Curriculum Vitae

Name

Iman Youssef El Bastawisi El Gharbawi

Address

2 Midan El Malika Zebeda, El Sahafeen

Cairo - Egypt

Telephone

Home

202/ 38834900

Office

202/ 335675547

Mobile

011-49-77-99-00

E-mail

imanbast@aucegypt.edu

Languages

Arabic, Mother Tongue

English, fluently spoken and written

German, fluently spoken and written

French, moderate spoken and written

Profession

Social Anthropologist

Occupation

Professor, Anthropology Dep., the Institute

of African Researches and Studies, IARS ,Cairo University

Former Part Time Professor of Anthropology at the American

University in Cairo (2000- 2014)

Instructor

of the following courses:

Social Anthropology

Political Anthropology

Economic Anthropology

Anthropology of Development

Applied Anthropology

Anthropology of Religion

Anthropology of Ecology

Anthropology of Kinship

Methodology

Development Rural

Arab Society (at AUC)

Part Timer

(2000 - 2014 ), Faculty member at the American University in

Cairo, Anthropology Department, and Instructor of the core

curriculum course Arab Society

Affiliate Professor

(2012 -),SAPE Department, the American University in Cairo.

Qualifications

(1975), BA, Department of Sociology and Philosophy,

Alexandria University

(1982), MA, Department of Anthropology, Sociology and

Psychology, American University in Cairo

MA Thesis: Adaptation to a Unique Environment:

El Jebbelya of St. Katherine

(1995), Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Cairo University

Ph.D.Thesis: Bedouin Women in Desert Societies:

A study of Bedouin Women in El Jebbelya Tribe

in South Sinai

Work History

(1987- 88), Free lance Researcher for N C S C R &

UNU: project " Social Support System for the Aged in

Egypt", supervised by Dr. Adel Azer and Dr.

E. Afifi

(1987- 90), Free lance Researcher for N C S CR: National

Project " Social Development in Egyptian Desert

Societies", supervised by Dr. Ahmed Abou Zeid.

(1990- 91), Free lance Researcher for NCSCR: National

Project "The World view of Egyptians",

supervised by Dr. Ahmed Abou Zeid.

(1990), Consultant for the GTZ( Deutsche

Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) project

" El Qaser Rural Development Project in Marsa

Matrouh", submitted a study titlted

" Planning for a vocational and technical training

system for Bedouin women and men in El Qasr Rural Area,

Marsa Matrouh"

(1993- 2003), Consultant for the projects of South Sinai

Protected Areas, St.Katherine Protected Area, submitted a

study titled " Anthropological Survey, the Region of South

Sinai (South of Lat. 29 N)",EEAA,1993

Consultant for the "Ras Mohammed National Park Sector

South Sinai ( 1994 -2003)

Consultant for the Bedouin Support

Programme, St. Katherine Protectorate (1995 - 2003)

The components of the BSP:

- The inception mission to Bedouin Settlements(women

coordinator).

-Planning and implementing the Bedouin Health Delivery

Programme.

- Planning and implementing first aid programs and health

education programs for wome in the protectorates of St.

Katherine

-Planning and implementing Income generation

programs for Bedouin men and women in the Protectorate of

St. Katherine,South Sinai :

1) the Crafts Program

2) planning and conceptualizing the Eco-lodge and Eco -

Tourism in El Sheikh `Awad, South Sinai

3) Introducing the compost toilets to Bedouin

General Consultant for the Bedouin

Support Programme, South Sinai, (1999- 2003)

Consultant for the Tourism Development Agency,TDA

Planning and executing the Environmental Center

in Wadi Humaier, Nuweiba, South Sinai,submitted a study

titled "The Anthropological Approach in designing and

implementing the Environmental Center in Wadi Humayer,

Nweiba, South Sinai", TDA, 1998

Member of the Consultancy Team of the UNESCO, headed by

Dr. Samir Ghabour for the declaration of St. Katherine a

Natural and Cultural Heritage Site, a study was submitted with

title " St. Katherine a Natural and Cultural Heritage Site", 2000

Consultant for Taba Protectorate, South Sinai ( 2001- 2003)

- Carrying out Anthropological surveys

-Extending the planning and implementation of the

Health Delivery Programme for Bedouin all over

Protectorates of South Sinai

Consultant for theWetlandcoast Ethnological Heritage Survey

(Al 'Arish and Brullus lake), EEAA,(2002)

NationalCoordinator of a limited international grant

program:CHAP (culture and

health for Africa program) in Egypt,a component of PATH

(program for appropirate technology for health ), and following

up the implementation of 13 projects in Egypt( 2002-2007),i.e.

