Religious and national radicalism in Middle-Eastern countries: A psychoanalytical point of view

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eldar Hasanov
Keyword(s):  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Point Of View

Mediated Narratives of Syrian Refugees : Mapping Victim–Threat Correlations in Turkish Newspapers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayça Tunç Cox
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Main Transition ◽  
Special Case

Turkey has become the first and main transition hub for Syrian refugees. Furthermore, Turkey is spatially as well as culturally simultaneously referred to as European and Asian or Middle Eastern depending the point of view. Therefore, the representation of refugees in the Turkish press proves significant for the knowledge produced about refugees. Accordingly, this chapter strives to investigate the coverage of Syrian refugees in newspapers, which constitutes only one aspect of the overall reception of the issue in Turkey, and therefore does not claim to be exhaustive. Yet, because daily newspapers are still among the most important media sectors in Turkey, they constitute a special case of knowledge production worth investigating.

Determinacy-Choice, Stability-Change: Some Thoughts on a Contemporary Polemic in Political Theory

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel A. Almond
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Rapid Improvement ◽  
Potential Productivity ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Stability Change ◽  
Second World

A MOOD OF DISILLUSIONMENT APPEARS TO BE SWEEPING THE FIELD of comparative politics and political development. This comes after almost two decades of rather impressive accomplishment, both from a qualitative and quantitative point of view. From small beginnings in the first years after the second world war, there is now a quite impressive literature in this field. Each area of the world has something like a ‘five-foot shelf’ of monographic studies of political processes, patterns and developmental tendencies. Some of these shelves are smaller than others. The Latin American shelf, for example, has lagged in growth but is in process of rapid improvement. The Middle Eastern shelf leaves much to be desired, but even here there are signs of stirring and of potential productivity. In addition to these ‘area shelves’ which show increasing signs of cumulativeness, of drawing on each other for perspective and for hypotheses, there is a ‘super shelf’ of comparative and theoretical studies which draws upon the area shelves and which contributes frameworks, approaches and hypotheses for monographic studies.

scholarly journals The Voice of Silent Toxic Mothers in Morrison’s A Mercy and Albeshr’s Hend and the Soldiers

2022 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Najlaa R. Aldeeb
Keyword(s):  
Social Systems ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Surrogate Mothers ◽  
Black Mother ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
Mother Daughter Relationship ◽  
Maternal Voice ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Voice

This paper analytically compares Morrison’s A Mercy (2008) to Albeshr’s Hend and the Soldiers (2006) to explore the maternal position in Western and Middle Eastern literatures and give the silent mothers voice. These novels depict rudimentary social systems predicated on deep inequalities of class and gender; they highlight the commonality of mothers’ experiences regardless of their class, race, or nationality. In A Mercy, the black mother discards her daughter to protect her from a malevolent master, while in Hend and the Soldiers, the uneducated Arab mother arranges her daughter’s marriage to free her from the domination of the patriarchal society. The daughters consider their mothers as toxic parents and relate all evil in their lives to them. These novels are narrated mainly from a daughter point of view, and they share the themes of the disintegrated mother-daughter relationship and search for identity. This type of narration foregrounds the daughterly perspectives and subordinates the maternal voice (Hirsch, 1989, p. 163). Applying the elements presented in Marianne Hirsch’s Mother/Daughter Plot facilitates the deconstruction of the idea of silent toxic mothers and gives mothers the opportunity to speak for themselves. According to Hirsch, when daughters become mature enough to accept their problems and failures, they become not only real women but also part of their mothers’ stories by listening carefully. Thus, I argue that mothers’ voices are heard when their subjectivity is explored through their stories narrated in their daughters’ memories, in the mothers’ self-vindication, and by surrogate mothers.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Is a Multifaceted Challenging Pandemic Which Needs Urgent Public Health Interventions

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Contini ◽  
Elisabetta Caselli ◽  
Fernanda Martini ◽  
Martina Maritati ◽  
Elena Torreggiani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organ Failure ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Severe Pneumonia ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Mild Disease ◽  
Italian Regions ◽  
Hygiene Measures ◽  
Human Coronaviruses

