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Market distortions and the informal economy: the case of Morocco [PDF]

, 2004
This paper reviews the Moroccan experience with financial reforms, suggesting that, while financial liberalisation may be an important factor in the growth process, it is not sufficient in itself to promote productive investment.
Alaoui Moustain, F Z
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Shaping Arab Identity Through the Beautiful Game: A Heterotopic Analysis of the 2022 World Cup

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar functioned as a heterotopic space through which Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) identities were publicly articulated, negotiated and made visible. Drawing on Foucault's notion of heterotopia and Lefebvre's understanding of space as socially produced, the paper approaches the ...
Ghufrane Daymi
wiley   +1 more source

Black Country dialect literature and what it can tell us about Black Country dialect [PDF]

, 2023
This is an accepted manuscript of a chapter published by Edinburgh University Press in Dialect Writing and the North of England Edited by Patrick Honeybone, Warren Maguire, available online: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-dialect-writing-and ...
Asprey, Esther
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‘In Curaçao They Celebrate King's Day Abundantly!’ – Diachronic Representation of (Post)colonial Communities in Dutch Geography Textbook Discourse (1946–2018)

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Postcolonial textbook research leads us to reflect on the representation of (post)colonial communities in educational media for adolescents in geography education. This paper contributes to this scholarship through Critical Discourse Analysis tracing how nine Dutch geography textbooks (1946–2018) have represented such communities from ...
Marthe Wierenga, Dietha Koster
wiley   +1 more source

Herder in the lab: Maximizing “cultural density” in multilingual training data for an open‐science AI project

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract This paper provides ethnographic analysis of interactions between volunteers in an open‐science AI project entrusted with preparing multilingual text for use in fine‐tuning a pretrained LLM. Volunteers were encouraged to entextualize translated text into structured corpora and to write and edit prompt‐completion pairings in over 100 languages.
Joseph Wilson
wiley   +1 more source

Childhood Heritage Languages: A Tangier Case Study

Languages
Through the testimony of a Tangier female citizen who grew up in the “prolific multilingual Spanish-French-Darija context of international Tangier”, this article analyzes the web of beliefs projected onto both the inherited and local languages within her
Ariadna Saiz Mingo
doaj   +1 more source

Margins of Resistance: Intersecting Mobility and Socio‐Environmental Justice in Rural Contexts

Sociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Migration and socio‐environmental justice are becoming increasingly intertwined as climate change reshapes global mobility patterns while intensifying existing inequalities. In this context, grassroots initiatives that combine mobility justice with socio‐environmental justice are emerging as forms of resistance to the economic, gendered ...
Melissa Moralli
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Moroccan validation of the dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep (DBAS-16) scale

Sleep Epidemiology
Purpose: The international DBAS-16 questionnaire is an instrument that measures dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes toward sleep in the general population. It was initially developed in English in Canada by Charles Morin's team.
Benouajjit Abdelilah, Tazi Ibtissam, Mesfioui Abdelhalem, Ouichou Ali, El Hessni Aboubaker, El Fakir Samira, Belarbi Najat, Souirti Zouhayr   +7 more
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Psychometric Properties of an Arabic Translation of the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes About Sleep Scale (DBAS‐16) in a Sample of University Students

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, Volume 35, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The development and maintenance of sleep habits are significantly influenced by dysfunctional attitudes and perspectives about sleep. There is a paucity of research on sleep issues in Arab environments, which is probably due to a lack of validated and culturally appropriate assessment instruments.
Rasha Salah Eweida, Simona Abou Tayeh, Feten Fekih‐Romdhane, Sahar Obeid, Alaa Eldin Moustafa Hamed, Dina Metwally Sorour, Souheil Hallit   +6 more
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‘I Would Rather Manage It on My Own’: Cultural Stigma, Silence and Barriers to Professional Healthcare‐Seeking for Menopause‐Related Symptoms Among Perimenopausal Women in Public Universities in Southern Nigeria

Reproductive, Female and Child Health, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective The menopausal transition remains a neglected area of women's health in sub‐Saharan Africa, often framed as a private, non‐medical life stage. This study investigates how cultural stigma, norms of silence and healthcare‐system factors shape professional healthcare‐seeking for menopause‐related symptoms among perimenopausal women ...
Ukie Seimokumo Angaye, Turnwait Otu Michael   +1 more
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