Hunting in the Ghaznavid State: Courtly Culture, Military Practices and Political Power
Abstract Hunting occupied an important place in the royal court culture of the Ghaznavid state (963–1186 CE). Ghaznavid hunting culture developed through the interaction of Turkic‐Islamic political traditions, Persianate models of kingship and local ecological settings. Rather than constituting a fully formalized institution, Ghaznavid hunting practice
Arslan Durdu
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The Global Youth Tobacco Survey: 2001–2002 in Riyadh region, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Bedah1, Naseem Akhtar Qureshi21Arabian Center for Tobacco Control, 2General Administration for Medical Research and Mental Health and Social Services, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaBackground: Tobacco use is a major public ...
Qureshi NA, Al-Bedah AM
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ABSTRACT This registered report aims to evaluate the extent to which the human resources function can change public attitudes toward a controversial social issue. Focusing on the employment of formerly incarcerated people, we explore the novel concept of “human resources social advocacy” (HRSA), an interventionist approach through which HR might pro ...
Prue Burns +3 more
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ABSTRACT This paper examines why Gulf foreign aid has remained predominantly bilateral and fragmented since its emergence in the 1960s, despite the establishment of regional institutions, recurring regional crises and repeated calls for greater coordination.
Khalid Almezaini
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Metabolic Signatures Associated with COVID-19 Vaccination in Serum from Healthy Individuals. [PDF]
AlEissa MM +16 more
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Palestine, Public Sentiment and the Limits of Omani Foreign Policy Discourse
ABSTRACT This article examines how expressions of solidarity with Palestine in Oman reveal transformations in state–society relations during the Gaza war of 2023–2025, a period of leadership transition and regional rupture. Drawing on elite statements, opinion columns and semi‐structured interviews, it combines framing analysis with thematic analysis ...
Sumaiya Al‐Wahaibi
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Influenza Vaccination Status and Clinical Outcomes Among Adults Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Retrospective Cohort from Saudi Arabia. [PDF]
Alzaaqi SM +12 more
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Moderate is the New Black: Shifts and Intersections in Saudi Arabia's Domestic and Foreign Policy
ABSTRACT The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is undergoing a period of intense changes. Its current stage of transformation has been led by Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) since 2015, seeking to turn the Kingdom into a story of successful governance and one of the leading powers in the Middle East. In hardly understood yet very consequential ways, KSA's
Javier Bordón +1 more
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A rare constellation: Interrupted aortic arch type C and confirmed 22q11 deletion (DiGeorge syndrome) managed with Yasui procedure in a neonate. [PDF]
Radi MA +3 more
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Foundational Fracture: Failing to Reform the World Trade Organization in an Age of Geopolitics
ABSTRACT The World Trade Organization (WTO) is at the crossroads, with a principal challenge raised to the organization by the United States in 2025 and a series of related, largely unsuccessful reform attempts over the last several years. To shed new light on why recent WTO reform attempts have been proving so difficult, we leverage evidence from ...
Michal Parizek, Clara Weinhardt
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