Search Results - "Middle Eastern studies"

The Role of Drought and Climate Change in the Syrian Uprising: Untangling the Triggers of the Revolution by De Chatel, Francesca

“…This article examines the role of drought and climate change as triggers of the Syrian uprising that started in March 2011. It frames the 2006-10 drought that…”
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Visualizing Palestine in Arab postage stamps: 1948-1967 by Sharnoff, Michael

“…From 1948 to 1967, most Arab stamp depictions of Palestine showed its borders as it existed during the British Mandate (1922-1948), from the Jordan River to…”
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Ending slavery in imperial peripheries: Ottoman abolitionist policy in Trablusgarp and Benghazi provinces (1857-1911) by Hargal, Salma

“…When Istanbul prohibited the trade of enslaved Africans in 1857, the Ottoman local authorities expanded efforts to curb human trafficking throughout the…”
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Of hovels and homes: consumption, class, and domestic space in early republican Turkey by Evered, Kyle T., Evered, Emine Ö.

“…In histories of preventing and treating tuberculosis, many physicians came to prioritize the place and role of the home by the late nineteenth and early…”
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The appointment mechanism of the ulema to the Ilmiye posts by Bektaş, Erhan

“…The new, developing bureaucratic procedures in the nineteenth century had wide-ranging influence over the Ottoman ulema in such areas as professionalization,…”
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Reconstructing the caliphate or bringing liberal democracy to Turkey? Millî Görüş's view on liberal democracy before reaching power by Rosenberg, Uri

“…This article explores the ideas of the Turkish-Islamist Millî Görüş movement on liberal democracy. From its formation in the 1970s to the 1990s, when it won…”
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Young woman, daughter, mother: female soldiers killed in battle during Israel's War of Independence (1947-1949) by Geva, Sharon

“…During Israel's War of Independence (1947-1949), women were a minority in the enlisted forces (10 per cent) and among the victims (9 per cent). Most did not…”
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The Greek population of Ottoman Pontus in the early twentieth century: a comparative demographic analysis by Klapsis, Antonis

“…The main aim of the article is to compare and contrast different sources that pertain to the Greek population of Pontus during the early twentieth century…”
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Disputes over pastures in the nineteenth-century Balkans by Öncel, Fatma

“…This research aims to contribute to the literature on Ottoman common and by analysing how mid-nineteenth century land codes influenced conflicts regarding…”
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The Circassian question: liberalism and the pursuit of freedom in the mid-nineteenth century by Ahmad, Mira

“…For well over a hundred years, Russian expansion into the Caucasus put it face-to-face with the Circassians. This small group of Muslims successfully waged war…”
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Gifting books, bribing elites, reaching the masses: Italian fascist propaganda in Turkey, 1923–38 by Bayçifci, Buğra Can

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Resilient locusts, ignorant people, modern state and scientific knowledge: a late Ottoman human-animal-state history by Akçakaya, Zeynep

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Nuclear topsy turvy: the security-economics nexus in Turkish-American relations by Gheorghe, Eliza, İplikçi, Murat, Tokatlı, Fatih

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Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın – an introduction to his life and works by Wasti, Syed Tanvir

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Projective Psychological Warfare (PPW): an analysis of Hamas Hebrew videoclips as part of its propaganda campaign against Israel (2007-2014) by Rubinstein-Shemer, Nesya, Flamer, Netanel

“…Hamas invests vast resources in propaganda for a number of diverse audiences, harnessing the communications channels it operates on different media platforms…”
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The role of historical knowledge among contemporary Druze in Lebanon: applying anthropology to preserve intangible cultural heritage by Radwan, Chad

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Understanding Turkey’s attitude towards the dispute in Palestine from late 1947 to early 1949 by Sezer, Selim

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The Arabian Mission and education in Bahrain: ‘encounter’ and ‘resistance’, 1892–1917 by Albateni, Khaled

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Are cinema, TV and football recommended for Muslims? The Millî Görüş movement's view on popular culture by Rosenberg, Uri

“…This article charts changes in the views towards popular culture of the most prominent Turkish-Islamist movement that operated in the late twentieth century,…”
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Selânikli Tevfik - writer, journalist, translator by Wasti, Syed Tanvir

“…The last four decades of the nineteenth century were a period when, as a result of increased investment in education as well as closer contacts with Europe,…”
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