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Mesa 2011: Expressive Culture Of The Egyptian Revolution, Roberta L. Dougherty
Mesa 2011: Expressive Culture Of The Egyptian Revolution, Roberta L. Dougherty
Roberta L. Dougherty
Meaning Of Hijab According To Urban Egyptian And Yemeni Muslim Women, Kenneth E. Jackson
Meaning Of Hijab According To Urban Egyptian And Yemeni Muslim Women, Kenneth E. Jackson
Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations
Meanings of hijab held by urban Egyptian and Yemeni Muslim women were the focus of this study. In addition to the meanings held of hijab, the study also explored the relationships between demographic variables and perceptions of hijab. Three null hypotheses led the analyses pertaining to the differences between Egyptian and Yemeni respondents in their perceptions of hijab, demographic differences between those that wore a hijab and those that wore a niqab, and the demographic differences between those that wore a hijab and those that did not wear a hijab. Data analysis was based on the …
Changing Egypt’S Identity One Picture At A Time, Ethan Pullman
Changing Egypt’S Identity One Picture At A Time, Ethan Pullman
Ethan P Pullman
In the wake of Egypt's recent political revolution, an image circulated on social networks and the internet at large that spread like wild fire – “has gone viral,” as one Facebook user comments. What makes this image revolutionary, and somewhat ironic, is the interplay between image and language reconstructed meaning using the language of the dominant “orientalist” culture that originated it.