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إصلاح القطاع الأمني في البلدان المغاربية: نحو إيجاد مقاربة واقعية
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المعهد المغربي لتحليل السياسات
, 2020 , Article)
يمثل إصلاح القطاع الأمني (SSR) مصدر قلق رئيسي في المشهد الحالي للانتقال السياسي نحو الديمقراطية في البلدان المغاربية، كما أنه يكتسي أهمية خاصة بالنظر إلى الأدوار الأساسية والتاريخية للأجهزة الأمنية ودورها في الحفاظ على ...
The new cultural turn in urban development for the gulf state: Creativity, place promotion, and identity: Doha as a case study
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
, 2019 , Book chapter)
Urban theorists and policy makers have begun to re-evaluate the significance of integrating culture into urban development strategies. Within the present growing global interurban competition, a new approach to urban ...
Zengi and the Muslim response to the crusades: The politics of Jihad
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Taylor and Francis Inc.
, 2016 , Book)
Zengi gained his legacy as the precursor to Saladin. While Zengi captured Edessa, Saladin would capture Jerusalem, and both leaders fought to establish their own realms. However, Zengi cannot be fully understood without ...
Moments and memories: football and state narratives in Algeria
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
A Nation’s memory is selective and sheds light only on a selection of narratives of memory and process of memorizing that serves a nation’s interests. At the core of the Algerian state formation, the question of memory and ...
Qatar and Rising China: An Evolving Partnership
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SAGE Publications
, 2017 , Article)
This article explores the Qatari perception of the partnership with China on the basis of three factors:
globalisation, the absence of a legacy of colonialism and the principles of non-intervention and respect
for state ...
Qatar's global activism: Pursuing ambition in the midst of domestic and regional transitions
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Over the past decade, Qatar's presence on the global and regional stages has increased immensely, driven, in large part, by a growing sense of ambition among the country's ruling elites. Indicators of ambition are most ...
US hard power in the Arab world: Resistance, the Syrian uprising and the war on terror
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book)
Neither stability nor change in the post-colonial Arab world can be fully understood without considering the international context, and American Foreign policy in particular. However, the exact nature of America's presence ...
The impact of cultural distance on local residents perception of tourism development: The case of Dubai in UAE
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Institute for Tourism
, 2016 , Article)
This study discusses the importance of understanding cultural differences between tourists and hosts for developing positive cross-cultural tourist interaction and its influence on the host's perception of sociocultural ...
Saudi women and Islamic discourse, selected examples of Saudi feminisms
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Brill Academic Publishers
, 2016 , Article Review)
Saudi women entered the realm of writing and language only half a century ago through the genres of both creative and journalistic prose. In this paper, I shall take the example of four Saudi female writers who represent ...
Egyptians in revolt: The political economy of labor and student mobilizations 1919-2011
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Taylor and Francis
, 2016 , Book)
Egyptians in Revolt investigates the political economy of the Egyptian labor and student movements. Using elements of social movement theory within a broad political economy framework, it assesses labor and student ...