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Transposing Citizenship: Acts of Belonging and Locality Among the Non‐Citizen Population of the Arabian Peninsula

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how non‐citizens born and raised in Kuwait develop a sense of belonging despite restrictive nationality laws and the Kafala sponsorship system that deny them legal pathways to citizenship. Drawing on qualitative ethnographic research, I introduce the concept of ‘acts of belonging’ to capture how these individuals assert ...
Abdullah al‐Khonaini
wiley   +1 more source

Atimiaphobia: The Undiscovered Burden of Honor Cultures and Shame Societies on Mental Health—Development and Validation of Atimiaphobia Scale

open access: yesPsyCh Journal, Volume 15, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The psychological impact of honor cultures and shame societies on the general population has not been examined through a diagnostic lens. Atimiaphobia is a newly recognized psychological condition characterized by an intense fear of losing honor or being labeled shameless, deeply rooted in honor cultures and shame societies.
Waqar Husain   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

US Strategy Toward the Bahrain Popular Movement [PDF]

open access: yesرهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللی, 2019
The Persian Gulf region has always been considered as one of the world's most sensitive areas because of its geopolitical, geostrategic, and geo-economic significance. According to Graham Fuller, this region is located in the global energy oval.
hamid dorj, Enayatollah Yazdani
doaj  

Financial Markets in the GCC Prospects for European Cooperation [PDF]

open access: yes
financial ...
Eberhard Brodhage, Rodney Wilson
core  

Missing the Mark: Adoption of Watermarking for Generative AI Systems in Practice and Implications Under the New EU AI Act

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT AI‐generated images have become so good in recent years that individuals often cannot distinguish them from ‘real’ images. This development, combined with the rapid spread of AI‐generated content online, creates a series of societal risks. Watermarking, a technique that involves embedding information within the content to indicate their AI ...
Bram Rijsbosch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Fragrant are perfumes? A Micro Perspective from Middle East [PDF]

open access: yes
Satisfaction is a consumer post-purchase evaluation of the overall service experience. As an important determinant of customer loyalty and retention, firms exhibit most care to maintain customer satisfaction intact, unless it cannot be up-scaled.
Babu, Febina   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Situating African FinTech in Global Financial Networks

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This paper explores the geographical patterns of firm creation and investments in African FinTech and how they have evolved since the emergence of FinTech on the continent. Our findings show waves of investment, specialisation of different FinTech centres and the networks of FinTech capital.
Julien Migozzi, Dariusz Wójcik
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of global intellectualization on human development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In the context of the global intellectualization, human capital is the determining factor in the innovation development and the international competitiveness of countries. In the XXI century.
S. Sardak, A. Samoilenko, Sardak, Sergii
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Olezarsen in Hypertriglyceridemia With High Cardiac Risk: A GRADE‐Assessed Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Trials With Trial Sequential Evidence

open access: yesEndocrinology, Diabetes &Metabolism, Volume 9, Issue 3, May 2026.
This meta‐analysis of randomized trials evaluates olezarsen for hypertriglyceridemia in patients at high cardiovascular risk. Olezarsen significantly improved triglycerides and other atherogenic lipid parameters with generally acceptable safety, supporting its potential as a promising adjunct therapy while highlighting the need for larger and longer ...
Ahmed Emara   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the general effects of different types of toluene exposure on the health of workers: an integrative review of the literature

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Objectives This integrative review aims to evaluate the available empirical and theoretical literature on the effects caused by different types of occupational toluene exposure on the health of workers.
Ahmed Mohsen Abbas El-Hagrasy   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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