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Rethinking Political Islam in Iran: Contestation, Authority, and Reform

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract Political Islam in Iran is frequently portrayed in Western scholarship and policy discourse as a unified and rigid ideological system rooted in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, this article contends that it operates as a plural and internally contested field in which state‐directed, reformist‐clerical, and civic interpretations compete ...
Nagapushpa Devendra
wiley   +1 more source

Rhythm Across Species: Situating Human Speech in a Comparative Framework

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1563, Issue 1, September 2026.
We analyzed speech rhythms from 48 human languages using methods drawn from biology and linguistics. Interonset intervals across languages are surprisingly similar, with a median value of 2 seconds., despite substantial differences in linguistic structure and prosody. A comparative rhythm analysis shows that human speech falls within the range reported
Lara S. Burchardt, Ludger Paschen, Susanne Fuchs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decolonial Entangled Ethnographic Research: Transformative Collaborations With the UK Alevi Community Over the Last 15 Years

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 26, Issue 2, Page 219-226, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The vibrant British Alevi community has settled in London and other parts of the UK since the late 1980s, constituting the largest population of Kurdish Alevis outside of Turkey. Their religion is Alevism, but they are often mistakenly identified as Turkish and Muslim, contributing to their invisibility in this country.
Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins
wiley   +1 more source

Staging the Semahs: Performing Aleviness in Turkey and Europe

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 26, Issue 2, Page 363-372, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The semah, a genre of music and movement practices imbued with values of gender, class, age and ethical egalitarianism, lies at the core of the Alevis' ayn‐i cem rituals. Since the 1970s, processes of urbanisation, migration, folklore production and heritage‐making have facilitated the circulation of semah beyond ritual contexts, particularly ...
Sinibaldo De Rosa
wiley   +1 more source

"Self-burning is the only way to show how painful women's lives are". A qualitative study of the social context of suicidal self-burning among Iraqi Kurdish women. [PDF]

BMC Womens Health
Ahmed DR, Ahmed JO, Kakamad KK, Rahim TJ, HamahAmeen NR, Heun R.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From silenced to connected: measuring language-based identity expansion through digital media. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Ergün N, Yıldırımçakar Z, Filiz MŞ.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prepubic Tendon Rupture and Uterine Herniation in a Late-Term Kurdish Mare: A Case Report. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
Hernashki H, Samimi AS, Imani M, Oloumi MM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Explanation of barriers and facilitators to promote Food and Nutrition Literacy (FNLit) in Kurdish children: a qualitative study. [PDF]

BMC Nutr
Ahmadpour M, Shakibazadeh E, Ghoochani BZ, Doustmohammadian A, Omidvar N.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Distribution, genetic polymorphism and genotype prediction of Rhesus blood group antigens among the Kurdish population of Zakho, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zebari SA, Ahmed SS, Naqid IA, Muhammed SU, Muhi AS.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reliability and validity of the Kurdish version of the patient health questionnaire-15 in a trauma-affected population. [PDF]

BMC Psychiatry
Mohammed I, Sharif HA, Kizilhan J, Hasin B, Papiol S, Ruebekeil M, Heilbronner U, Schulze TG, Hautzinger M.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source