This study examines the relations between the state and an ethnic minority in Israel. In focusing upon the Arab region of the Little Triangle, the study analyzes the state’s policies and the impact that they have had upon the jurisdictional boundaries and autonomy of Arab local …
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In this dissertation we study the determinants of foreign direct investment in Israel over the past two decades. We focus on the effects of the geopolitical events in the Middle East since the late 1980's and early 1990's, especially the peace process and the end of the Arab boy…
The thrust of this study was to trace the images of the Middle East as a region and Arabs in particular that various media have historically conveyed to the American public. It only cursorily examined eighteenth and nineteenth century images; rather its primary focus was on the …
Internet use by Arab students in Egypt was examined from a uses and gratifications perspective. An online survey was administered to 502 students at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Principal components factor analysis resulted in five motives for using the Internet amon…
The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether differentiation of self predicted bicultural identity and to clarify whether variations in immigrants' nation of origin and religious identification affected the links between self-differentiation and bicultural identit…
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore how young Arab Muslim women attending college, in the United States and France, negotiate their identity vis-á-vis multiple contexts of citizenship in secular state, gender, religion, culture, and race. Sixteen interviews…
This dissertation is based on data collected through informal conversations, formal interviews, and participant observation at community events over sixteen months of fieldwork with Arab Canadians living in Ottawa, Ontario. Most literature on Canadian national identity focuses o…
This dissertation examines how imported TV series, including Spanish-language telenovelas and Turkish soap operas, have been culturally adapted by the second Moroccan channel, 2M, and the Middle East Broadcasting Center, MBC. The cultural adaptation of imported TV shows has reli…
The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences and adjustment challenges of Saudi Arabian students in the California State University (CSU) system. Specifically, the study was conducted to better understand and serve the Saudi Arabian students studying in the system. T…
This dissertation examines modern Arab Muslim literature on 'religious Others' from the overlapping perspectives of Islamic Studies, History of Religions, and Western hermeneutic philosophy. The broad basis for our analysis encompasses over four hundred books on religions other …
Opportunities for women in Saudi Arabia are limited by cultural and religious belief systems. Women are not allowed to pursue certain opportunities because it could interfere with their social roles. There are many things that women are not allowed to do in this nation. They are…
This dissertation examines three chamber music pieces by contemporary Syrian composers that use the clarinet, looking for different elements drawn from traditional Arab music and how they are used in a western contemporary context. The three works studied in this dissertation ar…
With the focus on how a sample of 25 Arab ESL learners respond to the TOEFL-iBT reading tasks, this study aimed to find out what strategies respondents tend to use, investigate if there are differences between high- and low-scorers in strategy use, and determine aspects of effec…
Tracing the history of masculinity is a crucial exercise in understanding complex structures of postcolonial relations. This thesis attempts to examine the informal influence of masculinity (defined as possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate …
This study examines the history of the Jordanian National Movement, focusing on the ideological principles of the movement, the events motivating the leaders to organize the various political parties and organizations making up the movement, and the political, economic and socia…
Previous studies in the field of e-tutoring dealt either with asynchronous tutoring or synchronous conferencing as modes for providing e-tutoring services to English learners. This qualitative research study reports the experiences of Arab ESL tutees with both asynchronous tutor…
Non-Arab global leaders face many cultural challenges when doing business in Arab markets. One such challenge is how to work with wasta, which is translated as networking and favoritism. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships between wasta and a non-Arab man…
This paper discusses the politics of inclusion and exclusion of literary works by Arab women writers for translation into English. How are these literary works selected for translation? Why have these works become a representation of Arab women? And what is the role of the trans…
The business of globalized education has become increasingly competitive and increasingly complex. As the international campus develops students to meet the demands of the modern global workforce, organizations can choose between varying business models that emphasize different …