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Big-Screen Aftershock: How 9/11 Changed Hollywood’S Middle Eastern Characters, Matthew Dana

Theses

Did the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, carried out by extremists from the Middle East, affect the way Hollywood portrayed Middle Eastern characters in films? This content analysis compares Middle Eastern characters in films from the five years before September 11, 2001 to those in films from the five years after. On average, Middle Eastern characters in post-9/11 films were found to be significantly darker-skinned, less intelligent, more likely to wear traditional (non-Western) clothing, and more likely to commit acts of terrorism.

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

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 …

Rise And Development Of Societal Obligation (Fardh Kifiiya) In Islamic Legal Philosophy, Nahla El-Haraki

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

History In The Making (Volume 2), Csusb - Alpha Delta Nu Chapter Of The Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society

History in the Making

No abstract provided.

The Napoleonic Egyptian Scientific Expdition And The Ninetenth-Century Survey Museum, Erin A. Peters

Theses

No abstract provided.

Csusb Magazine (Winter 2009), Csusb

CSUSB Magazine

Features:

Update......Page 3
Once a voice gone silent from poor funding, Coyote Radio now has new digs, new sounds and a cool neon sign.

Contributions......Page 18
A 40 year old vision materializes.

Student Scapes......Page 22
A student discovers the worth in being unique.

Pack Tracks......Page 26
NCAA Division II final: Talent, toughness, heart and two heavyweights meet on a cold day in Minnesota.

Contextualization, Don Fanning

Trends and Issues in Missions

The following trends and issues are faced everyday on the foreign field and need to be analyzed and evaluated before getting involved so as to know how to plan and react. This is a vital area of training for the contemporary foreign missionary.

Art And Design/Metalwork And Jewelry (Armj), Montclair State University

Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Islam : Between Message And History, Abdelmadjid Charfi, Abdou Filali-Ansary, Sikeena Karmali Ahmed, David Bond

In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers

This book could easily be called ‘A Guide for the Modern Muslim’, someone for whom the sentiments of his or her ancestors resonate but who cannot accept the canonised formulas of a prescriptive education.

Charfi spells out what for him is the essential message of Islam, followed by a history of its unfolding through the person of the Prophet Muhammad, whom he perceives as a visionary seeking to change the ideals, attitudes and behaviours of the society in which he lived. Charfi delineates the message and its history as two separate elements, conflated by tradition.

Charfi confronts with great lucidity …

Assia Djebars La Femme Sans Spulture As Postcolonial Primer, Dana Strand

French and Francophone Studies Faculty Work

No abstract provided.

The Ghosts Of Our Mothers: From Oral Tradition To Written Words—A History And Critique Of Jewish Women Writers Of Iranian Heritage, Farideh Goldin

English Faculty Publications

Throughout the 2,000 years of Iranian Jewish history, women usually were either illiterate or silenced. Iranian Jewish women in exile have been making up for their foremothers by creating prose literature at a fast pace in the last two decades. Through their poetry, novels and memoirs, they validate the claim that with financial security, access to education, and freedom of speech—rarely accessible to Iranian women until the twentieth century—they can shine. This article explores the history and background of Jewish women writers of Iranian heritage.

From Sulha To Salaam: Connecting Local Knowledge With International Negotiations For Lasting Peace In Palestine/Israel, Mneesha Gellman, Mandi Vuinovich, True

Emerson Authors, Researchers, & Creators

In this article, we survey conflict resolution in the Arab world and then turn to sulha, a Palestinian peacemaking process, for an in-depth analysis to distill lessons for Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. We identify key features of the community-based practice of sulha that could be invoked at the international level: restoration of honor and dignity, reconciliation in the wider community, and public demarcation of the end of violence. Our argument is that culture is crucial in fostering mutual understanding in conflict resolution, and that ensuring the basic human right to dignity should be an essential component of international third-party interventions. Sulha is …

Arabic/Interdisciplinary (Arin), Montclair State University

Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Arabic (Arab), Montclair State University

Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Alexander In The Himalayas: Competing Imperial Legacies In Medieval Islamic History And Literature, Anna Akasoy

