With Gender and Disability, Lina Abu-Habib examines the situation of women with various types of disability in the Middle East context, and describes the evolution of Oxfam's perspective on working with disabled women.
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Provides information on internal displacement induced by conflict situations in 48 countries from the late 1990s to 2002. Analyses the causes and conditions of displacement and examines the humanitarian response. Includes chapters on the development of the Global IDP Project ele…
The modern Middle East: a sourcebook for history
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Narra la historia real de un niño rubio y de su familia en la Siria de Hafez el Asad.
Narra la historia real de un niño rubio y de su familia en la Siria de Hafez el Asad.
Esta edición revisada y actualizada hasta la segunda década del siglo XXI de "The modern Middle East : a history", explora cómo las fuerzas asociadas con la modernidad global han dado forma a la vida social, económica, cultural y política en la región en los últimos 500 años. Co…
From its birth in the late 1990s as the jihadist dream of terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the Islamic State (known by a variety of names, including ISIS, ISIL, and al Qaeda in Iraq) has grown into a massive enterprise, redrawing national borders across the Middle East and…
In Islamic Exceptionalism, Brookings Institution scholar and acclaimed author Shadi Hamid offers a novel and provocative argument on how Islam is, in fact, "exceptional" in how it relates to politics, with profound implications for how we understand the future of the Middle East…
One common demand in the 2011 uprisings in the MENA region was the call for 'freedom, dignity, and social justice.' Citizens rallied against corruption and clientelism, which for many protesters were deeply linked to political tyranny. This book takes the phenomenon of the 2011 …
En esta segunda edición del libro, los autores reflejan lo que ha ocurrido en la economía de la región desde 2001. ¿Cómo han respondido varios países de Oriente Medio a los retos de la globalización y el auge del islam político, y qué cambios han sucedido? Para ello, se han empl…
Contains 11 essays which discuss critically the conception of civil society implicit in donor assistance programmes and the methods by which donors implement such aid. Focuses largely on two aid programmes: USAID and PHARE (the European Community programme for assistance).
Klare argues that wars in the near future will be fought over the control of dwindling natural resources like oil and water.
Varios autores de 16 países que representan 17 culturas diferentes explican la situación de la violencia doméstica en sus respectivos países.