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Students' educational drive and ethnic capital
Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 51, Issue 5, Page 2083-2097, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Class has been central to European sociology and especially to sociology of education. Class origins (through one's parents) do indeed largely determine one's educational attainments and through them, with further support from one's class origins, determine one's class destination. And the cycle continues in one's own children.
Karamat Iqbal, Tariq Modood
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User Interface Designs of an Educational Mobile Application: A Study of Qiraat Teaching and Learning
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 This paper reports a summative evaluation conducted for the educational mobile application called “Qiraat Sab’ah.” The prototype was developed using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) and User Experience (UX) methodologies. The prototype was improved further based on the formative evaluation feedback gathered from students, lecturers, and the ...
Zulkifly Mohd Zaki +3 more
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Crossing borders: the case of NASFAT or ‘Pentecostal Islam’ in Southwest Nigeria
Social Anthropology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 418-433, May 2020., 2020 Abstract The Pentecostal movement in Nigeria, with its emphasis on this‐worldly blessings and healing, has become so vibrant that today even Muslim organisations appear to be increasingly ‘Pentecostalised’. Nasrul‐Lahi‐il Fathi Society of Nigeria or NASFAT is a case in point.
Marloes Janson
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ArGemma: A Multi‐Task Fine‐Tuning Framework for Adapting Gemma to Arabic
Expert Systems, Volume 43, Issue 11, November 2026.ABSTRACT Open‐source large language models (LLMs) have significantly advanced natural language processing (NLP), particularly for English. However, their performance in Arabic has remained limited due to the scarcity of high‐quality datasets and the high computational cost of full fine‐tuning.
Taha Alselwi +2 more
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Gendering Late Ottoman Society and Reconstructing Gender in the Women's Press
Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 580-595, July 2026.ABSTRACT This article analyses the construction of gender differences in the late Ottoman Empire through women's periodicals, which acted as a key medium in the redefinition of gender roles. It examines how new understandings of gender roles emerged amid rapid transformations in traditional societal structures, particularly in the women’s press.
Tuğba Karaman
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Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 667-685, July 2026.Abstract Vatican II's declaration on the Jews, absolving them from collective guilt of deicide, marked a significant turning point in Catholic theology. Arab governments tended to perceive this development as evidence that Catholics (or Christians generally) were taking the side of Zionist Jews in the Arab‐Israeli conflict.
Amir Krispel
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International Journal of Energy Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.The global energy landscape is shifting towards sustainability amid climate challenges. As a developing nation, Bangladesh faces the critical challenge of formulating an optimal energy mix that balances economic, environmental, and social considerations.
Mohsin Islam Rifat +5 more
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The past and future of the study of Islamic esotericism
Religion Compass, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2024.Abstract The study of Islamic esotericism, particularly the concept of al‐bāṭiniyya, remains fragmented. While often studied under various labels like “mysticism” and “occultism,” it is widely equated to Sufism. Scholars still hesitate to use the term al‐bāṭiniyya due to its historical pejorative connotations, linking it to extremist adherence to ...
Liana Saif
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Zainab's traffic: spatial lives of an Islamic ritual across Southwest Asia
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 168-186, March 2024.Abstract Since the 1979 Revolution, Iranian pilgrims have engaged in saint visitation (ziyarat) to sites in Syria. By travelling via Turkey on buses, and venerating Sayyida Zainab at their destination, these pilgrims disrupt conventional conceptions of not only Islamic ritual, but also Iranian mobility under sanctions.
Emrah Yıldız
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