Middle Eastern Women in the Workplace: Between Traditional Careers and Entrepreneurship

Abstract Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia in women and men worldwide and in the Middle East. Several studies have shown that women with AF are undertreated despite worse baseline clinical and risk profiles compared with men. It is largely unknown if this also applies to Middle Eastern AF patients. Purpose To evaluate baseline clinical features and utilization of guideline-recommended oral anticoagulant medications (OACs) in Middle Eastern women with AF. Methods The Jordan AF prospective multicenter study enrolled 2160 patients with AF, including 1164 (53.9%) women, in 20 hospital and outpatient clinics (May 2019 through January 2021). Results Nonvalvular AF was present in 1038 (91.0%) of women and 935 (94.6%) of men. Compared with men, women were older (mean age 69.2±11.5 years vs. 66.1±14.9 years, p<0.001), and had higher prevalence of hypertension (79.1% vs. 69.5%, p<0.001), diabetes (46.1% vs. 41.7%, p=0.04) and obesity (60.5% vs. 34.6%, p<0.001). Women, however, had lower prevalence of two comorbidities; heart failure (21.5% vs. 28.6, p=0.001) and coronary artery disease (7.7% vs. 15.4%, p<0.001) compared with men. Rate of utilization of oral anticoagulant agents (OACs) was higher in women than men with high and intermediate CHA2DS2 VASc scores (Table). Direct OACs were used in 64.0% of women and 63.3% of men with high risk score (p=NS). Multivariate analysis did not show sex to be an independent predictor of use of OACs. Conclusions Middle Eastern women with AF have worse baseline clinical and risk score profiles compared with men. In disagreement with other regional studies, the majority of these women received guideline-recommended OACs. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.

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A Transnational Dialogue from the Arab-Argentine Immigrant Press

Al-Raida Journal ◽

10.32380/alrj.v0i0.202 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 5-9

Author(s):

María del Mar Logroño Narbona

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Middle Eastern Women ◽

French Mandate

Beyond the geographical borders of the Middle East, discourses and debates about Middle Eastern women played an important role in the Arabic immigrant press inthe Mahjar (diaspora). This article explores the particular case of al-Istiklaal in the final moments and aftermath of the Great Syrian Revolt, “the largest, longest, andmost destructive of the Arab Middle Eastern revolts” (Provence, 2005, p. 12). From its first issue in June 1926 until late 1929, this Arab-Argentine newspaper systematically attacked the French Mandate and advocated for an independent Syria and Lebanon, which should be part of a larger pan-Arab political entity.

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Women in the Ottoman Empire: Middle Eastern Women in the Early Modern Era

Journal of the American Oriental Society ◽

10.2307/605053 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 120 (2) ◽

pp. 274

Author(s):

Mark Stein ◽

Madeline C. Zilfi

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Ottoman Empire ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Middle Eastern Women ◽

Early Modern Era ◽

Modern Era

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Nutrition and bone health in middle eastern women

Nutritional Aspects of Bone Health ◽

10.1039/9781847551559-00527 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 527-544

Author(s):

Jalaluddin Khan ◽

Sawsan khoja

Keyword(s):

Bone Health ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Middle Eastern Women

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Gender Diaspora and International Women's Movements

Global Diaspora Politics and Social Movements - Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7757-7.ch004 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 59-82

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Literature Review ◽

Gender Studies ◽

Real World ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

The United States ◽

Women's Movements ◽

Middle Eastern Women ◽

Diaspora Politics ◽

Affective Impact

This chapter outlines the psychological or affective characterizations of diaspora in relation to gender. The chapter provides a brief literature review in gender studies and diaspora, including the concept of intersectionality. The chapter discusses the #MeToo movement in terms of women feeling like strangers in their own homes (or homelands) as well as from a traditional diasporic definition features ethnographical research in the form of interviews with Middle Eastern women who inhabit the Muslim diaspora in the United States. The interviews are used to highlight real-world experiences of diaspora and the affective impact of diaspora politics, and the building of diasporic networks.

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The More Ethnic the Face, the More Important the Race: A Closer Look at Colorism and Employment Opportunities among Middle Eastern Women

Humanity & Society ◽

10.1177/0160597620932887 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 016059762093288

Author(s):

Ahzin Bahraini

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

The United States ◽

Political Climate ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Middle Eastern Women ◽

Middle Eastern Population ◽

The Face ◽

Study Participants ◽

Middle Easterners

Colorism is the intra- and interracial discrimination an individual experiences based on one’s phenotype. Current research focused on colorism among black Americans has found that “dark-skinned blacks have lower levels of education, income, and job status” in the United States. As bias against Middle Easterners rises in the United States, current research regarding this population is scarce. In the context of today’s political climate, the term Muslim has become a misnomer to refer to the Middle Eastern population, with the term Islamophobia specifically referring to Middle Easterners regardless of their religion rather than individuals from regions of the world who practice Islam. Participants ordered job applicants in terms of who they would hire, followed by interviews. Through 16 semi-structured interviews, this project identifies what participants believe are phenotypically Middle Eastern and Muslim facial features. Throughout the study, participants preferred to hire lighter Middle Eastern women.

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Metabolic comparison of polycystic ovarian syndrome and control women in Middle Eastern and UK Caucasian populations

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-75109-2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Alexandra E. Butler ◽

Ahmed Abouseif ◽

Soha R. Dargham ◽

Thozhukat Sathyapalan ◽

Stephen L. Atkin

Keyword(s):

Insulin Resistance ◽

Blood Pressure ◽

Cardiovascular Risk ◽

Middle East ◽

Diastolic Blood Pressure ◽

Polycystic Ovary ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Middle Eastern Women ◽

Blood Pressures

Abstract To determine if metabolic characteristics differed in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) between a Caucasian and Middle East population. Comparative cross-sectional analysis. Demographic and metabolic data from Middle Eastern women from Qatar Biobank (97 with PCOS, 622 controls) were compared to a Caucasian PCOS biobank in Hull UK (108 with PCOS, 69 controls). In both populations, PCOS women showed a worse cardiovascular risk profile of increased systolic and diastolic blood pressure, increased C-reactive protein (CRP), reduced HDL, insulin resistance as well as increased androgens compared to their respective controls without PCOS. UK women without PCOS had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures, and increased testosterone results (p < 0.01) compared to Middle Eastern women without PCOS who had higher inflammatory markers (WBC and CRP), HDL and insulin resistance (p < 0.001). UK PCOS women had a higher body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, triglycerides (p < 0.01), whilst Middle Eastern PCOS women showed increased testosterone, free androgen index, HDL and CRP (P < 0.01). There was no difference in insulin or insulin resistance between the two PCOS cohorts. This study highlights ethnic population differences because, whilst cardiovascular risk indices were increased for both PCOS cohorts, this may be for different reasons: BMI, waist and hip measurements, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and triglycerides were higher in the UK cohort whilst testosterone, HDL and CRP were higher in the Middle East population. Insulin resistance did not differ between the two PCOS populations despite differences in BMI.

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