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31/12/2025

Foundational genomic resources for date palm: A gap-free, telomere-to-telomere phased assembly of Ajwa and 19 high-quality genome assemblies of Phoenix dactylifera

Art. (in English) in preprint on bioRxiv (Dec.2025)
26/02/2025

Date Palms and Palm Groves in Saudi Arabia, An Ethnobotanical Perspective

Chap. (in English) solicited by al-Qassim Palms and Dates Museum and submitted Feb. 2025
24/12/2024

Cultivating the Desert: Agronomic and Social Analysis of Production Systems in the Oasis of al-ʿUlā, Saudi Arabia

Socio-agronomic report on oasis agriculture from al-ʿUlā AS project, currently under writing
13/08/2024

The living heritage of an undervalued agrobiodiversity: An analytical survey of practices and categorization of date palms in al-‘Ulā oasis, Saudi Arabia

A book in progress by al-’Ulā DPA Project
01/10/2023

The oasis of al-‘Ulā between two waves of change

Ed. book of al-‘Ulā AS project, work in progress.
05/05/2014

What does domestication mean for a Saharan oasis date palm?

Art. (in English) in progress
18/03/2014

Plant Cosmopolitism and Social Extraterritoriality: a Modern History of Ornamental Gardens in Egypt

Book (in French) in progress (to be finalized).
19/07/2006

Use of public spaces in Cairo, Gardening Natures and Downtown area [temporary title]

Book (in French) in development…
19/07/2006

The space of a nature: Ethnoecology of the oasis of Siwa (Egypt) [temporary title]

Book (in French) in progress…
08/07/2005

Repertoire of gestures of Cairo [temporary title]

Pending work…