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‘Muhajirun’ from Austria. Why they left to join ISIS and why they don’t return.

Journal for Deradicalization, 2020
After the proclamation of the so-called Islamic State in June 2014 thousands of Europeans, including hundreds of Austrian residents, went to fight and live with ISIS or other extremist groups in Syria or Iraq.
Veronika Hofinger, Thomas Schmidinger
doaj  

Alternative Insurance Indexes for Drought Risk in Developing Countries [PDF]

The paper compares the risk coping potential of insurances that are based on indices derived from weather (rainfall and temperature) data as well as from crop model and remote sensing analyses.
Sommer, Rolf, Bobojonov, Ihtiyor
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Worldwide Impact of Human Development and Inequality on the Prevalence of Asthma, Rhinoconjunctivitis and Eczema. Global Asthma Network's Ecological Study

Clinical &Experimental Allergy, EarlyView.
Global Asthma Network Phase I surveyed children, adolescents, and adults worldwide to assess the prevalence of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema. Human Development Index (HDI) and Gini inequality index (GinI) were important explanatory factors for prevalence variability of these conditions, with hotspots in areas with high HDI and high GinI ...
Luis García‐Marcos, Chen‐Yuan Chiang, M. Innes Asher, Guy B. Marks, Asma El Sony, Refiloe Masekela, Karen Bissell, Eamon Ellwood, Philippa Ellwood, Neil Pearce, David P. Strachan, A. Elena Martínez‐Torres, Manuel Sánchez‐Solís, Kevin Mortimer, Eva Morales, The Global Asthma Network Phase I Study Group   +15 more
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Power vacuums, adaptation and settlement: A computer model of Early Iron Age settlement patterns in northern Syria [PDF]

, 2018
In the Early Iron Age, following the collapse of the Hittite Kingdom, a number of small kingdoms appeared in northern Syria. Some of these kingdoms continued the cultural traditions of the Hittites and became known as the Neo-Hittites; others are thought
White, R
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‘Like the Angel of Death Appearing to Take the Children Away’: The Portrayal of the Norwegian Child Welfare Service Among First‐Generation Muslim Parents

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the perceptions of Norway's Child Welfare Services (CWS), or barnevernet, among first‐generation Muslim migrant parents. It focuses on how personal experiences and community narratives shape attitudes. Using data from semi‐structured interviews with 24 first‐generation Muslim migrant parents, the findings reveal a stark ...
Alexander Gamst Page, Sobh Chahboun, Marie Florence Moufack   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kurdish women in northern and eastern Syria: an intersectional struggle against violence

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals
This paper analyses the organisational strategies of Kurdish women in northern and eastern Syria in response to overlapping forms of violence, taking an intersectional perspective. To that end, it examines various women-driven legal and social strategies,
Cristina de Lucio Atonal
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The Political U: New Evidence on the Economic Costs of Hybrid Regimes

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent research establishes a positive causal effect from democracy to income, although this evidence relies mostly on binary regime classifications. We extend the identification framework of Acemoglu et al. (2019) to a classification that distinguishes democracies, autocracies, and hybrid regimes for about 170 countries over 1960–2024.
Nauro F. Campos, Fabrizio Coricelli, Marco Frigerio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Working the Pages”: Entrepreneurship Strategies of Venezuelan Trans Women Refugees Who Enter Sex Work in Brazil During COVID‐19

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Venezuelan refugee crisis has displaced nearly 8 million people, with transgender and queer refugees among the most marginalized groups. This paper explores the intersecting precarity and entrepreneurship of Venezuelan trans women refugees who became sex workers in Brazil during COVID‐19.
Yvonne Su, Tyler Valiquette, David J. Kinitz, Clara de Oliveira Cunha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Degradation of the vegetation in Northern Syria: past and present

Bioarchéologies
Introduction It is well known that much of the Near Eastern vegetation is heavily degraded and this degradation is ongoing. The principal culprits are over-grazing by domestic herds, fuel-gathering, extensive ploughing and intentional burning. The increase in Syria’s population from 6,380,609 in 1970 to 23,594,623 in 2023 has intensified human impact ...
openaire   +1 more source

L2‐Mediated Personal Competence as a Dimension of Identity Development Among International Students in Kazakhstan: A Mixed Methods Study

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Kazakhstan has emerged as a non‐traditional destination for international students through the expansion of English‐medium instruction and government‐funded scholarship schemes. This convergent mixed‐methods study examines how degree‐seeking international students from non‐Commonwealth of Independent States countries adapt to academic ...
Kymbat Yessenbekova, Anas Hajar
wiley   +1 more source