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Limits of ‘authoritarian upgrading’ in Syria:Private welfare, islamic charities, and the rise of the zayd movement [PDF]

, 2009
The growth of private welfare in Syria since the 1990s and a parallel détente between the Baʿth regime and the Islamic trend have allowed an Islamic movement called Jamaʿat Zayd to gain an impressive hold on Damascus’ charitable sector.
Pierret, Thomas, Selvik, Kjetil
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How Global Was the Age of Revolutions? The Case of Mount Lebanon, 1821 [PDF]

, 2021
This article addresses the question of the geographical scope of the ‘age of revolutions’ (c.1750–1850) through the case of a peasant uprising in Mount Lebanon in 1821.
Hill, Peter
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Khwadāynāmag : The Middle Persian Book of Kings [PDF]

, 2018
This title is published in Open Access with the support of the University of Helsinki.Khwadāynāmag. The Middle Persian Book of Kings by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila analyses the lost sixth-century historiographical work of the Sasanians, drawing on a large ...
Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko
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The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni, Ali Shahriari, Leila Kordbacheh, Zohreh Mosleh, Reyhaneh Nejadasadi, Hosnieh Shahriari, Fatemeh Aliabbasi, Reza Mohajer   +7 more
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
wiley   +1 more source

An Index of Nayrūz Occurrences in Abbasid Literary Sources. [PDF]

, 2016
This volume is the result of a two-years research project, focusing on an exhaustive indexing of all edited Arabic sources mentioning the Iranian festival of Nayrūz (Nawrūz) in the Abbasid age (750-1258 CE).
Bogossian, Fiona, New, Karen, Paliwoda, Michelle   +2 more
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Rural land rental markets in developing countries: Can survey design innovations improve land market participation statistics?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract A longstanding puzzle in the African land rental market literature is the often‐observed discrepancy between the number of tenants (renters‐in) and the much smaller number of landlords (renters‐out) in survey data. If this discrepancy derives from systematic biases in survey data responses on rental market participation, then the existing body
Gashaw T. Abate, Kibrom A. Abay, Jordan Chamberlin, Samuel Sebsibie   +3 more
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Debts and experienced financial scarcity: associations with nonsuicidal self‐injury and suicidality in adolescents at risk for psychopathology

Child and Adolescent Mental Health, EarlyView.
Background As adolescents transition to increased independence, they may also begin to encounter financial difficulties, including debt, which may contribute to psychological distress. While financial difficulties and experienced financial scarcity have been well‐documented contributors to suicidality in adults, their impact on adolescent populations ...
Susan J. Ravensbergen, Nita G.M. de Neve‐Enthoven, Diandra C. Bouter, Wilco W. van Dijk, Witte J.G. Hoogendijk, Nina H. Grootendorst‐van Mil   +5 more
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Crimean‐Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus Exposure in Horses and Donkeys in Border Livestock Markets of Nigeria

Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Crimean‐Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick‐borne zoonotic pathogen of major public health importance in Africa. Although CCHFV exposure has been reported in several livestock species in Nigeria, data on equids remain limited despite their extensive involvement in livestock movement and trade.
David O. Ehizibolo, Olumuyiwa Oyekan, Nicodemus Mkpuma, Habibu Haliru, Ibrahim Garba, Isa Z. Turaki, Samdi Kennedy, Joshua M. Shallangwa, Caleb S. Kilyobas, Abdullahi Mohammed, Musa A. Muhammad, Mansur Abubakar, Maryam Muhammad, Corrie Brown, Bonto Faburay   +14 more
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Rethinking the Race–Nation Nexus: Spatial Narratives of Racialised Italians in the United Kingdom

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Nation and race are often theorised as closely intertwined, with nationalism frequently positioned as a driving force behind racism. The article advances an empirically grounded argument that challenges this assumed relationship. In particular, it explores how space, understood as a socially constructed category, is discursively mobilised in ...
Marco Antonsich
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