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The Alestle - Vol. 62 No. 27 - 03/25/2010, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 62 No. 27

Evaluation Of Preparation Program For Teachers Specializing In Learning Disabilities In Saudi Arabia, Omer Hussain

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to provide an evaluation of the undergraduate special education teacher preparation program at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A final sample of 160 LD teachers provided the data used for analysis. Data for the study were collected by a survey consisting of five subscales: coursework, internship quality, classroom applications, professors teaching skills, and personal learning experience. Descriptive statistics were run to describe the personal characteristics of participants. ANOVA was used to determine whether the independent variables—gender, teaching experience, and/or LD as first choice of specialization—predicted the teachers' perceptions of their preparation program. …

The Margin And The Center: A Study In Selected Works From Contemporary Egyptian Novels, Linda Istanbulli

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a study of the margins and the centers of Cairo as viewed through the lens of modern and contemporary Egyptian novels. I trace how these and other Egyptian writers map the main forces that shape centers of power, how centers of power see and use the marginalized, how the marginalized themselves picture these centers. The marginalized, by conceptual necessity, are defined by two cultures and two societies at the same time; the margin and the center. I explore how Egyptian writers locate and represent these two forces, and how this duality creates relationships that keep these two …

Csusb Magazine (2010-2011), Csusb

CSUSB Magazine

Features:

Update......Page 3
With all the beauty supplied by brush, hills and mountains that surround CSUSB, the university is complementing nature's art with works of its own.

College News......Page 6
A CSUSB alumnus and former Model Un student keeps a winning tradition alive.

Contributions......Page 14
The new face for public art at CSUSB.

Pack Tracks......Page 16
What does it take to play water polo, and why is Bryanna all ashivers this a.m?

Student Scapes......Page 18
A communication studies student and waitress delivers the goods by way of food, verve and a little nerve.

Alumni Notes …

Persecution Of Coptic Christians In Modern Egypt, Alla Rubinstein

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The Christian community of Egypt dates back to the seventeenth century and comprises 12 per cent of the population today. As one of the oldest churches of the world, the Coptic Christian Church, first formed in Alexandria, has stood resilient and faithful to its traditions against intolerance, siege and persecutions. Having been present in most institutions of the state among the overwhelmingly Sunni-Muslim population, Copts are not new to the slow process of Islamization that Egypt has been undergoing for the last twenty years. What has been unique to the recent Coptic experience is the forced integration of Shari’a law …

Supporting Muslim Students In Secular Public Schools, Candace Schlein, Elaine Chan

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

This article discusses the findings of a study examining the challenges and opportunities of supporting Muslim students in secular public schools. Education is explored as a multifaceted interplay between home and family life, community resources, school programs and policies, and classroom lessons to investigate the curricular experiences of Muslim students in North America. In particular, this study focuses on data gathered through interviews, informal conversations, and participant observations to draw a narrative case study of a female, Bangladeshi, Muslim student attending a comprehensive elementary and middle school. The study explores tensions and growth among this Muslim student, her parent, and …

Ramadan In Contemporary Cairo: Consumption In The Name Of Piety And Authenticity, Marjo Buitelaar, Nirvana Saad

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Perbezaan Baris I'Rab Dan Kesannya Dalam Qira'at : Satu Kajian Dalam Surah Al-Baqarah., Al-Muslim Mustapa

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study aims at showing the relationship between i‘rab – one aspect of the Arabic linguistic sciences – and qira’at, which deals with the various i‘rab that exist in a particular qira’at. The i‘rab being studied is the formation of words inflection in the al- Quran according to the qira’at mutawatir. The study focuses on the effect these inflections have on the meaning the Quranic verses based on the various qira’at. This study outlines 3 objectives. First, the general relationship between Arabic language and qira’at. Second, the importance of i‘rab and its relationship with qira’at and its effects on meanings. …

Modern Mosques Of Malaysia, Wael A. Yousef

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Expert To Speak About Muslim World, Iraqi Politics, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

“People Like Us” In Pursuit Of God And Rights: Islamic Feminist Discourse And Sisters In Islam In Malaysia, Yasmin Moll

