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FRIGHT AND THE FRAYING OF COMMUNITY: Medicine, Borders, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

open access: yesCultural Anthropology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 198-224, May 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT This article addresses the psycho‐spiritual intersection of geopolitics and medicine in the borderlands between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, at the margins of war. Set in a Saudi Arabian Hospital in Jeddah, it examines patients’ demand for and physicians’ attempt to secure ‘afiya (psychic, physical, and spiritual well‐being) amid regional upheaval ...
ASHWAK SAM HAUTER
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Swahili language and literature as resources for Indian Ocean studies

open access: yesHistory Compass, Volume 20, Issue 7, July 2022., 2022
Abstract In this contribution, our common point of convergence as an anthropologist and a literary scholar is to see Swahili language, literature and other texts as interwoven with the depth, scope, and complex dynamics of human experience and social life on the East Africa coast, with its long history of Islam.
Kai Kresse, Clarissa Vierke
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To Let You Understand: Franki Raffles, Photography and Feminist Solidarity

open access: yesArt History, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 624-649, June 2022., 2022
This essay examines how images by the feminist documentary photographer Franki Raffles illuminate the possibilities for – and challenges involved in – the instigation of feminist solidary between different geographic sites. Drawing on Chandra Talpade Mohanty's distinction between ‘solidarity’ and ‘sisterhood’, whereby the former signals a process of ...
Catherine Spencer
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Sunni participation in a Shi‘i‐led Iraq: Identity politics and the road to redefining the national ethos

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 43-62, April 2022., 2022
Abstract This article examines group membership and inter‐group relations in Iraq through the prism of Sunni political participation in the post‐2003 era. There has been much scholarly interest in this process of regime change, which has generally focused on the Sunni insurgency and the Shi‘i shift towards sectarianism.
Elisheva Machlis
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SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

open access: yesAnaesthesia, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 28-39, January 2022., 2022
Summary SARS‐CoV‐2 has been associated with an increased rate of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients. Since surgical patients are already at higher risk of venous thromboembolism than general populations, this study aimed to determine if patients with peri‐operative or prior SARS‐CoV‐2 were at further increased risk of venous ...
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Timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an international prospective cohort study

open access: yesAnaesthesia, Volume 76, Issue 6, Page 748-758, June 2021., 2021
Summary Peri‐operative SARS‐CoV‐2 infection increases postoperative mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal duration of planned delay before surgery in patients who have had SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. This international, multicentre, prospective cohort study included patients undergoing elective or emergency surgery during October 2020.
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Obedient Passion—Passionate Obedience: Ashraf Ali Thanawi's Sermons on the Love of the Prophet

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 25-49, March 2021., 2021
Ashraf Ali Thanawi (1863–1943) was one of the most influential South Asian preachers and authors of the twentieth century. His sermons range from Friday sermons in Arabic to those held before select disciples or at mass rallies in Urdu, and they were printed ever since his lifetime in great number and consistency.
Margrit Pernau, Max Stille
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The Gulf Cooperation Council states: Crystallization of the regional cooperation and alliances amid dwindling resources

open access: yesDigest of Middle East Studies, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 53-69, Winter 2021., 2021
Abstract The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states can be divided into two main camps in terms of hydrocarbon endowment per capita which can partially account for differences in policy directions. Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE (the rich triplet) have small populations while having large hydrocarbon (oil and natural gas) endowments compared to Bahrain ...
Evren Tok
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ROOT ANATOMICAL PLASTICITY IN RESPONSE TO SALT STRESS UNDER REAL AND FULL-SEASON FIELD CONDITIONS AND DETERMINATION OF NEW ANATOMIC SELECTION CHARACTERS FOR BREEDING SALT-RESISTANT RICE (Oryza sativa L.)

open access: yesTrakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, 2016
Specific understanding of root anatomy plasticity under salt stress is lacking and requires creation of efficient screening techniques for stress condition s.
Mehmet AYBEKE
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SELECTION OF SALT-RESISTANT RICE GENOTYPES USING ANATOMICAL ROOT DATA OF SEVERAL CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER REAL, FULL-SEASON FIELD CONDITIONS

open access: yesTrakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, 2016
I examined anatomical characteristics data of roots of 29 rice cultivars grown under real field conditions (control and saline) during a full season (from germination to harvest) to establish whether the data based on these characteristics could be used ...
Mehmet Aybeke
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