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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Iraqis"”.
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Diminishing Returns: An Anthropological Study of Iraqis in the UK
… after 2003. I read the displacement of Iraqis as an example of the failure of the postcolonial state, represented by the emergence of the Baath regime in the 1960s and Saddam Hussein's rise to power in 1979. Throughout, I examine the heightened salience of sectarianism among Iraqis in …
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Silent Refuge? A Critical Democratic Exploration of Voice and Authorship among Resettled Iraqis in the United States
… March 20, 2003 and late 2017, more than 172,000 Iraqis left their country as refugees and resettled in the United States. This dissertation focuses on a small cohort of that population who resettled in various locations in the U.S. after 2003. This research contributes an empirical and …
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Varying Views of Democracy Among Iraqi Citizens, 2005-2018
… held during the period, and interviewing Iraqis in the United States. In a religiously conservative society such as Iraq, understanding the basics of Iraqis' religion helps scholars better understand how Iraqis define and view democracy. In examining the bases for varying views of …
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Why Refugees Rebel: Militarization in Jordan and Worldwide
… studies of two refugee groups, Palestinians and Iraqis in Jordan. Why did Palestinians militarize from 1964 to 1970, but not earlier or later? Why have Iraqis not militarized despite fears that they might? What are the implications for the likelihood of militarization by either group in the near …
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THE HEALTH OF MIDDLE EASTERN IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES IN THE U.S. AND THE BARRIERS THEY FACE TO CARE: A REVIEW
… in the U.S., with a particular focus on Iraqis, and identify the barriers to healthcare that they commonly face. The most significant obstacles noted include cultural and religious differences, poverty, discrimination and distrust, and language barriers. In the process of discussing these …
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Iraqi Shi'ites and Identity Conflict: A Study in the Developments of their Religious-Political Identities From 1920-2003
… or did it come from their national aspiration as Iraqis? I apply a history of political thought/ ideology approach, implementing critical historical hermeneutics. The analysis of the evidence indicates that Shi'ites show different senses of belonging at different historical eras and political …
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“It’s Tough but it’s Worth it”: Psychosocial Counsellors’ Experience of Working with Iraqi Refugees in Jordan: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… psychosocial counsellors who were working with Iraqis who had fled to Jordan after the 2003 regime change. The extensive research on the effects of trauma work on therapists has been focused on the negative effects of trauma work and is mostly quantitative. Research into the experience of …
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Thermal Efficiency of Courtyards for Residential Buildings in Iraq
… was to determine the thermal comfort limits of Iraqis to be used in judging the thermal efficiency of courtyards. The aim of the simulation was to explore the thermal conditions of courtyards in Iraq. Two simulation tools, Envi-met and IES-VE, were used to determine the thermal conditions across …
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Variation in the Educated Spoken Arabic of Iraq : A sociolinguistic study
… The informants are a number of educated Iraqis who are available in the U. K. In the study of language attitude the methods used involved a questionnaire on attitudes and an analysis of subjects' reaction to samples of ESA containing the variant features to be studied which used semantic …
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Disrupting Memory: Trauma and Fictions of the ‘War on terror’
… and ongoing experiences of Afghans and Iraqis under Western—and mainly American—hegemonic violence. I employ recent developments in trauma studies to understand the ways in which dominant frameworks for conceptualising trauma in the West contribute to this exclusion, failing to account …
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The initial post-arrival adjustment process of recently arrived humanitarian entrants : a case study of entrants from Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan in Sydney, Australia
… greatest degree of health-related problems, the Iraqis expressed the greatest interest in sponsoring family members and the Afghans were the most well-adjusted of the three groups. Detailed policy implications are also presented; these emphasise that humanitarian entrants may experience …
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The Many States of Excess: Everyday Statecraft and Imperial Entanglement of Iraqi Exiles in Amman
… exiles legitimize different claims to rule. Iraqis in Jordan find themselves entangled with myriad projects of statecraft that simultaneously disorder their everyday lives and render their exilic presence as characterized by excess and surplus: whether in navigating the ambivalent legal …
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OPERATION DESERT STORM: AN EXAMINATION OE THE STRATEGIC AIR CAMPAIGN
… who were closely involved with the planning and Iraqis with detailed knowledge and experience of Saddam Hussein’s political power structure. By systematically examining the origins, evolution and execution of the strategic air campaign against the inner workings of the Iraqi regime and the …
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The impact of oil-related pollution on housing satisfaction of Kuwaiti households
The 1991 oil fires that were set by the Iraqis as they retreated from Kuwait during the Gulf War are still considered the worst and biggest oil fires in the history of the world. An initial study was conducted in 1992 to investigate the negative effects of the pollution caused by the oil fires on …
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Iraq's housing crisis : upgrading settlements for IDPS (internally displaced persons)
… Throughout the country, over one million Iraqis are currently displaced. Inadequately supported by infrastructure due to a negligent dictatorship and consecutive wars, over 250 settlements have peppered Baghdad's landscape and aggravated the capital's insufficient infrastructure. It is …
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Gender Performance and Social Media Platforms: Identity Presentation among Facebook Users in Iraq
This thesis investigates individual Iraqis’ performance and use of social network sites, and particularly the Facebook platform to determine the potential challenges and opportunities that this offers when they construct their online identities and use social media in their daily interactions. The …
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The Iraqi Media Under the American Occupation: 2003 - 2008
… and the campaign to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis who were suspicious of America’s plans for ‘liberation and democracy’. The stages of this US policy of press management and its impact on the shaping of the Iraqi media are the core elements of this thesis. This study examines the relations …