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Agricultural Policy Impact on the Stability of Farm Income and Water Use in the North-East of the Syrian Arab Republic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This thesis aims at measuring the impact of agricultural policy on water use and farms’ incomes in the northeast of the Syrian Arab Republic. The scope of the research is confined to the three governorates of Deir-Ezzour (DEG), Al-Rakka (RAK), and Al ...
Sadiddin, Ahmad
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Economic Impact of Periodontitis: Global, Regional and National Estimates of Periodontal Expenditure, With Forecasts to 2050

open access: yesJournal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This study provides the first global, regional and national estimates of periodontal expenditure, with projections to 2050. Costs related to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, maintenance and rehabilitation are quantified across all countries worldwide.
Dian Yi Chow   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative study of Aramaic and Nabataean inscriptions from North-West Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:D79087 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited ...
al-Theeb, S.A   +1 more
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The Social Contract and Collective Action: Grievances, Cleavages, and Protests in the Middle East

open access: yesKyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do grievances turn into collective action? This article examines how citizens' expectations in social contracts lead them to embark on street protests. It draws on original, nationally representative telephone surveys in Tunisia and Lebanon and unpacks popular preferences about the states' obligations to deliver social service provision ...
Markus Loewe, Holger Albrecht
wiley   +1 more source

From Competition to Compartmentalization: Rethinking Türkiye‐Gulf Relations

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract For nearly a decade following the Arab uprisings, relations between Ankara and key Gulf capitals were marked by intense rivalry and proxy contestation across several regional arenas, notably in Egypt and Syria. Why did relations shift toward pragmatic cooperation after such prolonged polarization?
Betul Dogan‐Akkas
wiley   +1 more source

“As if I Had a Part‐Time Job… to Teach the White Kids”: Racialized Labor and the Extractivism of Linguistic Capital in World Language Education

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent studies exploring mixed heritage language (HL) and second language (L2) classes have documented how these classes tend to prioritize the needs of L2 students while positioning HL students’ linguistic knowledge as a resource for their L2 peers.
Rima Elabdali
wiley   +1 more source

James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

open access: yesThe Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
wiley   +1 more source

The Sixth Scroll: The Ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence (2011–2025) as part of broader efforts by Israeli Jewish renewal organizations to craft a national counter‐narrative. It argues that reframing the Declaration as a quasi‐sacred text—situated within the Jewish traditional corpus and recited with Biblical ...
Adi Sherzer
wiley   +1 more source

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