Fouad N. Ibrahim (born 1938 in Damanhur, Egypt), is professor emeritus at the Institute of Geography of University of Bayreuth in Bavaria. He has introduced the term desertification from French & English African geography school into German speaking Geography. He is considered as one of the rare german experts of Darfour, - region on which he wrote his Habilitation-Thesis "Desertification in Nord-Darfur" - and which is considered until as now one of the milestone of the Geography of North-Sudan. Fouad Ibrahmin was also engaged in waking up ^[1] world wide opinion concerning "Humanitarian Crisis" in Darfour ^[2].

[edit] books

• Ägypten: [Geographie, Geschichte, Wirtschaft, Politik] zusammen mit Barbara Ibrahim, Darmstadt: Wiss. Buchges., 2006. - XIV, 224 S.: Ill., Kt., graph. Darst.; 270 mm x 210 mm; (deutsch), ISBN 3-534-17420-8
• Desertification in Nord-Darfur: Untersuchung zur Gefährdung des Naturpotentials durch nicht angepasste Landnutzungsmethoden in der Sahelzone der Republik Sudan / von Fouad N. Ibrahim. In Verbindung mit d. Inst. für Geographie u. Wirtschaftsgeographie d. Univ. Hamburg. Hamburg: Hirt, 1980. - XIII, 175 S.: 16 Ill., 42 graph. Darst. u. Kt. & Kt.-Beil (6 Bl.); (deutsch) (Hamburger geographische Studien; 35)

[edit] External links

• PDF on the background of the Darfur conflict by Fouad Ibrahim

[edit] Footnotes and references

1. ^ [1]Wake-Up – call concerning Darfour from Foaud Ibrahim
2. ^ [2] Concerning the impact of Fouad Ibrahims “Wake-up call for Darfour” on German opinion (in French)in cneffpaysages Blog [3]

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