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Acknowledgments

I extend my heartfelt gratitude to everyone at Elsevier Ltd who was involved
in the publication of this book. Without their help, devotion, and dedicated
efforts, this book would not have come to fruition.
My sincere appreciation goes to all my graduate and undergraduate stu-
dents at the American University in Cairo, who have always been an integral
part of my research projects and who provided substantial assistance in the
preparation of this book. Special thanks go to: Ahmed Elshall, Amal Mousa,
Dalia Sakr, Dina Abdelalim, Eiman Hamdy, Hala Abu Hussein, Ishaq
Adeleke, Islam El-Adaway, Lama El-Hatow, Marwa El-Ansari, Moataz
Farahat, Mohamed Abu Khattowa, Mohamed El Gowini, Mona Hamdy,
Passant Abou Yousef, Yasser Ibrahim, Yasser Kourany, Zainab Hermes as well
as many other undergraduate and graduate students.
I would also like to thank the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs
in Egypt, the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency and the DFID-SEAM
Program for their promotion of cleaner production in Egypt’s various industrial
sectors. Special appreciation to Mr Phil Jago, SEAM Program manager and
cleaner production team leader for his effort in promoting cleaner production
through demo projects where a number of case studies are demonstrated in
Chapters 2 and 10.
Last but not least, I am eternally indebted to my wife Sadika, and my
children and grandchildren. I am at a loss for words to adequately express
my gratitude and appreciation to them all. They provided me not only with
endless moral support, but also with the tranquil and appropriate environ-
ment, which made it possible for me to finish this work.

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