In the name of the people. The people want ; The dictator's two bodies ; Creative insurgency -- Burning man. Protest suicide ; Viral pain ; The defender ; A bad rap ; Down and out in Tunis ; Loaves of contention ; A better future -- Laughing cow. Pharaoh's health ; A digital bod…
Arab nationalism: an anthology
Aandacht voor de verhalen en het autobiografische werk van arabische feministische schrijfsters, zoals Assia Djebar, Fatima Mernissi, Nawal El Saadawi, Zaynab al-Ghazali, en de manier waarop zij de islam gebruiken om zich zelf sterker te maken.
"This small treatise of Ibn Taymiyya (661/1263-728/ 1328), the extremely influential medieval Hanbali jurist, has an importance belied by its size since it is, in fact, an investigation into the origin and nature of the Prophetic Sunna. In it he discusses the value of the consen…
Why has legal and judicial reform in the Arab region failed in promoting the rule of law, ensuring judicial independence and safeguarding democratic values: prerequisites for economic, political, and social development? This dissertation attempts to address this failure in the c…
The United Nations has created an abundance of human rights treaties and declarations over the decades to promote a culture of human rights and to set normative provisions of human rights standards for all states to follow. This broad effort is supplemented by the work of region…
What explains alignment behavior in Syrian foreign policy? Structural realists argue that, like all states, authoritarian states pursue their national interests in an anarchic world by balancing power or threats, informed by the distribution of material capabilities. Hence allia…
Improving Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is growing as an international priority, expressed through multiple research, policy initiatives, social intervention and advocacy. ECCE programs of high quality have the potential to improve the health and nutrition of young c…