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High-Risk Human Papillomaviruses (HPV) and Epstein - Barr virus (EBV) are Commonly Present in Rectal Cancer
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Background: Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) are well-established oncoviruses that can be co-present and cooperate in the initiation and/or progression of various human cancers. We recently reported ...
Social Media in the GCC`s Countries - Facilitator or Curse for Generation "Z"?
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The aim of this paper is to explore the directions and the magnitude of the social change in some of member's states of Golf Cooperation Council (GCC), by analyzing how traditional family interactions and pattern evolution ...
Identity and Globalisation: Tribal Identity in the Age of Social Media
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The age of globalisation and technology have provided people with a platform to stay connected with each other. As elsewhere, social media is rapidly spreading in the Gulf region and creating a virtual forum for people to ...
Beh Tou Cheh? (What's It to You?): Feminist Challenges in Iranian Social Media
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Online feminist activism has opened a different path for ordinary Iranians who are not necessarily versed in post-revolutionary discourses on feminism and political activism nor are conversant with the names and past ...
GCC and Political Divide: An Analysis of Potentials and Risks
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since its establishment in 1981 has made tremendous achievements over the past forty years in economic, social, military, scientific and educational sectors which made the body to think ...
Chai Karak: The Politics of Tea and its Impact on the Status of South Asians in the United Arab Emirates
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Chai karak is a popular tea beverage in in the UAE and the other Arab Gulf states that is widely consumed across class and ethnic lines, particularly among wealthy UAE citizens and the poorer South Asian manual labourers ...
Privileged but Immobile: Citizenship and Career Path of the Youths of Bicultural Families in Kuwait
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This paper aims to depict privilegedness yet immobilities of the youths of bicultural families on their citizenship and career path, particularly on the second generations who have roots of Filipino traits on one side and ...
The Gulf as a Global Contact Zone: Chronotopic identities and (linguistic) landscapes
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Migration, transformation, and urbanization emerge as the key- factors that brought changes in the Gulf area. Social change as changes in social interaction involve differently different segments of population, according ...
Where's the 'Bedouin' in 'Tribe'? Tribal Ruling in Urban Kuwaiti Society
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
In the contemporary era, tribalism has been reframed, time and again, as a primitive social form antithetical to modernity, and by extension, to development. Yet, the inverse is often true. In Kuwait, individuals of tribal ...
The Problem of Marginal People and Its Governance in GCC Countries
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The emergence of marginal people is the result of globalization. The process of globalization makes population flow an irresistible trend, and the relatively developed countries have a strong attraction to the population ...