The first Egyptian student mission to France under Muhammad Ali, Alain Silvera; the Near East in the balance of power - the repercussions of the Kaulla incident in 1893, Gordon Martel; the consequences of the introduction and spread of modern education - education and national integration in Egypt, Mahmud A. Faksh; agricultural technology and rural social classes in Egypt, 1920-1939, Alan Richards; the dilemma of a liberal - some political implications in the writings of the Egyptian scholar, Ahmad Amin (1886-1954), William Shepard; the Iranian settlement in Egypt as seen through the pages of the community paper Chihrinima (1904-1966), Mohammad Yadegari; Al-Muwailihi's criticism of Shawqi's introduction, Mattityahu Peled; urban elites and the foundation of municipalities in Alexandria and Istanbul, Steven Rosenthal.