This thesis proposes that the salon of the early 20 th -century Egyptian literary figure, Mayy Ziyadah (d. 1941) was more dynamically involved in the 19-20th -century Arab Awakening (Nahd[dotbelow]ah) than hitherto recognized. Through careful planning and discreet engagement wit…
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This study examines the participation of different social groups at an Islamic festival in Jerusalem honouring the Prophet Moses (al-Nabi Musa ), during the period of British rule in Palestine, from 1917 to 1937. These different social groups included Arab nationalist leaders, I…
The study investigates two human rights NGOs in Egypt namely Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the New Woman Research Center (NWRC) and their work in the field of human rights education. Due to the intellectual conflict between the Arab Islamic culture and the…
This study compared the differences among groups by a composite variable of culture defined by race, ethnicity and religion, focusing on Arab Muslim and Non-Arab women, in their perceptions, responses, control, satisfaction, and recall of pain during childbirth. The study includ…
Fear of and fascination with the Arab world and its civilization resulted in the production of a variety of works in medieval Europe in which Muslims found representation. This dissertation examines the perceptions and reception of the Arabs and their civilization as reflected i…
North African women's writings project not compliance with contemporary Islamic and patriarchal regimes but reveal agency for Arab women in cultural and political systems. Moroccan professor Fatima Mernissi, Ph.D., writes autobiography, oral history in interviews, and Islamic po…
This dissertation addresses the question of what happens when concepts cross "cultures" or "languages." To answer this question, I examine the history of the concept of civil society in Anglo-European political thought and the more recent emergence of a discourse on civil societ…
This research seeks to determine whether or not Arab summits in particular and summits in general contribute to the promotion of international cooperation. Accordingly, the twenty Arab summits which were held between January 1964, and August, 1990 were analyzed. It was found tha…
This study analyzes the simultaneous and interdependent national identity formations of three collectivities in the 20th Century: the Iraqi, Egyptian and Jewish/Israeli. It unmasks the dynamic way in which Arab and Jewish nationalisms mutually shaped each other's path to self-de…
Government archives are at present a key factor for sustainable development for every nation. With the requirements of globalisation, Arab countries, in their majority, have to think about their government archives, neglected for a long time, in order to allow their administrati…
This dissertation examines the potentials and incentives for, and impediments to, regional integration in the Middle East, based on the conceptual paradigm of economist Jagdish Bhagwati, who defines regionalism as preferential trade among a subset of nations, requiring a catalys…
Hussein al-Barghuthi (1954-2001) was a giant literary figure in the modern Palestinian cultural scene. He was a controversial writer and his works include critique, poetry, fiction, plays, screenwriting, and lyrics. Much of his writing, beyond literary and cultural criticism, is…
This study examined the novel by Nahjib Mahfouz, Awlad Haratina, or Children of the Alley. The goal of this examination was to reveal how gender relations are rhetorically created within the Arab cultural context. This study found that two rhetorical strategies mediated gender r…
Abu H[dotbelow]atim al-Razi (d. 322/934) was an early 4th AH/10th AD century Isma`ili missionary who composed a glossary of Islamic words entitled Kitab al-Zina fi-l-kalimat al-`arabiyya al-islamiyya . This work gives definitions and etymologies of words found in the Qur'an and …
The paternal genetic relationships among the populations of Syro-Mesopotamia and Arabia were examined with the purpose of identifying the demographic processes that accompanied the development of semi-nomadic ovicaprid pastoralism and fully nomadic camel pastoralism in that regi…
This study examined factors associated with the utilization of formal and informal services by Arab immigrant women experiencing partner abuse. The study employed a cross-sectional survey using face-to-face interviews with a convenience sample of 67. The survey included question…
