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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"Arabs"”.
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The Perception of Arabs and Media's Influence
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Art Used as a Therapeutic Intervention Between Isralie Arabs and Jews
… as a therapeutic intervention between Israeli Arabs and Jews. It consists of interviews with facilitators and teachers on the one hand, and participants and students on the other. Results indicate that art is an important and helpful tool used in a wide variety of ways during the encounter …
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Cross-cultural linguistic politeness: Misunderstanding between Arabs and British speakers of English.
… research investigates misunderstanding between Arabs and native speakers of English in verbal interaction. It examines the factors that might influence understanding and interpretations of politeness in interactants' linguistic utterances at the cultural and contextual levels. Its main argument …
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Can Arabs Represent America? The Performativity of U.S-Arab Mediated Public Diplomacy
… TV in spring 2004 in order to reach out to Arabs. Perpetually underperforming, there was a sudden change in Alhurra’s top American leadership in the summer of 2017. Evaluated by its new president as having been producing ‘garbage,’ about one-half of its staff were dismissed and replaced with …
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The cognitive apprehensions regarding drinking water among educated Americans and Arabs living in Middletown
… ways. The study showed that the educated Arabs had different cognitive apprehensions regarding drinking water compared to educated Americans due to their previous experiences with drinking water quality in their home countries and their lack of interest in the local media. However, similar …
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A is for Other: Arabs, Race and Enslavement on the Early Modern English Stage
This paper seeks to contribute to the postcolonial shifts being undertaken in early modern literary studies, which explore developing racial and colonial identities in this historical period. In particular, this thesis considers the representation and racialisation of the Arab subject on the …
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Word Use and Placement Associating Arabs and Arab-Americans with Terrorism in the American Media
… specific group or religion. In this case, Islam, Arabs or the Middle East region seems to be connected to these violent incidents. The reality of the situation may place responsibility in some sources within this region, however, an overgeneralization in regards to a diverse religion and culture …
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Immigrant Arabs and immigrant Jews in Montreal : their social interaction and attitudes toward the Arab-Israeli conflict
… to explore the social interaction of immigrant Arabs and immigrant Jews in Montreal and their attitudes toward the Arab-Israeli conflict. It examines the relationship between religiosity, friendship, and attitudes toward the conflict. As well, the thesis studies whether there is a change in …
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Attitudes of Arabs in Israel toward help seeking, given levels of cultural mistrust and ethnicity of help provider
This study was designed to explore the relationship between attitudes toward help seeking, the ethnicity of the psychological help provider, and the level of cultural mistrust toward Jews. A sample of 102 Israeli Arab undergraduate students from Haifa, Israel, participated in this study. It was …
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Atrial Fibrillation In Middle-Eastern Arabs And South Asians: Studies From A 20-Year National Registry In Qatar
… is available on, namely: Middle Eastern Arabs and South Asians. My original contribution to knowledge includes identification of different aspects of AF in the targeted ethnic groups (Middle Eastern Arabs and South Asians), including: aetiologies; secular trends; cardiovascular risk …
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Sustaining Threat Narratives about Muslims and Arabs in Germany in The Post 9/11 Era: An Analysis of Showtime?s Homeland
… and sustains threat narratives about Muslims and Arabs in the post 9/11 era through the distinct sub-narratives which I have introduced.
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Civilization versus barbarism : the images of Arabs and Muslims & the national self-concepts in German and U.S. print media around 9/11
Die Dissertation untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen nationalen Selbstkonzepten und den Darstellungen von Arabern und Muslimen in deutschen und US-amerikanischen Printmedien über acht Wochen vor und vier Wochen nach dem 11.09.2001. Etwa 900 arabische und muslimische Akteure, deren zugeschriebene …
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Cultural interchange along the Indian Ocean during the global middle ages (700- 1500ad): the role of Arabs and Persians in Africa-China musical exchange
… in the absence of direct musical exchange, the Arabs and Persians may have been the music brokers, circulating music both to Africa and China as they did with trade. Having consulted some translated primary sources, several secondary sources and iconographic materials obtained from libraries and …
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Education in the Arab-Islamic world
… Arab/Muslim societies. Questions such as whether Arabs/ Muslims could cope with the new trends in education, and whether they would be able to respond to the new ICT revolution and globalisation are addressed. It is also argued that Arabs/Muslims respond to globalisation and ICT in different ways …
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The challenges of the Arabic language in the age of globalization and the role of the Qur’ān in preserving it
… role in the lives of Muslims, either to be Arabs or non-Arabs. From another perspective, its importance exists in the fact that it consists of the entity, identity and the legacy of the entire Arabic nation. We will further shed light on the impediments and the challenges, many of which we …
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"Terrorism Is Theater": How Antagonist Portrayals in Action Films Affect Stereotyping and Impression Formation
… mortality salience control condition evaluated Arabs more favorably than those exposed to the mortality salience treatment. In addition, males rated antagonists more favorably than females, and males were also less likely to engage in stereotyping of Arabs and African Americans. Implications for …
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Acculturative Stress, Depression, & Anxiety Among Arab Americans
… the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of Arabs in Americans, as well as the taboo that exists in the Arab culture regarding poor mental health and seeking mental health services, the mental health impacts of acculturation stress among this population are scarcely studied. This dissertation …
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Using the Arabic Language as a Tool For Cultural Understanding in the U.S. in the Post 9/11 World
… courses. Due to the misconceptions about the Arabs in the post 9-11 world, the researcher interviewed U.S. American students to find out if U.S. American society holds any prejudice towards the students of Arabic. A constant comparative analysis of the participants' answers allowed for the …
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