-implementation of dry food project in St. Katherine

- upgrading the production of Suggar Doll "Aruset El Mulad"

- updating the cotton curdling machine

- Supervisor of a health education program in Haroun, Aswan,

Egypt

Member of the consultancy team for assessing the proposed

natural heritage plan of the Western Desert, Marsa Matruh

province, the Swiss Fund, the EEAA, Egypt, and submitted a

study as a co- author tilted " Assessment of a proposed natural

heritage plan of the WesternDesert, Marsa Matrouh, Swiss

Fund& EEAA, Egypt, 2003

Consultant and team leader for the bedouin(men&women )

consultation on environmental issues in south sinai, SEAM program,

EEAA,

(2003 - 2004), submitted a study titled " Bedouin Consultation , Environmental

Action Plan, Public Consultation, Community

Perspectives, SEAM Programme, Governorate of South Sinai",

Ministry of Environmental Affairs, Egypt, 2004

Consultant and field leader of the sociology team for “ the project

of the national medicinal plants surveys in the western desert

oases”, The National Research Center and the UNDP (2004-

2005), co- author of the study titled "Medicinal Plants in the

Western Oases", UNDP & NRC, Egypt, 2005

Consultant and team leader of the salum project IUCN, 2006 and

submitted a study as a co- author titled " Toward Marine

Protected Area, Success: The Human Dimensions of a

Prospective MPA in Salum, Egypt", Commonwealth Scientific

and Industry Research Organisation, Townsville, Australia 4810,

December 2007

Consultanlt Member of the National Committee for Intellectual

Property for Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Enivronment, Egypt,

(2007—)

Societal Work

: Executive General Secretary of the NGO"Central

Association for Developing and Promoting Environmental Technology

CADPET "

Area of interest

- the Inhabitants of the Peninsula of Sinai.

- Bedouin Culture and Bedouin Societies

- Gender Issues

- Planning and implementing development plans and

Programs

- Introducing social services to poor rural areas in Africa

-Cultural Heritage

- Developing Desert Societies

- Developing women in rural and urban areas

- Anthropology and Environment

- Community based developmet

- Inhabitants of Protectorates

- Ecotourism and Ecolodges

- Political Structure of Arab and African Societies

Published Articles

1989, "The Socio-Economic Activities of Bedouin Women in

North Sinai", The 14th International Congress for Statistics,

Computer Science, Social and Demographic Research,

published in arabic at the National Center for sociological and

criminological research, Cairo,Egypt (in Arabic )

1990, " The Concept of Time Among Bedouin

Women in North Sinai", The Congress of Man,

Society and Culture", North Sinai. Published in arabic at the

National Center for Sociological and Crimilogical Research ,

Cairo, Egypt (in Arabic)

1997, " Social and Environmental Dimensions in

Tourism Development", the Congress of

Towards an Integrative Development within a

Secure and Clean Environment in South Sinai,

Sharm EL Sheikh, TDA, (in arabic)

1997, co-author of the article "Inception of the

Bedouin Support Programme in the St.

Katherine National Protectorate, Sinai, Egypt",

in Mountain Research and Development, vol.18

no.3, August 1998 (in English)

2002, " The Legal Rights of Bedouin Women in

South Sinai", in Researches in Arabic

Anthropology, Supreme Council for Culture, Egypt.

