This dissertation analyzes the relationship of articulations of tolerance and sympathy in US liberal media and activist discourses towards Muslims and Arabs to the process of racialization of Muslims and Arabs. These discourses produce "Muslims/Arabs" as racialized category, eve…
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This dissertation examines the administration of Islamic family law in the British Straits Settlements and the Netherlands Indies through the lens of Arab merchants in colonial courts from 1860 till 1942. During this period, Arab communities tended to seek justice and accountabi…
Muslim immigration to the West has been an important historical phenomenon and has occurred as a result of the political, economic, and social turmoil in the Muslim world, particularly in the Middle East. Many Arab Muslims have immigrated to the West, especially to the United St…
Although an extensive research base exists for attachment effects on several interpersonal behaviors (see Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007a for a review), recent work has suggested the important role of attachment theory in mitigating intergroup biases and conflict (see Mikulincer & Sh…
This study was driven by a curiosity related to the utility of using western texts in teaching in Jordan. In these texts, the value of a practice grounded in the NPR is highlighted. Numerous psychiatric models of NPR have been established to guide nursing practices with patients…
This dissertation studies the textual dialogue between Argentines of European descent and Arab immigrants to Argentina from the rnid-1800's to mid-1900's. It elucidates the reciprocal nature of processes of representation and identity formation between national and immigrant gro…
This study begins by identifying the relations between American and Middle-Eastern Arab societies as characterized by conflict. It then identifies the potential positive impact that teacher exchange programs can have on improving these strained diplomatic relations. This is reco…
Citizenship rights are thought to be the same for all the citizens of a democracy, but the case of Arab farmers in Israel suggests that citizenship rights are not the same for all segments of society. Since the establishment of the state, the Arab citizens of Israel have abandon…
The incidence of congestive heart failure (CHF) rises annually and, despite advances in medical treatments, the prognosis remains poor. Since CHF has no cure, the treatment is mostly supportive symptom management and prevention of exacerbation. Studies examining the impact of so…
Cognitive ability data for 393 sixth grade Arab students from the Negev region in southern Israel were collected using a nonverbal test (Raven's Progressive Matrices) and scores of scholastic achievement in three subjects: Arabic, English, and Mathematics. The study investigated…
The study examined international immigration to the United States. It focused on the psychological effects of immigrants' experience during the immigration process. The investigation searched into ethnic identification among fifteen first generation adult immigrants who all resi…
Around six million women become pregnant in the United States each year. Although pregnancy is a basic biological process that for most women is a time of excitement and joy, it can be a time of problems (Nannini, Weiss, Goldstein, & Fogerty, 2002). Health behaviors in early pre…
In this dissertation, I examine the transition period between Ottoman and British rule as experienced by the residents of Jerusalem, between the years 1912--1920. By treating Jerusalem as a mixed urban locale, consisting of Muslims, Jews and Christians of various ethnic and nati…
The purpose of the current study was to untangle previous findings within the Terror Management Theory (TMT) literature suggesting that the activation of worldview defense causes an increased preference for the in-group culture and a decreased preference for the out-group cultur…
This dissertation aims at examining the way Arab women in Quebec perceive the social representations by which they are characterized in society, the manner in which they react, and the type of identity strategies which they put in place to manage the situation. Building on the p…
This thesis looks at the trajectory of Arabs' portrayal in Hollywood films. It seeks to examine the historical, political as well as the cultural parameters that triggered Hollywood's interest in Arabs representation and the role these parameters played in drawing the limits of …
Past research has demonstrated the negative effects of media stereotypes on implicit and explicit attitudes across various forms of media. Because video games are a relatively new form of media, there is almost no research on the influence of video game stereotypes on people's a…
“Hollywood Counterterrorism: The Political Economy of Middle Eastern Violence and Protest in Action Feature Films” demonstrates how Western discourses of counterterrorism and the Middle East have shaped Hollywood cinematic productions through sourcing and collaboration with priv…
Background. Poor sleep quality is a pervasive problem in Arab countries and in the U.S. with prevalence rates ranging from 32% to 54%, respectively. It is an even larger problem after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with 66% reporting sleep problems. Poor sleep quali…