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Reading, Repeating, and Working Through: On Mahdi Amil's Theoretical Practice

Kiblawi, Ziad (2020-07-10)

This thesis examines the writings of Lebanese Marxist theoretician Mahdi Amil in order to constitute the problematic of his theoretical practice. It seeks to address central challenges facing conventional intellectual ...
Research in Arabic-speaking countries: Funding competitions, international collaboration, and career incentives

Hanafi, Sari; Currie-Alder, Bruce; Arvanitis, Rigas (Oxford University Press, 2017-09-08)

Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Qatar expanded research funds over the past two decades. The use of competitive calls required researchers to prepare and submit proposals for team-based projects or time-limited ...
Self-construals across cultures: Beyond independence-interdependence

Harb C.; Smith P.B. (THOUSAND OAKS2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA, 2008)

This article reviews the literature on cross-cultural assessment of self-construals and proposes to refine their conceptualization by incorporating principles derived from self-categorization theory and a critique of ...
Sexuality in the Arab world

Khalaf, Samir (Saqi Books, )
Social exclusion of palestinian refugees in Lebanon: Reflections on the mechanisms that cement their persistent poverty

Hanafi, Sari; Chaaban, Jad; Seyfert, Karin (Oxford University Press, 2012-01)

The majority of Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon lives in poverty. This can be observed across a number of socio-economic indicators such as low income and few assets held by the household, poor housing, poor educational ...
Sociology: Australian Connections

Jureidini, Ray; Poole, Marilyn (Allen and Unwin, )
Sowing the seeds of digital and media literacy in Lebanon and the Arab world: The importance of a locally grown and sustainable curriculum

Melki J.P. (Taylor and Francis;, 2013)

[No abstract available]
Subjective Happiness of Lebanese College Youth in Lebanon: Factorial Structure and Invariance of the Arabic Subjective Happiness Scale

Moghnie L.; Kazarian S.S. (DORDRECHTVAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, 2012)

The present study evaluated the subjective happiness of Lebanese college youth using a multi-item rather than a single-item subjective happiness measure. An Arabic translation of the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) was ...
Support for resistance among Iraqi students: An exploratory study

Fischer R.; Harb C.; Al-Sarraf S.; Nashabe O. (PHILADELPHIA325 CHESTNUT STREET, STE 800, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 USA, 2008)

This study examines predictors of expressed support for resistance to U.S.-led forces in Iraq among a sample of 130 university students in Baghdad. Based on a review of the literature and common discourse, personality, ...
Television in the Arab East

Dajani N.H. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd; OXFORDOSNEY MEAD, OXFORD OX2 0EL, ENGLAND, 2007)

[No abstract available]
Terrorism and jihad in Indonesia: Questions and possible ways forward

Harb C.; Fischer R. (HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2013)

We critically examine the three papers on terrorism and jihad in Indonesia contained in this issue. First, we argue that thorough discussion and definition of key terms (including religious violence and jihad) would have ...
Testing a new paradigm: UNRWA'S camp improvement programme

Misselwitz, Philipp; Hanafi, Sari (Oxford University Press, 2009-01)

The article will critically reflect on recently launched Infrastructure and Camp Improvement Programme of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) – an initiative that still ...
The Arab revolutions; the emergence of a new political subjectivity

Hanafi S. (, 2012)

Since late 2010, the Arab World has witnessed regime changes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; and revolts by Arab citizens are still underway in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen, along with reform initiatives at different levels. These ...
The cognitive neuroscience of creativity

Dietrich A. (, 2004)

This article outlines a framework of creativity based on functional neuroanatomy. Recent advances in the field of cognitive neuroscience have identified distinct brain circuits that are involved in specific higher brain ...
The Emergence of a Palestinian Globalized Elite: Donors, International Organizations and Local NGOs

Hanafi, Sari; Tabar, Linda (Institute of Jerusalem Studies, )
The interplay of politics, economics and culture in news framing of Middle East wars

Melki J. (SAGE Publications Ltd;, 2014)

A significant part of a modern war entails the struggle over news frames to influence public opinion. Studying these news frames in a comparative international context may offer insights into the factors behind frame ...
The marginalization of the Arab language in social science: Structural constraints and dependency by choice

Hanafi S.; Arvanitis R. (SAGE Publications Ltd; LONDON1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND, 2014)

This article aims at questioning the relationship between Arab social research and language by arguing that many factors including the political economy of publication, globalization, internationalization and commodification ...
The Media in Lebanon: Fragmentation and Conflict in the Arab East

Dajani, Nabil (I.B. Tauris, )
The mythconception of the mad genius

Dietrich A. (LAUSANNEPO BOX 110, LAUSANNE, 1015, SWITZERLAND, 2014)

[No abstract available]
The optimal age to start a revolution

Dietrich A.; Srinivasan N. (HADLEY289 BAY RD, HADLEY, MA 01035 USA, 2007)

Previous research on the relationship between age and creativity has shown that career age, rather than chronological age, correlates best with longitudinal changes in creative productivity. Recently, Dietrich (2004) ...

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