Neoliberal economic policies as a root cause of forced migration from Arab Spring countries: the case of Syria. [PDF]
Ajlan AA.
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The Social Contract and Collective Action: Grievances, Cleavages, and Protests in the Middle East
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
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The Unseen Wounds: Why the Middle East's Mental Health Catastrophe is a Regional Emergency. [PDF]
Allahverdipour H.
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
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
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Mental health amidst chronic crises: the case of Arab countries from the Middle East. [PDF]
Abdallah Y +11 more
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The Racialisation of Rape: A Far‐Right Tool for Boundary‐Creation Across Borders
ABSTRACT Far‐right parties and movements have increasingly come to incorporate ideas of gender equality into their political agendas. While seemingly out of concern for women's rights and safety, these issues are in reality seldom more than a veil to further the stigmatisation of Muslim men.
Mathilda Åkerlund
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Humanity first, not country first. [PDF]
The Lancet Regional Health-Europe.
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The Sixth Scroll: The Ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence
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
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ABSTRACT This article examines how the reconstruction of Shanidar Z, a 75,000‐year‐old Neanderthal woman discovered in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, became a focal point for digital negotiations of identity, ancestry, and belonging. Drawing on 51 Facebook and YouTube posts and 17,126 associated comments in Kurdish, Arabic and English, the study ...
Dana Sofi
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Prioritizing Health in War and Conflict: The 2025 War in Iran and the Call for Global Peace. [PDF]
Raoofi A, Ehsani-Chimeh E, Takian A.
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