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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Arab women"”.
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Breastfeeding practices among Arab women living in the United States
<p>Background: Arab women‟s breastfeeding practices, including exclusive breastfeeding, are shaped by cultural and religious values and beliefs. Many studies have investigated breastfeeding practices among Arab mothers in their Arabic countries, but no published studies were identified that looked …
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Interaction, educational background and identity: Arab women learning English in the UK.
… to find employment. This is even more so for women, many of whom have childcare responsibilities. Arab women form a large proportion of the ESOL population, and often come from diverse backgrounds; some with high-level academic qualifications from their home countries and others who never …
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The Impact of Religious Behaviors, Islamophobia, Gender Roles, Language Proficiency, and Education Levels on Mental Illness Stigma and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Arab Women in the U.S.
… census does not provide data on the number of Arab Americans in the United States, which hinders studies that focus on this population group to explore their needs and improve access to mental health services. Arab women in America represent a subgroup that has received insufficient attention …
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Woman in Islam: A Stereotyped Westernized Imagee in Nawal Al Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero"
… of this thesis is to review the positions of women in Islam in light of the primary sources of faith, The Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah, and hence, contributes to a better understanding of the highly stereotyped and Westernized image of Muslim woman as exemplified in the literary work …
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Woman in Islam: A Stereotyped Westernized Imagee in Nawal Al Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero"
… of this thesis is to review the positions of women in Islam in light of the primary sources of faith, The Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah, and hence, contributes to a better understanding of the highly stereotyped and Westernized image of Muslim woman as exemplified in the literary work …
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Outcomes of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in the Arab World
… the Convention to End All Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1979 and it is currently the 2nd most ratified human rights convention after the Convention on the Rights of the Child. However critics argue that many of the states that ratified CEDAW continue to discriminate against women and …
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Recycled rhetoric: brand Israel "pinkwashing" in historical context
… discourse relies on orientalist discourses about Arab women and queer criminal archetypes that have held persuasive power for hundreds of years. I draw on the work of transgender and Arab feminist scholars and activists who have discussed how gender and race categories have been produced by …
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National Allegory: Land and Body in Nawal El Saadawi and Assia Djebar
… woman as nation. My question is what these two women do with this Arab narrative tradition used mainly by male writers. Do El Saadawi and Djebar treat differently this national allegory some twenty years after their respective nations have achieved independence? My contention is that these …
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Development initiatives in programming on privately-ownedArab satellite television and their reception amongdisadvantaged Saudi women
… sought to improve the coverage on private pan-Arab television channels, of poverty, illiteracy, and violence against disadvantaged Arab women. This was achieved by studying how women‘s status has been critiqued on MBC1, an entertainment channel, and on Al Arabiya, a news channel. Programmes on …
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Gestational diabetes mellitus – prevalence in southern Sweden and risk factors for subsequent diabetes
… increased frequency of diabetes in non-European women (17% vs. 4% in European women, p < 0.001) was associated with increased insulin resistance―related to higher body mass index (BMI) in Arab women, and higher insulin resistance relative to BMI in Asian women. In logistic regression analysis, …
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Gender and identity reflected in the works of Nawāl Al-Sa‘adāwī and Samīḥah Khrais
… physician, and activist and The Tree Stump: An Arabic Historical Novel (1998) by Samiha Khrais (1956-present), Jordanian writer whose works blur the lines between historiographies and fiction. In doing so, I analyze the ways in which these two writers depict gender and identity. Paying careful …
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Islamic Tradition and Innovation in a Contemporary Kuwaiti Woman’s Painting Practice
… artistic practice and her identity as a female Arab Muslim painter through her studio-based research into Rumi’s writings, in conjunction with study of the Qur’an and Islamic teachings, informed by feminist ideas and enhanced by knowledge of the socio-political histories and cultures of Kuwait …
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The application of Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) approach on assessing psychological stress among Arab migrant women in the city of Cologne/Germany - (Corrected version) -
… To assess the health situation and problems of Arab migrant women, to study one problem with its related severity/scores, sources, and associated factors; to plan an intervention program/methods to deal with this problem and to work on reducing it; to evaluate the effectiveness of the …
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The application of Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) approach on assessing psychological stress among Arab migrant women in the city of Cologne/Germany
… To assess the health situation and problems of Arab migrant women, to study one problem with its related severity/scores, sources, and associated factors; to plan an intervention program/methods to deal with this problem and to work on reducing it; to evaluate the effectiveness of the …
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Gendering Diaspora Across Generations: Lebanese Motherhood and Daughterhood Post-Emigration
… intersection of critical diaspora studies and Arab feminism, seeking to explore how migrant Lebanese women embody, design, and understand home, examined through the lens of motherhood and daughterhood. The following opening questions guided the study: Which aspects of Lebanese culture do women …
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Muslimska kvinnor i Israel : religionens roll i vardagslivets förflyttningar
… the possible relation between Israeli Muslim women’s choice of religious identification and their individual experiences in everyday life transitions. Many of these women are traveling daily from their hometowns or villages to the major cities in Israel to study or to work. Israeli statistics …