This study explores the suitability of traditional Islamic versus modern Western built-environments to the current cultural climate in Damascus. The issue of privacy, and that of women in particular have been important in the Arabic-Islamic society. However, women in this societ…
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Human obesity has become a global phenomenon. The main goal of this study was to investigate the differences in food consumption and physical activity among high school age youth in two diverse geographical locations (urban and rural areas) and the relationship of some of the fa…
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) pose a threat to the health and well-being of populations worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa has been particularly hard hit by the AIDS pandemic and poses many challenges to AIDS prevention prog…
With Malaysia becoming increasingly absorbed into the global economy, there has been a greater consumption of mass-produced commodities, particularly among its growing middle classes given rising incomes as the economy expands. Some theorists conclude that an increase in the con…
La présente recherche vise à appréhender les mécanismes contextuels et familiaux qui régissent l'offre de travail des femmes au Maroc urbain. Les approches macrosociales ont souvent associé ce phénomène au développement économique et au changement qu'il induit dans la structure …
In this dissertation, my primary aims are threefold: to contribute to the anthropological and regional studies' discussion about the Arabian-Persian Gulf region; to investigate the concrete manifestations of what Mike Davis (1992) has called "the sociology of the boom"; and to d…
The purpose of this ethnographic and ethnonursing study was to describe and analyze the meanings and experiences of care for Lebanese Muslims as influenced by cultural context in selected natural and health care settings. Leininger's theory of cultural care diversity and univers…
This study is an exploration of the encounters between everyday life and intense sociopolitical transformations that lead to an emotional re-ordering of identities. Building on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in six different towns in Macedonia, this dissertation chronicles the…
This dissertation examines the response of urban Central Asian families and individuals to the collapse of the U.S.S.R. and their strategies for coping with rapid changes in their power, authority and responsibilities. Based on fourteen months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted…