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A Veneer Of Democracy: How El-Zu’Ama Dominate Lebanon’S Political System, Sami Banat
A Veneer Of Democracy: How El-Zu’Ama Dominate Lebanon’S Political System, Sami Banat
Political Science Honors Projects
As Lebanon has endured a never-ending cycle of crises for decades, scholars have sought explanations via the country’s intense sectarian system, and have investigated its origins extensively. However, this search has neglected the question of sectarianism’s permeance and maintenance. This paper will focus on the latter, and argues that the sectarian system is sustained by a sectarian elite class, known as el-zu’ama, via their own cults of personality enabling them to maintain control of their sects. This paper will examine pre-statehood history, the civil war, post-war reconstruction, and finally, modern failed challenges to the system to illustrate this thesis.
The Desert And The Sa'alik: The Creation Of Identity In Pre-Islamic Arabia, Maya H. Saidel
The Desert And The Sa'alik: The Creation Of Identity In Pre-Islamic Arabia, Maya H. Saidel
Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity and Classics
The sa’alik were poets who were expelled from their tribes and occupied the fringes of society in Pre-Islamic Arabia. The brooding poetry they composed as they roamed the desert sands in solitude presents a fascinating opportunity to explore the role of the environment in constructing vagabond identity. This paper analyzes Lamiyatt al-Arab by al-Shanfara and How I Met the Ghul by Ta’abatta Sharran in order to elucidate the nature of the sa’alik’s engagement with their arid environment. In the absence of the social and physical comforts of a tribe, the sa’alik sought to integrate themselves into an alternative web of …
Negotiating Arabic: Diglossic Language And Intercultural Proficiency In American Education, Natalie C. Parsons
Negotiating Arabic: Diglossic Language And Intercultural Proficiency In American Education, Natalie C. Parsons
International Studies Honors Projects
Diglossia refers to the coexistence of High (H) and Low (L) varieties within a language (Ferguson 1959). Arabic, a diglossic language, struggles with this division. Native speakers of Arabic communicate via their dialects (L). Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) in the US focuses on Modern Standard Arabic (H), neglecting the dialects. US government investment in Arabic as a critical language since 9/11 has continued to prioritize the instruction and professionalization of the H variety, suppressing intercultural proficiency. Arabic Language curricula in the US must evolve to teach meta-linguistic awareness between the H and L forms of Arabic.
‘From Badness To Sickness’ And Back Again: The Use Of Medication In The U.S. School And Foster Care Systems, Sarah J. Nemetz
‘From Badness To Sickness’ And Back Again: The Use Of Medication In The U.S. School And Foster Care Systems, Sarah J. Nemetz
Tapestries: Interwoven voices of local and global identities
This article explores the over- and under-prescription of psychotropic medication to youth of color both in public schools and the foster care system. Under the umbrella of the schools-to-prison pipeline, there is a wide array of literature addressing the under-use of medication for treatment of children of color in the public school system when treating learning or behavioral disabilities. There is also, however, a great deal of literature in a totally different realm surrounding the under-use of medication in treating mental health disorders in the foster care system. This article aims to put these two pieces of discourse in conversation …
Editorial Collective Biographies
Editorial Collective Biographies
Tapestries: Interwoven voices of local and global identities
These authors are featured in Tapestries: Interwoven voices of local and global identities, volume 7.
‘For My Mum It Comes With The Culture’: Intergenerational Dynamics And Young Somali Women’S Interventions Within Multicultural Debates In Britain, Giulia Liberatore
‘For My Mum It Comes With The Culture’: Intergenerational Dynamics And Young Somali Women’S Interventions Within Multicultural Debates In Britain, Giulia Liberatore
Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies
No abstract provided.
Politics And Ethics Of Marriage And Family Life Among Transnational Somali Diasporas, Mulki Al-Sharmani
Politics And Ethics Of Marriage And Family Life Among Transnational Somali Diasporas, Mulki Al-Sharmani
Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies
No abstract provided.
Language In The Name Of National Security: The Transformation Of Arabic Language Instruction In U.S. Institutions Of Higher Education, Evelyn Daugherty
Language In The Name Of National Security: The Transformation Of Arabic Language Instruction In U.S. Institutions Of Higher Education, Evelyn Daugherty
Sociology Honors Projects
Government designation of Arabic as a “strategic language” following WWII transformed Arabic language instruction in U.S. institutions of higher education. Funding from the government created a shift away from teaching students to read and translate classical Arabic for academic purposes and toward teaching modern varieties of the language for communication. I employ a three-pronged institutional analysis that takes into account the role of government, the role of professional associations, and the role of individual instructors in the redefinition of norms governing Arabic language instruction during the past seventy years. I find that coercive pressure stemming from government interest affected Arabic …
Working The System: The Role Of Islam In Student Negotiations Of A Midwestern Charter School, Liza Baer
Working The System: The Role Of Islam In Student Negotiations Of A Midwestern Charter School, Liza Baer
Macalester Civic Forum
No abstract provided.
Iraq And The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict In The Twentieth Century, Juan Cole
Iraq And The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict In The Twentieth Century, Juan Cole
Macalester International
No abstract provided.
Working The System: The Role Of Islam In Student Negotiations Of A Midwestern Charter School, Elizabeth J. Baer
Working The System: The Role Of Islam In Student Negotiations Of A Midwestern Charter School, Elizabeth J. Baer
Religious Studies Honors Projects
“What should the role of Islam be in American public life?” Rather than answer this question through broad, theoretical discourse, I turn to a case study of Somali Muslims in a Midwestern charter school. Through this case study, I analyze how individual Muslims, tied to communities and Allah in diverse ways, actively negotiate how to incorporate their religious practices into public space. I argue that by examining specific strategies used by individuals in an actual school setting, as opposed to making generalizing assumptions, one can better understand that Islam already plays a variety of constantly changing roles in American public …
Homosexuality In Islam: A Difficult Paradox, Nicole Kligerman
Homosexuality In Islam: A Difficult Paradox, Nicole Kligerman
Macalester Islam Journal
This paper addresses the complex intricacies of homosexuality in Islam by exploring Qur'anic notions of sexuality, theoretical perceptions of homosexuality in the Muslim world, the effect of Western influences on sexuality, and human rights abuses inflicted upon Muslim gays today.