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Iraq : a deeply divided polity and challenges to democracy-building [PDF]
, 2010 In the post-2003 Iraq, democratization and state building have contradictorily overlapped with dramatic consequences. The major constraint to Iraq’s statebuilding project is the misfit between identity and sovereignty of the state in a multi-ethnic and ...
Bapir, Mohammed Ali
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Maritime Disruption in Yemen: The Making of a Hybrid Red Sea Order
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 35-50, Winter 2025.Abstract Since late 2023, Houthi forces in Yemen have employed drones and missiles to disrupt commercial shipping in the Bab al‐Mandeb Strait, necessitating global rerouting and prompting multilateral naval responses. These events challenge the conventional view that the land domain is fragmented and prone to conflict, while the maritime domain is ...
Federico Donelli
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Hûthiyya as a sect of Zaidiyya: Ideological Foundations and Pedagogical Peculiarities
İslami İlimler Dergisi, 2011 This article aims at enlightening the ideological foundations and pedagogical peculiarities of al-Hûthiyya which is one of the groups of Shia, Zaidiyya, an effective sect in Yemen.
Ahmed Muhammed Ed-dağşî
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The Study of Imams’ Bab Teaching in Time of Presence until the End of Minor Occultation: Study of Origin [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2018 The position of bab for Shiite Imams (PBUT) in time of presence is regarded as the events with strong belief in it by Shiite authors and this belief is being accepted by Shiite researchers.
Nematollah Safari Forooshani
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New Arabic Records From Cairo on Supernovae 1181 and 1006
Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 346, Issue 9, November 2025.ABSTRACT The remnant of the historical supernova SN 1181 is under discussion: While the previously suggested G130.7+3.1 (3C58) appears too old (3000–5000 year), the unusual star IRAS00500+6713 with a surrounding nebula (Pa‐30) has an expansion age not inconsistent with a SN Iax explosion in ad 1181 under the assumption that neither acceleration nor ...
J. G. Fischer +3 more
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Shiite “Communities of Practice” in Germany [PDF]
Journal of Muslims in Europe, 2017 Abstract Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified in terms of their linguistic, national and ethnic backgrounds and ritual practice. In order to come to terms with these multi-local actors and their specific articulations of Shiism, the article aimes at an analytical framework that integrates an ...
Robert Langer, Benjamin Weineck
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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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Shiite clergy among Iranian Masons
Minbar. Islamic Studies, 2020 The article is devoted to the history of the origins and development of Iranian Freemasonry and the Shiite clergy participation in Masonic structures. Since Freemasonry itself has historically been the conductor of liberal ideas in Europe, it would seem that religious figures in Iran, who are in the position of traditionalism, should have been ...
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Digital ethnography, resistance art and communication media in Iran [PDF]
, 2013 Iranian visual materials relating to the presidential election crisis have the potential to become the sites of analysis and debate for fields as diverse as history, visual history, memory and post-memory, or trauma studies.
Khosronejad, Pedram
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Tourism in Iran: central control and indigeneity [PDF]
, 2007 Iran has a long history and tradition of accommodating visitors and travellers, as well as having a great number of minority cultures within its borders, reflecting its geographic location astride some of the major trade routes in the Middle East ...
Baum, T.G. +2 more
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