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Suspended death: on freezing corpses and muting death of Palestinian women martyrs
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2018 , Article)
During the 2015 Palestinian ‘al-Quds’ uprising, more than 80 Palestinians were killed and their corpses were held by Israel in freezers. Fifteen of these corpses belonged to women and girls. This article draws on ethnographic ...
Intersectionality and Femicide: Palestinian Women's Experiences With the Murders of Their Beloved Female Relatives
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SAGE
, 2021 , Article)
This article examines how the intersectionality between political, socio-cultural, and demographic factors influences femicide events and women's experiences in Gaza. Based on the testimonies of 13 female first-degree ...
Dementia caregiving in the Middle East and North Africa: A scoping review
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SAGE
, 2021 , Article)
Care for persons with dementia in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is undertaken predominantly by family members, domestic workers, and private nurses within the home. Domestic caregivers possess different understandings ...
In sickness and in health: The politics of public health and their implications during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
Politics is a major player in health, sickness, and death affairs. This article reviews the role of politics in public health and its impact on health outcomes, mortality ratios, and death scenarios amongst the most ...
Colonial management of death
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SAGE Publications
, 2020 , Article)
During the late 1960s, Israel had a policy of withholding Palestinian corpses in secret cemeteries, in which each corpse was designated by a number, called the ‘secret cemeteries of numbers’. During the last Palestinian ...
Perspectives of Persons With Type 2 Diabetes Toward Diabetes Self-Management: A Qualitative Study
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SAGE Publications
, 2022 , Article)
Background. The global increase in type 2 diabetes (T2D) poses a significant public health challenge worldwide. Due to the chronic and complex nature of the disease, management does not depend on pharmacotherapy alone; ...
Sociocultural insights on dementia care-giving in Arab and Muslim communities: The perspectives of family care-givers
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Cambridge University Press
, 2022 , Article)
Little is known about the experiences of informal family care-giving for persons with ADRD in the context of Arab and Muslim communities. This paper offers fresh insight into the less-studied private sphere of the home, ...
Cross-cultural comparison of mental illness stigma and help-seeking attitudes: a multinational population-based study from 16 Arab countries and 10,036 individuals
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Springer
, 2022 , Article)
Background: There is evidence that culture deeply affects beliefs about mental illnesses' causes, treatment, and help-seeking. We aimed to explore and compare knowledge, attitudes toward mental illness and help-seeking, ...
Vulnerability and precarity of Palestinian women in the Naqab
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Taylor & Francis
, 2021 , Article)
Many studies have broadly addressed the status of the Naqab/Negev Bedouins in Israel, particularly the status of women. However, women from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip who are married to male Bedouin citizens of Israel ...
The prevalence of feeding and eating disorders symptomology in medical students: an updated systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression
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Springer
, 2022 , Article Review)
Purpose: Medical students have a higher risk of developing psychological issues, such as feeding and eating disorders (FEDs). In the past few years, a major increase was observed in the number of studies on the topic. The ...