Journal of International Women's Studies

This paper attempts to critically situate the discourse of Islamic feminism and its activist incarnations such as the Malaysian group Sisters in Islam within an analytical framework that seeks to look beyond the all-too-common trope of “multiple modernities.” The paper examines the conditions of possibility enabling such groups and discourses, looking in particular at the modern nation-state, and the imbrications of social discourses of rights and religious discourses of individual belief within this state. I argue that the repertoires of reasoning called forth by Sisters in Islam partake in the objectifying rationalities of the Malaysian state when it comes to …

Introduction: Gender And Islam In Asia, Huma Ahmed-Ghosh

Journal of International Women's Studies

No abstract provided.

Portland State Library Newsletter; Fall 2009, Portland State University Library

Library Newsletters

In this issue: We Are Here to Help; News from Public Access Services; Portland State WorldCat; Exhibit & Events; History of Middle East Studies in the West Exhibit and Donor Honor Roll

Political Science Fall 2009, Dan Sabia

Political Science Newsletter Fall 2009

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, September 30, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Working The System: The Role Of Islam In Student Negotiations Of A Midwestern Charter School, Liza Baer

Macalester Civic Forum

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 44, No. 08, September 21, 2009, Grand Valley State University

Volume 44, July 8, 2009 - June 10, 2010

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 034, Number 03, September 14, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2009-2010, Volume 34

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Trapped By Consociationalism: The Case Of Lebanon, Samir Makdisi, Marcus Marktanner

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 034, Number 01, September 1, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2009-2010, Volume 34

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Playing For The Breaks: Insurgent Mistakes, Lincoln B. Krause

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Annual Report, 2009, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. J. William Fulbright College Of Arts And Sciences. King Fahd Center For Middle East Studies

King Fahd Center for Middle East & Islamic Studies Annual Report

Program Director: Tom Paradise, 2005-2009; Joel Gordon, 2009-

Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 4, Tugrul Keskin

Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies Newsletter

Table of Content:

• Introduction, Charles Kurzman
• An Interview with Dr. Y. Tzvi Langermann on Islamic Studies and Islam in Israel by Tugrul Keskin and Najm al-Din Yousefi
• The Islamicity of Different Interpretations of ḤIJĀB by Rachel Woodlock
• Representation of Islam and Muslims by the British Government Between 2001 and 2007 by Leon Moosavi
• Scholarly Research in the Madrassa: A Brief Overview by Maulana Waris Mazhari (Translated by Yoginder Sikand)
• Shah Mahmoud Hanifi’s lecture on the US Foreign Policy and Afghanistan: The Colonial Market for Afghan Languages by Lindsay N. Meath
• A New Book: The Clash of Modernities: The Islamist Challenge …

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1 Summer 2009, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

Contributors, Alan Clinton, Marc Ouellette

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Information about contributors to articles in volume 9 issue 3 of Reconstruction.

Mosque Of Emir Altunbugha Al-Maridani In Light Of Mamluk Patronage Under Al- Nasir Muhammad Ibn Qalawun, Diana Isaac Bakhoum

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Funeray Complex Of Taghri Bardi, Ahmed Kamal

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Floriated Kufic On The Monuments Of Fatimid Cairo, Bahia Shehab

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Natural Resources As A Source Of Conflict In The Middle East, Alanna C. Torres

Pitzer Senior Theses

The purpose of my thesis was to counter Samuel Huntington’s argument that the world’s conflict is over differing civilizations, religions, or cultures. Whether or not religion is declining or growing, it cannot be used to portray the world in a 'cosmic war,' or a battle between 'good and evil'. Natural resources, not religions, rest at the basis for the Islamic fundamentalist and militant movement due to its response to the Western structural pressures that are modernizing Muslim societies. Oil and water become vital tools for exercising power and authority of one nation over another, and are identified as the true …

Between Qur'an And Custom: Gendered Negotiations In Contemporary Sana'a, Anoush Tamar Suni

Pomona Senior Theses

No abstract provided.