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With us, For us, or Against us: How Group Relations Between Safety Personnel and the Public Impact Enjoyment, Felt Safety and Behaviour at Crowd Events

Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Psychological crowds of people gather to watch live events, perform religious rituals with fellow pilgrims, protest injustices, and provide support in emergencies. A growing area of research has explored how the relations and interactions between crowd members shape their perceptions and behaviour at the events.
Anne Templeton, Kayleigh Smith, Sam Vo, Waleed Alhajri, Sayaka Hinata, Claire Nash, Yunhe Tong, Fergus Neville   +7 more
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Outsmarting sanctions

American Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 1, Page 34-44, February 2026.
Abstract In 2012 the UN Security Council and the European Union bolstered US economic sanctions on Iran, disembedding the country's economy from financial markets. Since then, the sanctions have radically devalued Iran's currency, leading Iranians to seek a viable standard of value elsewhere. They have done so through ghachagh (fugitive) configurations
Emrah Yıldız
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DECEPTIVE SANCTITY: The Geopolitics of Shrines and Concealed Antiquities in Afghanistan

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 82-106, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores a widely circulated legend in Afghanistan in which foreigners are believed to create shrines to conceal buried antiquities. It represents one of several narratives in which locals express mistrust of foreign motivations and geopolitical deception.
SHAMIM HOMAYUN
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The burden on EDs during Hajj due to pilgrim noncompliance with treatment for chronic conditions

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background: Makkah, Saudi Arabia, receives about three to four million pilgrims for Hajj annually. Many of these pilgrims are elderly and sick, and many have chronic medical conditions (CMCs) for which they take medication.
Areej Omar BaDawood, Asseil Ali Bossei, Mohammed Fahad AlSabhani, Sana Moghram AlAhmari, Mohammed Tariq Shata, Anas F. Hamam   +5 more
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Multiple input modality mobile application for pilgrims [PDF]

, 2014
Hajj consists of several rituals, which require the pilgrims to recite specific dua and zikr for each of them.Since there are so many dua and zikr involved, pilgrims who are not well versed in Arabic have difficulties to memorize them.
Abdul Mutalib, Ariffin, Al-Aidaroos, Ahmed Sheikh A.   +1 more
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Spiritual and religious information experiences: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 40-61, January 2026.
Abstract This chapter examines the contours of the religious and spiritual information experiences subfield through a review and content analysis of selected contributions from the past two decades in both information science and related fields. The research question that guides this review is: How have spirituality and religion been conceptualized in ...
Nadia Caidi, Pranay Nangia, Hugh Samson, Cansu Ekmekcioglu, Michael Olsson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic Currency Swap: Can Be the Best Way to Hedge Indonesia Hajj Fund? [PDF]

, 2018
The operational costs of Hajj in foreign currencies will always face the risk of changes in exchange rates. Hajj operational costs will continue to grow in line with the increasing number of pilgrims. But at present, the government (BPKH) does not have a
Maulana, I. (Irvan), Rafdi, M. (Muhammad)   +1 more
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Estimating potential incidence of MERS-CoV associated with Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, 2014 [PDF]

, 2014
Between March and June 2014 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) had a large outbreak of MERS-CoV, renewing fears of a major outbreak during the Hajj this October.
Albarrak, Ali, Cummings, Derek A T, Ferguson, Neil M, Garske, Tini, Hakeem, Rafat, Lessler, Justin, Mills, Harriet, Rodriguez-Barraquer, Isabel, The MERS-CoV Scenario Modeling Working Group,, Truelove, Shaun, Van Kerkhove, Maria   +10 more
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New Climate Change Center of Saudi Arabia: Advancing Understanding and Prediction for the Arabian Peninsula Climate

Earth's Future, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract The desert climate of the Arabian Peninsula (AP), marked by sparse rainfall, extreme temperatures, and frequent dust events, significantly impacts its 80‐million population, environment, and economy. Rising temperatures and dust incursions exacerbate these harsh conditions, yet the AP's climate is underrepresented in global climate research ...
Ibrahim Hoteit, Yasser Abualnaja, Shehzad Afzal, Caspar Aman, Charls Antony, Karumuri Ashok, Mazen Ibrahim Asiri, Raju Attada, Majda Abdo Al‐Azemi, Davide Bavera, Saud Al‐Boqami, Christopher Castro, HSin‐I Chang, Bruce Cornuelle, Wenqiang Cui, Hari Prasad Dasari, Srinivas Desamsetti, William Dougherty, Azhar Ehsan, Saber Feki, Harikishan Gandham, Bilel Hadri, Mohamad Abed El‐Rahman Hammoud, Waqar Ul Hassan, Nazrul Islam, Ayman Ghulam, Prajeesh Athippatta Gopinathan, Daquan Guo, Rama Krishna Karumuri, George Krokos, Ravi Kumar Kunchala, Thang Luong, Sateesh Masabathini, Matthew Mazloff, Ramakrishna Pammi, Raju Pathak, Christoforus Bayu Risanto, Andrew Robertson, Elena Lopez Rubio, Md Saquib Saharwardi, Rui Sun, Aneesh Subramanian, Junchuan Sun, Edriss Saleh Titi, Koteswararao Vankayalapati, Yesubabu Viswanadhapalli, David Yates, Matteo Zampieri, Arjan Zamreeq, Peng Zhan   +49 more
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Respiratory and gastrointestinal infections among Hajj pilgrims during the 2012–2025 seasons: A systematic review

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Introduction: Hajj is the largest annual mass gathering in the world, attracting more than 2 million pilgrims from 184 countries. Adverse climatic conditions and close proximity of pilgrims during Hajj rituals create a facilitating environment for the ...
Darin Mansor Mathkor, Samah Tawil, Ayman K. Johargy, Hani Faidah, Ahmad O. Babalghith, Naif A. Jalal, Farkad Bantun, Faraz Ahmad, Shafiul Haque   +8 more
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