Publications and Research

In 1888, Rudyard Kipling published a collection of stories in a volume with the title The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales. The collection includes the short story The Man Who Would be King, in which Kipling's alter ego, a British journalist in India, makes the acquaintance of a pair of adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan, who demand his help as a fellow Mason. The two shady characters have set out to take advantage of divisions among the natives and are determined to install themselves as kings in Kafiristan, a remote region inhabited by pagans in the north of the …

Book Review: The Crisis Of Islamic Civilization, By Ali A. Allawi, Haider Ala Hamoudi

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Traditional Architecture Of Asir Region- Saudi Arabia The Architecture Of Rujal Village As A Case Study Analytical Study, Manal Ibrahim

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Realization Of The Speech Act Of Refusal In Egyptian Arabic By American Learners Of Arabic As A Foreign Language, Nader Morkus

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated how the speech act of refusal is realized in Egyptian Arabic by intermediate and advanced American learners of Arabic as a foreign language. It also compared the performance of the learners to that of native speakers of Egyptian Arabic and native speakers of American English. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between the learners' language proficiency and their pragmatic competence. In addition, it examined the extent of pragmatic transfer from L1 and whether there was a relationship between the degree of pragmatic transfer and the level of L2 proficiency. The study also examined how refusals are …

Influence Of Trade On Sabil Decoration, Maryam Abd Al-Aziz Farrag

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Seeing The Unseen, Hebatallah Youssef

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Man as a being has always been concerned with seeing the unseen; each individual who ventures upon this search has a different trajectory. This research studies the path which seems to unite different travelers who seek the vision of the unseen, through analyzing Plato's allegory of the cave, which is an excerpt from The Republic, Heidegger's interpretation of the allegory which is from his book The Essence of Truth, and some of the works of Ibn 'Arabi which shed light on the Sufi path. It is my hope that the similarities that emerge from this analysis will help enunciate the …

College Voice Vol. 33 No. 5, Connecticut College.

2008-2009

No abstract provided.

Political Science Fall 2008, Dan Sabia

Political Science Newsletter Fall 2008

No abstract provided.

The Faculty Notebook, September 2008, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Vol. 26, Sigma: Journal Of Political And International Studies, Sigma: Journal Of Political And International Studies

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

The Israel Lobby And The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, Miles Hansen

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

Language Gain During Arabic Study Abroad: A Case Study Of A Semester Abroad In Amman, Jordan, Laila Lamani

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the 2006 Arabic study abroad in Amman, Jordan. This analysis aims to help organizers and participants of similar future programs to maximize language gain. The students' pre- and post-program language competencies in reading, speaking, listening, and writing are measured and compared. The students' daily journals during the period of the program are also analyzed. The quantitative analysis shows that statistically significant improvement has occurred in all four language skills. The qualitative analysis suggests that keeping a steady journal, setting daily or weekly language goals, doing volunteer work, having clear and reasonable …

Annual Report, 2008, 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-

Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy With Subcortical Infarcts And Leukoencephalopathy In Arabs., Saeed A. Bohlega, Khaled K. Abu-Amero

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the Notch 3 mutation spectrum in Arab patients with cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy CADASIL, which is an inherited cerebrovascular disease characterized by recurrent subcortical ischemic stroke starting in the third or fourth decade. METHODS: Complete neurological evaluation and sequencing of the Notch 3 gene were carried out at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in 2007 on 2 families from Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Sudan affected by CADASIL. RESULTS: The index cases had adult onset stroke, vascular dementia, behavioral and psychiatric symptoms and accelerated deaths. In both families, abnormal …

Las Cuestiones Sicilianas De Ibn Sab‘Īn: El Texto, Sus Fuentes Y Su Contexto Histórico, Anna Ayşe Akasoy

Publications and Research

The Sicilian Questions are the earliest pre-served text of the philosopher and Sufi Ibn Sab‘īn of Murcia (c. 614/1217-668/1270). Even though the prologue of the text claims that it is a response to questions sent by Frederick II to the Arab world, it seems more likely that it was an introductory manual for Arab students of philosophy, dealing with four specific and controversial problems as away of presenting general concepts of Aristotelian philosophy. This article analyses the structure and way of argumentation in the Sicilian Questions. Particular attention is being paid to the relationship between mysticism and philosophy and …