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Hydro‐Insurgency: Weaponization of Water Resources and Infrastructure in Northeast Syria
World Water Policy, Volume 11, Issue 4, Page 924-938, November 2025.ABSTRACT This article examines the strategic weaponization of water resources by Turkey‐backed armed groups in Northeast Syria (NES) within the broader context of the Syrian civil war. As the conflict evolved, water infrastructure—dams, rivers, and irrigation systems—became central to warfare, governance, and foreign agendas. The article introduces the
Farhad Hassan Abdullah Mamshai
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Masculinity and Immigrant Health Practices: How Male Kurdish Immigrants to the United States Think about and Practice Health [PDF]
, 2018 Researchers have identified a host of factors that influence immigrant men’s understanding of and commitment to health, but overall the scholarship is still unsettled, in large part because the experiences of immigrant groups are so varied. In this paper,
Linders, Annulla, Othman, Jihad K.
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Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.Adiantum capillus‐veneris (Maidenhair fern) is a medicinal plant known for its rich phytochemical composition and diverse therapeutic properties. This review highlights its antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antidiabetic activities, along with modern extraction techniques for isolating bioactive compounds.
Syamand Ahmed Qadir +8 more
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Shin, Cin, and Jinn in far east Asian, central east Asian, and middle eastern cultures : case studies in transethnic communication by exchange of terminology for elementary spiritual concepts of ethic groups [PDF]
, 2008 Methodology and Objects: Methodologically, from a diachronic linguistics perspective regarding the concept of the shin, spirits in folk belief in China and neighbouring cultures, we compare texts that comprise meanings a) historically in the local ...
Haase, Fee-Alexandra
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How does religion influence an emerging nationalism? Evidence from the Kurdish context in Turkey
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 982-1002, October 2025.Abstract Based on qualitative interviews with 66 Sunni Muslim Kurdish elites, this study reveals that Kurdish Islamic circles in Turkey are not monolithic, homogeneous or fixed. Some willingly or unwillingly maintain their Islamic identity as a primary reference point for self‐consciousness, motivation for collective action and political aspirations ...
Muttalip Caglayan
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Dynamics of Social Cohesion in Post‐Conflict Mosul: Group Perspectives, Challenges and Facilitators
Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 35, Issue 5, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT While social cohesion is a widely researched phenomenon, its dynamics warrant further examination in post‐conflict societies. The study explored perceived social cohesion indicators in subcommunities in post‐conflict Mosul and provided contextual understanding of its facilitators and barriers. In addition to a quantitative household survey (N =
Kristina Jadranović +3 more
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Cultivation of global consciousness through intercultural music engagement
Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 28, Issue 3, September 2025.Abstract This article explores the potential for intercultural music engagement to cultivate global consciousness through an overview of interdisciplinary research into this social practice, and literature on cultural identity, diversity and globalisation more broadly.
Trisnasari Fraser
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The Influence of Globalization on Distracting Traditional Aesthetic Values in Old Town of Erbil [PDF]
, 2017 Aesthetics as a discipline was originally part of philosophy and cosmology, primarily it was used to create a holistic picture of the world. Throughout history, subject and tasks of aesthetics as a discipline have been changing in different historical ...
Hariry, Z. (Zhino)
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How to utilise students' cultural and linguistic experiences to promote language learning : looking beyond the school [PDF]
, 2009 This article will first give an overview of multicultural, multilingual Britain and place it within the context of community literacy. It will then discuss education reforms and policies that have aimed to place multicultural and multiple literacy at ...
Issa, Tözün
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Antipode, Volume 57, Issue 5, Page 1750-1770, September 2025.Abstract We propose that a critical examination of infrastructure sabotage should consider its material and immaterial dimension, and its constructive and destructive effects. Combining these two antagonisms, we suggest a matrix of four quadrants that describes (1) deconstructive material effects, (2) constructive material effects, (3) destructive ...
Theo Aalders, Eric Mutisya Kioko
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