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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

ARL

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

University of Arts London

Economist

 

Journal Papers

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Cartographica Journal - The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisual

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

 

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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

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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., 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

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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

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BANEA

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., 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

Herder Institute

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

PDF     PROJECT     WORKSHOP

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. (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     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. (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 retreatEternal 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

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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

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