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Palestine, Public Sentiment and the Limits of Omani Foreign Policy Discourse

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Evil Eye in Sunni and Shi'ite Exegeses [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌های 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
doaj   +1 more source

Moderate is the New Black: Shifts and Intersections in Saudi Arabia's Domestic and Foreign Policy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Behaviour of Non-Linear Partially Saturated Soils below Strip Footings

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj  

The Issue of Pre‐Islamic Arabic Christian Poetry Revisited

open access: yesArabian 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
wiley   +1 more source

The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

open access: yesAmerican 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
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Mix Proportions and Polypropylene Fibers Reinforcement on the Mechanical and Long-Term Durability Behavior of Carbonated Concrete

open access: yesInternational Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
The 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
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of the Categories of Heirs in Fulfillment of ‘Awl (Increase or Decrease in Inheritance Share); A Comparative Study of the Jurisprudence of Islamic Sects

open access: yesمطالعات 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
doaj   +1 more source

Intercultural Understanding and Enabling Young People's Well‐Being: An Exploration

open access: yesChildren &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
wiley   +1 more source

Governing Through Criminal Selectivity and Lawfare: Non‐Democratic Politics to Entrench Authoritarian Populist Imagination

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

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