scholarly journals Gender, Identity, and Islam

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-110
Author(s):  
K. Luisa Gandolfo
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Women Reformers ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
War Novels

Books Reviewed: Valentine M. Moghadam, ed., From Patriarchy to Empowerment:Women’s Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East,North Africa, and South Asia. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press,2007; Ida Lichter, Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices againstOppression. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2009; Wahida Shaffi, ed.,Our Stories, Our Lives: Inspiring Muslim Women’s Voices. Bristol, UK: ThePolicy Press for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2009.The realm of gender studies is rife with potential research foci: to comprisethe geographical, political, and ethical breadth that spans North Africa toSouth Asia, war novels and Iranian cinema to dowries and hudud is, then,a veritable feat. Assuming the concept of patriarchy as the nexus fromwhich to assess the multidimensional subjugation of women within thepolitical, socioeconomic, and ethnic spheres, Valentine M. Moghadamaffords a sweeping, yet insightful, collection of nineteen articles originatingfrom the “Women in the Global Community” conference hosted in Istanbulby the Fulbright Commission in September 2002 ...

The Matter of Sectarianism

2017 ◽  
pp. 143-161
Author(s):  
Max Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Middle East ◽  
South Asia ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Southeastern Europe ◽  
Religious Difference ◽  
Dialectical Relationship ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Other World

This chapter provides an introduction to the problem of sectarianism in the modern Middle East. Although the focus is on the Eastern Mediterranean from the mid-nineteenth century through the present, scholars of North Africa, southeastern Europe, South Asia, and many other world-historical contexts face similar conceptual challenges in accounting for manifestations of not only sectarian but also ethnic and religious difference. Rather than accepting primordialist conceptions of sectarian phenomena, and without reducing the sectarian to instances of violence, this chapter argues that that there is a dialectical relationship between the matter of sectarianism in the modern Middle East and the scholarly research questions and journalistic lines of inquiry that contribute to its definition and, in many instances, its spread.

scholarly journals Military Budget and Economic Growth: Case of Middle East, North Africa and South Asia Countries

TRIKONOMIKA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Ratni Heliati ◽  
Intan Putri Wandiva
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Middle East ◽  
South Asia ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Fixed Effect Model ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Consumption Expenditure ◽  
Final Consumption ◽  
Military Budget

Conflict became one of the biggest problems in the Middle East region. This situation will deteriorated the country and will impact on economic perfomance, so defense budget is important to resolve these problems. This study aims to determine the effect of military budget on economic perfomance in 22 countries of the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia 2000-2014 period. This study uses 5 variables namely GDP per capita, military budget, gross capital formation, human capital and final consumption expenditure. This study uses panel data analysis with fixed effect model. The results of model estimation suggest that military budget has a significant negative effect on economic perfomance, while gross capital formation, final consumption expenditure have significant positive effect on economic perfomance. Meanwhile, human capital  does not have significant effect on economic perfomance in 22 countries. 

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