2. Islam and the West: Challenges and Opportunities

2004 ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Buying into Brand Borat: Kazakhstan's Cautious Embrace of Its Unwanted “Son”

Slavic Review ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Motion Picture ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Nation Branding ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
National Brand ◽  
The West ◽  
National Image ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Global Profile ◽  
The Government

Since 1991, the Eurasian republic of Kazakhstan has endeavored to build a recognizable and credible national brand as a resource-rich, multicultural, and stable outpost in an otherwise troubled region of the globe. It is therefore not surprising that Sacha Baron Cohen, the creator of die fictitious Kazakhstani reporter “Borat Sagdiyev,” touched a raw nerve with his parody of the country and its people as bigoted and backward. While the Borat satire is both grotesque and spurious, the success of the motion picture Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has provided Kazakhstan with a precipitous increase in its global profile. Using the analytical tool of “nation branding,“ Robert A. Saunders discusses the challenges and opportunities the Borat film presented to the government of Kazakhstan. After some false starts, Kazakhstan has entered into a querulous but symbiotic relationship with Borat's creator to promote its own efforts to build a brand state and hone its national image in the west.

scholarly journals DIGITALISASI DAKWAH SEBAGAI UPAYA MEMBANGUN PERADABAN BARU ISLAM DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-61
Author(s):  
Muhammad Himmatur Riza
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
The West ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Literature Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Face

The Covid-19 pandemic has plagued all over the world. Many aspects of the social order have changed including da'wah activities. The development and existence of technology and restrictions on various religious activities during the Covid-19 pandemic are challenges and opportunities in da'wah activities. Research conducted is literature research that is by collecting data from various sources of references that already exist. The result of this research indicates that the speaker is required to have mastery in the field of technology and continuously to upgrade soft skills to preach in this era. The method that must be modern and practical dawah material becomes a bargaining value that is in demand by the community. This provides an opportunity for dai to document all forms of activities that are da'wah and can also publish muslims and the dynamics of their developing lives. Dai's role must be able to adapt and compete with the globalization of information technology that is already rapidly evolving and liberally controlled by the west, so as to build a new civilization of the face of Islam in the Islamic preaching activities.Keywords: Digitization of Da'wah, Covid-19 Pandemic, Islamic Civilization.Abstrak Pandemi Covid-19 telah mewabah dunia. Banyak aspek tatanan kehidupan sosial mengalami perubahan termasuk dalam kegiatan dakwah. Adanya perkembangan dan keberadaan teknologi serta pembatasan berbagai kegiatan keagamaan di masa pandemi Covid-19 menjadi tantangan dan peluang dalam kegiatan dakwah. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan berbasis data kepustakaan yaitu dengan mengumpulkan data dari berbagai sumber referensi yang sudah ada. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dai atau penceramah dituntut untuk memiliki penguasaan dibidang teknologi dan terus menerus untuk mengupgrade soft skill guna mampu berdakwah di era sekarang ini. Metode yang harus dimodernisasi dan materi dakwah yang praktis menjadi nilai tawar yang diminati oleh masyarakat. Hal ini memberikan peluang bagi para dai untuk mendokumentasikan segala bentuk kegiatan yang bersifat dakwah dan juga dapat mempublikasikan umat islam beserta dinamika kehidupannya yang sedang berkembang. Peran dai harus mampu beradaptasi dan bersaing dengan globalisasi teknologi informasi yang dikuasai yang sudah secara pesat berkembang dan dikuasai secara liberal oleh barat, sehingga mampu membangun peradaban baru wajah Islam dalam berdakwah.Kata kunci: Digitalisasi Dakwah, Pandemi Covid-19, Peradaban Islam.

scholarly journals COP26 Futures We Want - Jamaica Country Profile

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Luke ◽  
Michael Taylor ◽  
David Smith ◽  
Rajne Reynolds ◽  
Emily Shuckburgh
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
The West ◽  
Net Zero ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Global Transition

This regional profile for Jamaica was developed in the context of the BEIS COP26 Futures We Want project. It has been developed with input from in-country academic experts Professor Michael Taylor (University of the West Indies, Jamaica), Dr David Smith (University of the West Indies, Jamaica) and Mr Rajne Reynolds (University of the West Indies). It sets out a synthesis of the available evidence base on regional challenges and opportunities for mitigation, adaptation, and resilience measures for Jamaica associated with climate change and a global transition to an inclusive, desirable, and resilient net-zero future.

scholarly journals COP26 Futures We Want - Jamaica Country Profile

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Luke ◽  
Michael Taylor ◽  
David Smith ◽  
Rajne Reynolds ◽  
Emily Shuckburgh
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
The West ◽  
Net Zero ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Global Transition

This regional profile for Jamaica was developed in the context of the BEIS COP26 Futures We Want project. It has been developed with input from in-country academic experts Professor Michael Taylor (University of the West Indies, Jamaica), Dr David Smith (University of the West Indies, Jamaica) and Mr Rajne Reynolds (University of the West Indies). It sets out a synthesis of the available evidence base on regional challenges and opportunities for mitigation, adaptation, and resilience measures for India associated with climate change and a global transition to an inclusive, desirable, and resilient net-zero future.

scholarly journals Navigating babysitting as liminal, gendered, and undervalued work

Childhood ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 090756822095347
Author(s):  
Riley Easterbrook ◽  
Rebecca Raby ◽  
Wolfgang Lehmann
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
The West ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Early Work Experience ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Informal Training

Babysitting is a common early-work experience in the West, yet there is little research on babysitters. From in-depth, qualitative interviews with 16 babysitters, we explore three themes related to liminality and gender inequality in babysitting. First, babysitting is a skilled job; many babysitters undertook formal and informal training and used it at work. Second, babysitters occupy a liminal position between childhood and adulthood, bringing challenges and opportunities at work. Finally, babysitters thoughtfully negotiate pay, but sometimes experience challenges doing so.

Comparison of Epidemiology and Outcomes in Neuro-Oncology Between the East and the West: Challenges and Opportunities

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 539-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Gupta ◽  
R. Achari ◽  
A. Chatterjee ◽  
Z.-P. Chen ◽  
M. Mehta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities
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