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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Middle Eastern and North African (MENA)"”.
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Socially Racialized and Statistically Invisible: U.S. Census Recognition of The Middle Eastern and North African Diaspora
… by the U.S. Executive’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revise the statistical categorization of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) individuals within federal statistical collection, particularly focusing on the U.S. Decennial Census’ racial and ethnic classifications as outlined …
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Racism without Race: The Racialization of Middle Eastern and North African Students at U.S. Colleges
… schema remain untold. This study examined how Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) students understood their racial identities given the United States’ tense history with Islam and the MENA world. Using foundational texts on critical race theory, current scholarship on Arab Americans and …
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A Qualitative Study of Immigration Trauma, Posttraumatic Growth, and the College Experience Among MENA Immigrant Students
<p>Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) immigrant students who are seeking to earn a higher education in the United States have to navigate acculturative stressors and systemic barriers. Prior research has focused primarily on the challenges MENA immigrant students experience without deeply …
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Developing city-level sustainability indicators in the MENA region with the cases of Benghazi and Amman
… of a methodological framework for local and institutional sustainability assessment can be helpful for planners and urban governments. The aim of this research is to develop an approach to local and institutional sustainability assessment (ALISA). It is designed to assist in the …
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Goal Framing to Encourage More Sustainable Engineering Design Decisions for the Built Environment Across Cultures
The Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) region is one of the fastest developing in the world, however, some of its countries are the slowest in implementing sustainable construction practices. One of these countries is Kuwait, which contributes one and a half times more global greenhouse gas …
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Making sense of the Census: Racial classification and racialization of Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans
Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) individuals in the United States (US) are legally classified as White, yet they experience daily racism that contradicts this racial classification. The past decade has seen an increase in MENA communities’ activism to add “MENA” as a federal race-ethnicity …
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Carry it with you : trauma and identity in Heather Raffo's 9 Parts of Desire and Noura.
… for her dramatic narratives, 9 Parts of Desire and Noura, which focus on Iraq and Iraqi women. Trained as an actor, Raffo felt compelled to write the culturally conscious and identity-informed roles for herself which were lacking in Western theatre. As part of the cohort of rising Middle Eastern …
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Determinants of foreign direct investment in commercial real estate and hotel sectors for selected MENA countries
Developed, maturing, and emerging market countries are making considerable progress in the legal and institutional reforms necessary to allow and facilitate real estate and tourism (specifically hotel) foreign direct investment (FDI). From a political perspective, countries used to view real estate …