Migration for Employment in the Middle East: Its Demographic and Socioeconomic Effects on Sri Lanka

The idea that divine beings, holy people and magical creatures leave behind permanent marks of their immortality on the surface of the earth is common to many cultures and spiritual systems. Throughout history curious hollows, cavities, and coloured stains on stone and rock have been explained as tangible evidence of the presence and intervention of deities, saints, prophets, angels and demons. The folk motif of the miraculous impression of a foot, hand or limb finds frequent expression within Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Footprint shrines and cults abound in the Middle East, India, south-east Asia and China, from the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and Qadam Sharif in Delhi to Phra Sat in Thailand. Variously revered as the footmark of Buddha, Siva, Adam and St Thomas the Aposde, Sri Pada in Sri Lanka is perhaps the most compelling emblem of the polyvalency of this intriguing phenomenon and its capacity to range across the full spectrum of religious traditions.

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Labour Migration to the Middle East: From Sri Lanka to the Gulf.

Population and Development Review ◽

10.2307/2938470 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 624 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sharon Stanton Russell ◽

F. Eelens ◽

T. Schampers ◽

J. D. Speckmann

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Middle East ◽

Labour Migration

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A revision of the genus Paramesodes Ishihara (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) with descriptions of eight new species

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/187631283x00380 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 17-32

Author(s):

M.R. Wilson

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Middle East ◽

Sierra Leone ◽

Type Species ◽

Old World ◽

New Synonymy ◽

Old World Tropics

AbstractThe genus Paramesodes Ishihara (= Coexitianus Dlabola) (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) is redescribed and revised. It comprises 11 species, of which 8 are described as new, distributed in the Old World tropics and sub-tropics; P. albinervosus (Mats.) (type species) from Japan, Taiwan, S. China; P. lineaticollis (Distant) (= ishurdii Mahmood & Meher, new synonymy), from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan; P. lucaniae (Dlabola) stat. rev., from India, E. Mediterranean, Middle East, USSR; P. pusae n. sp. from India; P. matalae n. sp. from Sri Lanka; P. mokanshanae n. sp. from S. China; P. njalae n. sp. from Sierra Leone; P. morowalae n. sp. from Sulawesi; P. annamae n. sp. from Vietnam; P. lagunae n. sp. from Philippine Islands; P. tawae n. sp. from Philippine Islands. A key to males is provided. The lectotype of P. lineaticollis (Distant) is designated.

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Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): A New Opportunity for the Region

Yearbook of Medical Informatics ◽

10.1055/s-0039-1677896 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (01) ◽

pp. 292-296 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Riyad Alshammari ◽

Najeeb Al-Shorbaji ◽

Zakiuddin Ahmed ◽

Zaid Al-Hamadan ◽

Abdulwahhab Alshammari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Middle East ◽

Health Informatics ◽

General Assembly ◽

North African ◽

African Region ◽

Governmental Organization ◽

The Past ◽

African Health ◽

Education Delivery

During the 2018 IMIA General Assembly (GA) held on Oct 2018 in Sri Lanka, a new organization, the Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA) was established as a regional non-governmental organization to promote Health Informatics in the region. Health Informatics activities in applications, education, and research have been growing in the Middle East and North African region for many years. Over the past year, health informatics initiatives within the region focused on the education sector and the workforce. The need to enhance the education delivery and methods is essential in promoting Health Informatics in the region as well as establishing master programs in many countries within the region.This paper provides an overview of the variety of initiatives that are occurring in the region and are endorsed by MENAHIA.

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