Until less than two decades ago, all known human coronaviruses (CoV) caused diseases so mild that they did not stimulate further advanced CoV research. In 2002 and following years, the scenario changed dramatically with the advent of the new more pathogenic CoVs, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndome (SARS-CoV-1), Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV, and the new zoonotic SARS-CoV-2, likely originated from bat species and responsible for the present coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which to date has caused 15,581,007 confirmed cases and 635,173 deaths in 208 countries, including Italy. SARS-CoV-2 transmission is mainly airborne via droplets generated by symptomatic patients, and possibly asymptomatic individuals during incubation of the disease, although for the latter, there are no certain data yet. However, research on asymptomatic viral infection is currently ongoing worldwide to elucidate the real prevalence and mortality of the disease. From a clinical point of view, COVID-19 would be defined as “COVID Planet “ because it presents as a multifaceted disease, due to the large number of organs and tissues infected by the virus. Overall, based on the available published data, 80.9% of patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 develop a mild disease/infection, 13.8% severe pneumonia, 4.7% respiratory failure, septic shock, or multi-organ failure, and 3% of these cases are fatal, but mortality parameter is highly variable in different countries. Clinically, SARS-CoV-2 causes severe primary interstitial viral pneumonia and a “cytokine storm syndrome”, characterized by a severe and fatal uncontrolled systemic inflammatory response triggered by the activation of interleukin 6 (IL-6) with development of endothelitis and generalized thrombosis that can lead to organ failure and death. Risk factors include advanced age and comorbidities including hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Virus entry occurs via binding the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor present in almost all tissues and organs through the Spike (S) protein. Currently, SARS-CoV-2 infection is prevented by the use of masks, social distancing, and improved hand hygiene measures. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the main biological and clinical features of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, also focusing on the principal measures taken in some Italian regions to face the emergency and on the most important treatments used to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.

Laughing Matters: Economies of Hyper-Irony and Manic-Satire in South Park & Family Guy

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Hughey ◽  
Sahara Muradi
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
South Park ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Media Formats ◽  
Family Guy

The so called “Arab,” “Middle Eastern,” and “South Asian” (hereinafter “AMESA”) worlds are oft-described as barbaric, untrustworthy, anti-democratic, violent, and filled with religious militants. Many claim that animated cartoons propagate this bigoted point of view, and that engagement with progressive and antiracist systems of representation are rarely combined in mainstream media formats. Using episodes from the animated series Family Guy and South Park culled from 2001 through 2007, we highlight the presence of a new cultural moment in post-9/11 culture that we call the “economy of hyper-irony and manic-satire.” Through this framework, we find that animated cartoons simultaneously reproduce and confound racist and essentialist representations of AMESA people.

Regional differences in industry specialization in the sustainability assurance market

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belen Fernandez-Feijoo ◽  
Silvia Romero ◽  
Silvia Ruiz Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Regional Differences ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Industry Specialization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Regional Specialization ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Financial Audit ◽  
Depth Study

PurposeThis paper uses institutional theory to analyze the structure of the sustainability assurance market (SAM) at a global level. The purpose of this paper is to determine if regional differences affect industry specialization in this market.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 3,657 sustainability reports (SRs) with assurance statements, the authors study the global and regional specialization of assurers by breaking down the sample into three main regions. The authors approach industry specialization using previous methodologies applied to the financial audit market, and explain differences statistically significant among regions.FindingsThe authors find different industry specialists depending on the geographical region in which the audit firm is located. The Europe, Middle Eastern and Africa region has the highest number of industry specialists and the Asia-Pacific region the lowest. Notwithstanding the global participation of Big 4 firms, assurance specialization depends on the country where the company is located.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper reveals the need to include regional differences in the analysis of the SAM at the international level.Practical implicationsThe study shows an in-depth study of the SAM that may be useful for assurers, to decide strategic actions in industries and countries and for regulators, to control the risk of monopolistic/oligopolistic markets.Originality/valueThe study presents a novel approach to the analysis of the assurance market for SRs, by studying it from the supply point of view. The analysis provides a measure of specialization that may help understand the structure of the SAM.

scholarly journals THE MIDDLE EAST IN YUGOSLAVIA’S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY IN THE 1970s

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2/2021) ◽  
pp. 397-414
Author(s):  
Pawel Bielicki
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Policy Strategy ◽  
Yom Kippur War ◽  
Middle East Conflict ◽  
Soviet Invasion

