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24/01/2024

Oasis ways of life

Lecture (in French) given for the events series “Tête à tête avec un chercheur”, in the Galerie de l’Homme, at Musée de l’Homme, 24 January 2024, (…)
01/10/2023

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

Ed. book of al-‘Ulā AS project, work in progress.
31/01/2022

The oasis model across the Sahara and the Near East

Lecture (in French) given for the UTL conferences, Université du temps-libre, of Marennes-Oléron, January 31th 2022, Saint-Pierre d’Oléron, île (…)
20/10/2021

Cultivate your anthropology in the field of an enhanced ethnoecology

HDR | Habilitation à diriger des recherches - Paris, 2021.
02/08/2020

Tomatoes in the heart of the Sahara

Interview (in French) by Christel Trinquier, Ouest-France, 2 August 2020.
15/05/2020

Date palm genetic and diversity: The case of al-‘Ulā oasis

Research Report 2020.
15/05/2020

Anthropological issues of the communities of al-‘Ulā oasis: Scientific and synthesis note

Report: — New —
24/03/2017

From waterfalls to snowy forests, Egyptian posters show what exotic looks like from the desert

Art. (in English) in The Conversation, Global edition 2017 The pastiche-style poster art ubiquitous in Egyptian houses and businesses reveals how (…)
16/03/2017

Collection of fantasy landscapes posters

Private collection of Egyptian posters of paradise natures. The Egyptian paradises, copy/paste landscapes. Coll. Vincent Battesti, Poster (…)
20/05/2015

Resources and Appropriations: Back to the Jerid Oases (Tunisia) after the Revolution

Art. (in English) translated from an art. published in French in Études rurales (2013)
08/05/2014

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

An article which attempts to clarify the history of ornamental gardens in Egypt for the 19th and 20th centuries, a key moment to understand real (…)
18/03/2014

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

Text (in French) in progress (to be finalized).
07/01/2014

“The unrivalled tree”. Date palms and palm groves in the Middle East and Egypt, from Prehistory to the present day

Art. (in French) in Revue d’ethnoécologie - vol. 4, 2013 “The Date Palm : Origin and Cultivation in the Middle East and in Egypt”
15/03/2013

Saharan Oasis Gardens: The Beautiful as Sensual Contentment and the Landscape from Below

Lecture given for the seminar “Antropological approaches to landscape”, in the course “Anthropology of Nature” of Philippe Descola, at the Collège (…)
17/12/2012

Collection of fantasy landscapes posters

Private collection of Egyptian posters of paradise natures. The Egyptian paradises, copy/paste landscapes. Coll. Vincent Battesti, Poster (…)
16/12/2011

Gardens in New York City

New York City, the American and mineral megalopolis. There are however, many large parks and community gardens. Many pieces of wasteland, too. (…)
02/12/2011

In North Africa and the Middle East, To build, to dream and to anticipate his nature ... in order to escape the environment

Seminar Utopias of Nature, Nature of Utopias – MNHN, 2011
13/12/2009

Egyptian Botanical Gardens

The botanical gardens are often confused in the Nile Valley with public gardens.
13/12/2009

Ornamental Gardens in Egypt

Book in progress, project based in Cairo: art book and, at the same time, botanical and gardens book.
08/10/2007

Gardens of the nature: Berber oasis of Siwa in Egypt

Lecture given at the Musée de l’Homme (Paris) for the exhibition “Natures vivantes”.
26/06/2007

The garden of Mansuriya [temporary title]

Chapter of the book Ornamental Gardens in Egypt: Mansuriya. Update: Work on hold because / since the Egyptian revolution... :)
26/06/2007

Gardens History in Egypt since Mohammed Ali [temporary title]

Chapter of the book Ornamental Gardens in Egypt: Mansuriya. Update: Work on hold because / since the Egyptian revolution... :)
05/05/2007

List of gardens in Cairo

Work in progress… (sorry!)
25/07/2006

Extract of an interview (research)

First attempt to exploit on the Web fieldwork recordings.
19/07/2006

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

Book (in French) in development…
06/06/2006

The Giza Zoo: Re-Appropriating Public Spaces, Re-Imagining Urban Beauty

Chapter (in English) in Cairo Cosmopolitan (2006).
03/06/2006

Workshop in Siwa: children’s drawings on nature

Results (in progress) of the experiment of drawings carried out with the children of Siwa
15/09/2005

Some old illustrations of gardens in Cairo
05/04/2005

A Guide of Ornamental Plants in Egypt [temporary title]

Book to be published in Egypt. Coeditor and author Update: Work on hold because / since the Egyptian revolution... :)
22/10/2004

Change in the Uses of Urban Public Spaces by Cairo People

Lecture given at The Beirut Conference on Public Spheres, Oct. 2004 (AUB), Lebanon.
25/12/2002

The relationship to the environment in two regions of oases in Tunisia: Jerid and Nefzaoua

Art. (in French) in progress ... [temporary title]
07/02/2002

The oasis gardens: Natures in construction

Lecture given at the Seminar Ethnohistoire des jardins, MHHN, Paris, 2002.