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Egyptian Revolution: The Music of Reform [PDF]
Overview: On January 31, 2013 National Public Radio (NPR) reporter Leila Fadel broadcasted an interview with Omar Kamal, devout Salafi turned beat boxer in Cairo, Egypt. Kamal was a drug addict and a drummer who decided he wanted more out of his life and
Herman, Clair
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Functionaries: A Distributional Approach to Institutional Analysis
ABSTRACT This paper outlines a distributional approach to institutional analysis, reconceptualising institutions as distributions of knowledge and activity across people. We argue that institutionalisation and institutional change are best understood by focussing on actors with the requisite knowledge and motivation to keep institutional patterns going,
Dustin S. Stoltz +2 more
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The 'Virtual Hand' of Jihad [PDF]
The presidential commission on WMDs and the 9/11 commission have condemned the status quo mentality of the intelligence community, which they see as being preoccupied with today's "current operations" and tactical requirements, and inattentive to ...
Scott Atran
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Carbonate sedimentology: An evolved discipline
Abstract Although admired and examined since antiquity, carbonate sediment and rock research really began with Charles Darwin who, during a discovery phase, studied, documented and interpreted their nature in the mid‐19th century. The modern discipline, however, really began after World War II and evolved in two distinct phases.
Noel P. James, Peir K. Pufahl
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Television is Not Radio: Theologies of Mediation in the Egyptian Islamic Revival
What makes media “Islamic”? Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with Islamic television producers in Cairo, this article looks at the passionate contention within Egypt’s piety movement over the development of new forms of religious media. I suggest that at stake in these mass-mediated debates over da‘wa (Islamic outreach) are conflicting theologies of ...
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Simplified Registration of Clinician‐Important Traumatic Dental Injury Outcomes Using a New Index
ABSTRACT Background/Aims Traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) can result in complications that may manifest long after the initial injury. Long‐term follow‐up is essential. Registration systems must be easy to use. This study aimed to describe and validate a simple registration system for clinician‐important TDI outcomes as an index.
Ece Eden +3 more
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Prophetic Promise: The Lineal Return of ‘lopp’d branches’ in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline
Abstract This paper identifies the early‐modern conception of prophecy as a word‐magic performed across generations, a verbal promise that anticipates its own realisation in posterity. Just as Francis Bacon upheld the generative force of prophetic utterances by noting their ‘springing and germinant accomplishment throughout many ages’, Shakespeare’s ...
Rana Banna
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Beekeeping practices encourage the revival of economic and social life in rural areas, diversifying agricultural production and providing new opportunities for both beekeepers and tourists.
Assis.Prof. Dina Wagih Fadel Eskander
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Reputation in International Trade: Evidence From the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
ABSTRACT A country's reputation may be an important determinant of its ability to export, but the effect is difficult to isolate from underlying product attributes. We consider the trade impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and ask whether damage to the Japanese reputation for food safety played a role in its impact. The disaster led to a large and
Christian Abele, Kentaro Asai
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Plants as Symbols of Power in the Achaemenid Iconography of Ancient Persian Monuments. [PDF]
Caneva G, Lazzara A, Hosseini Z.
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