The main purpose of this article is to present the most important conditions and variables characterizing the role of the Middle East in Yugoslavia’s foreign policy strategy in the 1970s, based on available literature and documentation. I also intend to analyze the conditions that contributed to intensifying Yugoslavia’s position in the region and led to a decrease in Yugoslavia’s importance in the Middle East in the second half of the decade. Firstly, I will describe Yugoslavia’s relations with the countries of the Middle East in 1970–1973, especially with Egypt, where Gamal Abdel Nasser, after his death, was succeeded by the country’s Vice President, Anwar Al-Sadat. It will also be important to shed light on the Yugoslav Government’s stance regarding the Middle East conflict from the point of view of the situation in Europe. Next, I will present the significance of the Yom Kippur War for Yugoslavia’s foreign policy and its implications for Belgrade’s relations with Cairo and Tel-Aviv. Moreover, it will be extremely important to explain why Yugoslavia’s importance in the Middle East gradually diminished as of the middle of the decade. In addition, I will address the issue of Yugoslav President Josip Broz-Tito’s position toward the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the fading of Yugoslavia’s interest in the region following Tito’s death and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In the summary, I want to note that the period under analysis in Yugoslav-Middle Eastern relations was decisive for the country’s foreign policy and its internal situation, as Yugoslavia never again played a significant role in the Arab world.

scholarly journals Review on the genetic history of Algerians within North African populations from the HLA point of view

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (13) ◽  
pp. 140-162
Author(s):  
Abdellatif Moussouni
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
North African ◽  
Mediterranean Populations ◽  
Genetic History ◽  
African Populations ◽  
History Of ◽  
Allele Variation

This article aims to take stock of knowledge on the history of the human settlement of North Africa and the genetic history of Algerians within North African populations by gathering the most important published results related to HLA allele analysis. These results revealed a strong genetic relationship between studied North African populations (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia). Such evident genetic affinity between North African populations, also proved by the use of other powerful autosomal markers, agrees with historic data considering North African populations as having similar origins. HLA allele analysis also indicated a genetic link between North African populations (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco) and the populations of the South-Western Europe particularly the Basques and Spaniards. This would reflect a Neolithic relationship between Iberians and the natives of North Africa (the Berbers). However, other results showed a genetic distinction between samples from North African populations and Middle Eastern populations (Arab-Palestinians, Lebanese’s and Jordanians). Beside these results related to Mediterranean populations, the HLA allele variation was analyzed at the world scale showing low genetic differentiations among the three broad continental areas, with no special divergence of Africa. Keywords: Genetic diversity; Molecular Anthropology; Genetic History; HLA genes; North Africa; Algeria

Notes on the History of the Oxus-Jaxartes Basin

1924 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-262
Author(s):  
Arnold J. Toynbee
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Single Unit ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Far Eastern

The Basin of the Rivers Oxus and Jaxartes (which may be regarded as a single unit from the geographical as well as the historical point of view) has several times over played a particular part in the world's history. In conjunction with its complement, the Basin of the Tarim, it has served as a corridor or line of communication between the home-lands of several independent civilizations. By this route; the Middle Eastern World (and the Mediterranean World behind it) has communicated with India, and both India and the Middle East (sometimes alternately and, less often, simultaneously) with the Far Eastern World of China, Korea, and Japan.

GUD: An Unfired Combined Cycle Approach to Energy Utilization

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery System ◽  
Available Energy

The author dedicates his contribution to the position occupied by the gas turbine in the present production of electric energy from the point of view of possibilities for better utilization of the thermal energy (fuel) used, i.e., of increasing the cycle efficiency. The influence of the fuel type, which becomes important for the economic viability of the plant as well as for comparison with different power plant systems, is considered in detail. Due to the fact that the predominant reserves of energy are to be found in the gas turbine’s waste heat, the design basis for a system utilizing this available energy source is discussed. The heavy-duty KWU gas turbines are used to provide an introduction to the GUD waste heat recovery system. The system which has been developed is described on the basis of European as well as Middle Eastern experience. The basic scheme is stated, and the influence which the specific site conditions have on its extension is mentioned. A special section is dedicated to the operation of the GUD plant, especially the start-up and emergency shutdown devices. In the final section of the paper, conclusions are drawn regarding the further development of the unfired combined cycle.

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