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Tamer Elshayal
Harvard University
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
Discipline
Geography
Sub Areas
Urban Studies
Energy Studies
Environment
Globalization
Technology
State Formation
Political Economy
Modernization
Middle East/Near East Studies
Mediterranean Studies
Development
Colonialism
Nationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Arab States
Egypt
Mediterranean Countries
Sahara
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (advanced)
French (intermediate)
Education
MA | 2014 | Urban Studies | Harvard University
Abstracts
The Sahara as a sociotechnical space: energy, urbanization, and the geographies of power “The Solar Empire” that never was