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The Issue of Pre‐Islamic Arabic Christian Poetry Revisited
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Is only very little Arabic Christian poetry extant from pre‐Islamic times? While distancing myself from Louis Cheikho's (1859–1927) view that almost all pre‐Islamic poets were Christians, I contend in this article that some of them indeed were.
Ilkka Lindstedt
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Evil Eye in Sunni and Shi'ite Exegeses [PDF]
پژوهشهای تفسیر تطبیقی, 2019 One of the questions propounded in the society is whether the evil eye is factual or imaginary. This study aims to review the evil eye form Sunni and Shi'ite perspectives. Since many people are concerned with this issue, it seems essential to discuss and
Reza Baqizadeh Palami
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Behaviour of Non-Linear Partially Saturated Soils below Strip Footings
Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development, 2008 The effect of time dependent compression of consolidation settlement is modeled by using the finite element formulation of the coupled field equations for deformation and excess pore water pressure generated by an increment of loading applied to a ...
Waleed A. Waryosh +2 more
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Intercultural Understanding and Enabling Young People's Well‐Being: An Exploration
Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Globalisation has made Australia one of the most multicultural and diverse countries in the world. Yet, almost 50% of 18–24 year‐old and 31% of 12–17 year‐old Australian youth who speak a language other than English have experienced discrimination.
Fran Gale +5 more
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Defrosting humanism: Losing my ethical worldview in the wake of October 7th and Israel's retaliation
Ethos, EarlyView.Abstract This auto‐ethnographic analysis describes the loss of my ethical worldview and my attempts to regain it following the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli retaliation. On October 7th, I was unable to feel compassion for the people of Gaza or to take action against the Israeli retaliation, aspects that I used to see as ...
Yael Assor
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International Journal of Concrete Structures and MaterialsThe growing need for sustainable construction material has stimulated the objective and active interest in using recycled polymers and CO2 cure method in the production of concrete.
Mundher O. Al-Handhal +2 more
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مطالعات تطبیقی فقه و اصول مذاهب, 2022 Awl, i.e., reducing the inheritance share (sahm al-’irth) of heirs (wurrāth) and increasing the number of shares to provide the share for all heirs, is a jurisprudential solution for the time that the assets of the deceased (mutiwaffā) is not sufficient ...
Muhammad Abu Najmi
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International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Across much of the Global South and increasingly in the Global North, authoritarian populist imagination blurs boundaries between legality and illegality, weaponising law to suppress dissent while tolerating violence by allied actors. This imagination establishes a symbolic boundary mechanism between punitive/eliminative violence for political
Erman Örsan Yetiş
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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems
Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg +3 more
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