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Mohamed Riad (Arabic: محمد رياض) (September 18, 1927) an Egyptian scholar and geographer. Among his most prominent books is “Journey in the time of Nubia", His full name «Mohamed Riad Ahmed Riad Mohamed Riad» , His original family name Qassem Urfally .
In 1949 he obtained his B.A in Geograpy from Fouad I University , In 1951 Diploma of Sudanese Studies (Geography & Anthropology) from Fouad I University .
In 1956 obtain his Ph.D. degree From Voelker Kunde Institute, Vienna University , He was soon appointed a staff member at Faculty of Arts Ain Shams University, Posts of Lecturer, Assistant Professor, and Professor in the Department of Geography, He taught at Beirut Arab University and Qatar University .
His late wife «Kawthar Abdel Rassoul» participated him in many researches and books, especially field research in the Nubia area .
He was awarded Egypt's State Appreciation Award of 2017.
Major works
250 published research in basic geography and anthropology including 17 books (in Arabic), 31 papers in Arabic, 21 papers in English (in Egyptian and foreign academic bulletins and periodicals), and circa 180 articles in Al-Ahramand Al-Masry Al-Youm (pages of opinion on Egyptian socio-economic & political questions), Al-Hilal monthly and Al-Siyasa Al-Dawlia quarterly.
Major viewpoints and thoughts
- African economy, resources, development and politics.
- Middle East politics and geopolitics.
- Arab Gulf studies in urban, socio-cultural and political developments.
- Egyptian field: Bedouin and Nubian acculturation and political processes, and Egyptian agrarian problems, the overwhelming dominance of the capital city of Cairo in the web of Egyptian affairs, industry and tourism.
Criticism of major agriculture projects considering the threat of scarcity of water due to climate change, advocating strong local governments, creation of an industrial hub within the Suez Canal region .
books
In Arabic
- Economic geography and biogeographic production.
- Africa: A study of the continent's components.
- Cairo: the fabric of people in place and time and problems in the present and future.
- Journey in the time of Nubia: a study of the old Nuba and indicators of future development.
- The old Nubia in photos: The environment of the Nubian society and the life before displacement.
- Introduction of the book of Garf Hussein between the past and the present.
- Human: a study of race and civilization.
- General assets in geopolitics and geopolitics: with an applied study on the Middle East.
- Transport geography.
- Egypt: the texture of people, place and time.
- Polar and Nordic World: A Geographical Study.
- Translation of the book «Racial Myths» by Juan Comas.