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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Idiomaticity in Arabic and some strategies for teaching Arabic idioms

Foreign Languages Education, 2017
openaire   +1 more source

Arabic as a home language in Sweden: family language practices and beliefs. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Bohnacker U, Haddad R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: The interface between social psychology and educational psychology: interactional phenomena in educational settings. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Hammar Chiriac E, Steins G, Wilton T.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Pictures and the Frame: Banknote Iconography and Bottom‐Up Nationalism in Pre‐ and Post‐Revolutionary Tunisia

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Bottom‐up nationalism’—the belief that the nation is of the people, by the people and for the people—can serve as a powerful collective action frame for mass mobilization. We study the evolution of Tunisian dinar banknote iconography as an indicator of the institutionalization of bottom‐up nationalism before and after the Jasmine Revolution ...
Jacques E. C. Hymans, Chloe Bernadaux
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Bilingual vs English-Only Instruction on the Performance of Undergraduate Saudi Medical Science Students. [PDF]

Adv Med Educ Pract
Alhazmi AS, Alzahrani M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Teacher identification of reading difficulties among Arabic-speaking third graders in Israel: a pilot study. [PDF]

Ann Dyslexia
Khatib-Abbas S, Lipka O.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
wiley   +1 more source

Social comparison and mental health among academics in Qatar: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Hammoudi Halat D, Abdel-Rahman ME, Al-Jayyousi GF, Malki A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source