceedings of Tourism in an Era of Uncertainty (ICOT 2011), ed. K. Andriotis and A. Theocharous, 672-683, Cyprus: International Association for Tourism Policy (Theme: Sustainability & Environment in Tourism) PDF
Shams, A. (June 2010b). Integrated cluster of centralized heritage-based nano-economies in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In Heritage 2010: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, ed. R. Amoêda, S. Lira and C. Pinheiro, 421-430, Barcelos: Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development (Theme: Heritage & Economics) PDF
Abstracts
Shams, A. (June 2024b). Monitoring Tourism Flow to High-altitude Mountain and Protected Areas in The Alps: A Cartographic and Spatio-market Planning Methodology. In Alpine Biodiversity Conference AND ForumAlpinum 2024, ed., Kranjska Gora: Alpine Convention (AlpCon), International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR)
Shams, A. (October 2022d). Mount Sinai, a mountain? The Governance of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In 2nd Global Mountain Sustainability Forum (GMS) Conference, ed., Sesto/Sexten: Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS): Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research and Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University (UNU-EHS) GMS ABSTRACT
Harkel, L. T. and A. Shams. (January 2022b). Sinai’s Climate Challenge: How the Past Can Inform The Future. In Climate, Culture, Peace ICCROM Conference, ed., The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and The British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund (CPF), in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) ICCROM-CPF ABSTRACT REPORT
Shams, A. (February 2020b). Mapping post-colonial development in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In Imaginaries of Development in the Highlands: The constitution of mountain areas as spaces for international development cooperation since 1945, ed., Bern: Center for Global Studies (CGS), University of Bern (Swiss National Science Foundation) CGS-WORKSHOP PROGRAM POSTER ABSTRACT
Harkel, L. and A. Shams (January 2020a). The SinaiArchaeoWater project: Remote and field-based survey of recent heritage sites in a landscape context. In British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA) Conference 2020, Critical Debates in the Archaeology of the Middle East, ed., 36-37, Oxford: School of Archaeology, University of Oxford & Ashmolean Museum PDF
Shams, A. (September 2019a). On-and-off the Maps: Geographical Names in Sinai Peninsula and the Middle East. In Changing Geographical Names as a Challenge for Research and Gazetteer Management. Expectations and Perspectives for Future Development, ed., Marburg: Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe
Shams, A. (July 2015b). Mapping the vicinity of Mount Sinai: the representation of a sacerd landscape (whilst) on the move. In Portable Landscapes: Environments on the Move, ed., Durham: Centre for Visual Arts and Culture PDF
Shams, A. (October 2014e). Ancient Agriculture in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula in the light of the new-rediscovered 'Qanat' system. In The Qanāt: Archaeology and Environment, ed., Durham: Department of Archaeology PDF
Shams, A. (August 2011f). Dynamics of rural mobility in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In Programme Book: Royal Geographical Society ‘with IBG’ Annual International Conference (AC2011), ed., sections: 132 and 171, London: Royal Geographical Society (Themes: Rural Mobilities: Engaging with Rurality (Whilst) On the Move & Urban, suburban and rural development: Inequality and change) PDF
Book Reviews
Shams, A. (2024a). Rabineau, S. Walking the Land: A History of Israeli Hiking Trails, 2023. Pp. 290. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. International Journal of Heritage Studies 30(7): 854–856
(doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2024.2334238) TAYLOR & FRANCIS - IJHS
Shams, A. (June 2016e). Chambon, A. eds. Gaza from Sand and Sea: Art and History in the Jawdat al-Khoudary Collection, 2012. Pp. 204. Jerusalem: Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Française de Jerusalem. Q. Palestine Exploration 148(2):148-150 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2016.1159420) TAYLOR & FRANCIS - PEQ
Press & Popular Science Articles
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Shams, A. (May 2023a). Reframing a Global Multifaceted Mountain Governance. Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) ― University of Bern MRI
Shams, A. (January 2021a). Sinai in Ten Maps. American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) - The Ancient Near East Today 9(1) ASOR
Shams, A. (September 2019b). Sinai’s Century: The Photographs of the Library of Congress. American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) - The Ancient Near East Today 7(9) ASOR
Shams, A. (July 2018a). Sinai's Unfinished 150-year Survey. American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) - The Ancient Near East Today 6(7) ASOR
Shams, A. (May 11, 2017a). From St. Catherine's to the Nile. Al-Ahram Weekly (1344)
MASRESS ARCHIVE AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
Shams, A. (June 30, 2016f). Sinai governance: Lines and boundaries. Al-Ahram Weekly (1302)
MASRESS ARCHIVE AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
Shams, A. (April 21, 2016d). Sinai economy: Timely questions. Al-Ahram Weekly (1292)
MASRESS ARCHIVE AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
Shams, A. (March 17, 2016c). Sinai society: The Bedouin Epicentre. Al-Ahram Weekly (1287)
MASRESS ARCHIVE AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
Shams, A. (February 18, 2016b). Sinai water: Towards sustinable strategy. Al-Ahram Weekly (1283)
MASRESS ARCHIVE AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
Shams, A. (January 14, 2016a). Sinai development: From 1980s to 2000s. Al-Ahram Weekly (1278)
MASRESS ARCHIVE AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
Shams, A. (July 9, 2015b). The Sinai development syndrome. Al-Ahram Weekly (1254)
MASRESS ARCHIVE AL-AHRAM WEEKLY
Shams, A. (March 1, 2014c). Rugum: rescue plan for the Sinai Mountains. DailyNewsEgypt
MASRESS ARCHIVE DAILY NEWS EGYPT
Shams, A. (February 14, 2014b). The nature of trekking in the Sinai Mountains. DailyNewsEgypt MASRESS ARCHIVE DAILY NEWS EGYPT
Shams, A. (January 2012a). Twinned peaks: the ‘SinaiAlps project’. M. Academia (57):24-25 PDF ACADEMIA
Shams, A. (January 2010a). El Freish retreat. Eternal Egypt (1):48-75 PDF
Atlases . Maps
Shams. A. (July 2013b). Pocket atlas of the Sinai Peninsula: discovering a historical landscape. Berlin, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group - epubli GmbH GOOGLE BOOKS
Shams, A. (January 2011a). Serabit el-Khadim regional map. Tur, South Sinai Regional Development Program, EU-Commission PDF
Blog posts
Harkel, L. and A. Shams (November 2021d). Declassified Satellite Imagery (KH-9): Analysing the Impact of Mass Tourism on the St Catherine Region, South Sinai. EAMENA
Shams. A. and L. Harkel (December 2021e). Which Visitor or Town? The ‘Great Transfiguration’ of Sinai’s Endangered Cultural Mountain Landscape. EAMENA
Shams. A. (April 2020c). Keeping the sense of time. SPR
Shams, A. and L. Harkel (May 2019a). The SinaiArchaeoWater Project (SAW). EAMENA
Posters
Shams. A. (January 2014a). Tales of the Frontier (TotF) ‘In the light of the inscription of the UNESCO transnational Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site (FREWHS)’. Liverpool, Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool - Cultural Engagement Fund Showcase PDF
