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The Egyptian Movement For Change (Kifaya) : An Apolitical Struggle For Democracy?, Saif Salah Al Nasrawi
The Egyptian Movement For Change (Kifaya) : An Apolitical Struggle For Democracy?, Saif Salah Al Nasrawi
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Rights Of Muslim Converts To Christianity In Egypt, Hebatallah Ghali
Rights Of Muslim Converts To Christianity In Egypt, Hebatallah Ghali
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“Rights of Muslim Converts to Christianity in Egypt” is a research long-overdue, because converts are increasing in number and they are stripped off their human rights, persecuted by state and society, and considered as apostates civically dead. There is a sharp discrimination and difference in jurisprudence between Court of Administrative Litigation of State Council and State Security Court, which deal with converts. Converts of Christian background are recuperating their civil liberty rights, whereas rights of converts of Muslim background are still violated. I reached this conclusion by tracking the jurisprudential development of the Court of Administrative Litigation, which moved from …
A Study Of The History And The Current Impact Of Specialized Sports Satellite Channels In The Middle East, Shahira Amr Monieb
A Study Of The History And The Current Impact Of Specialized Sports Satellite Channels In The Middle East, Shahira Amr Monieb
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This study examines the sports satellite channels in Egypt and the Arab world. It discusses the history of these channels which is relatively new in this part of the region. These channels have been introduced with the introduction of the NileSat in 1998 and are still developing until this moment. This study aims to understand the role that the sports satellite channels play in the life of Arabs. It also aims to understand the way Arabs use these channels and the gratifications they get out of watching them. The main reason that lead the sports satellite channels to become very …
Media Messages And Womens' Body Perceptions In Egypt, Shaima Ragab
Media Messages And Womens' Body Perceptions In Egypt, Shaima Ragab
Communication Theses
This study explores the association between media exposure and women’s body perceptions in Egypt. The thin ideal perpetuated through the media, eating disorders and body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness were thought to be a culturally linked phenomena confined to Western societies. This study has contributed to the debate on cultural determinism of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction in women as it has shown that these concepts are on the rise in non-Western societies in general and Egypt in specific. When exposed to media messages, women in Egypt demonstrated eating disordered attitudes, body dissatisfaction feelings and also chose other compensatory …