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‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
wiley   +1 more source

Iran or Persia : what's in a name, the decline and fall of a tourism industry? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The future of tourism in Iran depends on the tenor of the government, whether it be Islamic traditionalist or Islamic liberalist. In Iran religion and politics are inescapably intertwined and inseparable, with the priority of religion over politics. This
Baum, T.G., O'Gorman, Kevin D.
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Islamic State Propaganda: Between Social Movement Framing and Subcultural Provocation

open access: yesTerrorism and Political Violence, 2018
The Islamic State (IS) has become notorious for violent, brutal actions and the presentation of these actions in social and mainstream media. Excessive violence creates a spectacle for the news media.
J. C. Andersen, Sveinung Sandberg
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Navigating Whiteness in Australia's Anti‐Racism Movement: A Duoethnographic Inquiry by Women of Colour Scholars

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
wiley   +1 more source

The Self-Proclaimed Statehood of the Islamic State between 2014 and 2017 and International Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is considered one of the most serious threats to the entire world. In order to provide a lawful response against this threat, it is necessary to verify whether the Islamic State is actually a State.
Longobardo, M., Longobardo, M.
core   +2 more sources

Pharmacological evaluation of Adenostemma lavenia acetone extract in Swiss Albino mice: Analgesic, anti‐inflammatory, and thrombolytic insights from in vivo, in vitro, density functional theory, and molecular docking studies

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Adenostemma lavenia, a traditionally used medicinal plant, has been employed to manage pain, inflammation, and circulatory issues. This study investigates the analgesic, anti‐inflammatory, and thrombolytic potentials of the acetone extract of A. lavenia leaves (AEAL) using in vivo, in vitro, and in silico methods.
Nusrat Jahan Moon   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic microfinance: the challenge of institutional diversity [PDF]

open access: yes
Forays into Islamic microfinance have been few and scattered and of limited outreach. Some have been mandated by the state, but lack popular demand, as in Iran; other have emerged in response to popular demand, but lack regulatory support by the state ...
Seibel, Hans Dieter
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Political Violence and Excess Liquidity in Egypt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In this article we estimate a time-series model of excess liquidity in the Egyptian banking sector. While financial liberalisation and financial stability are found to have reduced excess liquidity, these effects have been offset by an increase in the ...
Anja Shortland   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Characterization of Bio‐Based Phenolic Plasticizer Extracted From Rambutan Fruit Shell Waste: A Sustainable Alternative to Synthetic Plasticizers for Green Polymer Applications

open access: yesJournal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, EarlyView.
Comprehensive Characterization of Bio‐Based Phenolic Plasticizer Extracted From Rambutan Fruit Shell Waste. ABSTRACT The development of eco‐friendly plasticizer is driving the interest of many scientists due to its environmentally benign nature.
Divya Divakaran   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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