(in Arabic)

2001," The Socio- Political Role of The Dinka

Women",The workshop on Dinka, IARS, Cario,(in Arabic)

2001, "Local Culture and the intoducing of Primary Health

Care Service to Bdouin of the Protectorates of South Sinai, a

Study in Anthropology of Development in the Journal of

African Studies, vol. 76,(in arabic) Cario University, (in

Arabic)

2008, (co - author and editor) of "The cultural architecture and

globalization, an applied research on Siwa Oasis", in The

Center of Arabic and African Studies, Cairo, Egypt, (in Arabic)

2003, co- author of " The Assessment of a Proposed Natural

Heritage Plan of the Western Desert, Marsa Matrouh, Swiss

Fund& EEAA, Egypt, (in English)

2004, Bedouin Consultation , Environmental Action Plan, Public

Consultation, Community Perspectives, SEAM Programme,

Governorate of South Sinai,Ministry of Environmental Affairs,

Egypt, (in English)

2006, The Socio- economic and cultural perspectives of

Wahataya (Inhabitants of the Western Desert) on Medicinal

Plants, Journal of African Studies, vol. 75, (in English)

2007, Co- author, Toward Marine Protected Area, Success: The

Human Dimensions of a Prospective MPA in Salum, Egypt",

Commonwealth Scientific and Industry Research Organisation,

Townsville, Australia 4810, (in English)

2007, "Traditional Healers Perspectives towards Traditional

Healing :A Comparative Study on the Kukuy Kenya and St.

Katherine, Egypt", in Health and Disaease in

Africa, IASR, Cairo University, (in Arabic)

2009,"The Cultural Challenges Facing African Women in

Producing and Sustaining Food", in the workshop on the role of

Arab and African Women Facing World food Crisis;Challenges

and Solutions,Cairo University and African Union, Egypt, (in

Arabic)

2009, "The Role of Civil Society in The Conservation of Wildlife

and Management of Protected Areas", in the Reginal Workshop on

Wildlife Conservation and Protected Area Management in the Near

East, Damascus, Syria, 25-28 May,2009 (in English)

2011, The cultural and social change in an Egyptian village, Mit

Ghorab, Dakkahlia Province(under publication)

2013, The participation of local community in managing protectorate

areas , the case of ST. Katherine, South Sinai, UNESCO workshop at

the Institute of African Research and Studies

2015, “Community participation in delivering women primary health

care program in South Sinai,” in Egyptian Women in Remote Areas,

the Center for Studies, Ministry of Culutre (in Arabic).

2016, co-author, The Health and social perspectives of poverty in

Kampala: an anthropological vision, the international conference :

Africa: new prospects, IASR, Cairo University

2017, co - author, Women as reflected in egyptian tv commercials,

ISSN:2188-9643 The European Conference on Media, Communication

& Film2017: OfficialConference Proceedings- papers.iafor.org (in

English)

2017, co- author, “Ecological challenges and their impact on the roles

of African Women, field study in cultural anthropology“, in the

international conference“Women making future”, Ain Shams

University.

2017, The Role of Media on social and cultural changes in remote

areas, between facts and hopes, the case of south sinai, the conference

on Media Facts and challenges, Beirut Arab University, Beirut.(in

Arabic)

Published Books;

2004,Co - author, Bedouin Consultation , Environmental Action Plan, Public

Consultation,Community Perspectives, SEAM Programme, Governorate of South

Sinai", Ministry of Environmental Affairs, Egypt,

2007, Contributor, Ears To The Ground, An Exploration OF African

Culture and Health, Ford Foundation and PATH, Nairobi, Kenya, (in

English)

2008, Women in Desert Societies, El Gebalya Women In South Sinai, Ministry of

Culture, Cairo, Egypt (in Arabic)

2008, (editor), Local Cultures and Globalization, Center for Arabic and African

Studies, Egypt, Cairo (in Arabic)

2010, Migration Intentions of Iraqis Living in Egypt, International

Organization for Migration, Geneva, Egypt, (in English)

2015 co- author and editor: Egyptian Women in Remote Areas, the Center

for Studies, Ministry of Culture (in Arabic).

2015, co-author , Beni Shankul, people on the Sudanese- Ethiopian

borders, the center of Arab and African studies, publisher Geziret el ward,

Cairo (in Arabis)