Search Results - "Kuwait"

Resistance, Repression, and Gender Politics in Occupied Palestine and Jordan / by Hasso, Frances Susan

Table of Contents: “…Origins of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- [Part 1 : From revolution to pragmatism] -- Mobilization and the state in Jordan and the occupied Palestinian territories, 1967-1987 -- Civil war in Jordan, 1969-1971 -- Divergent protest histories in the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 1969-1987 -- The "masses" are women : the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees in the occupied territories, 1978-1987 -- Modernity, morality, and mobilizing women in Democratic Front branches, 1973-1987 -- [Part 2 : From Intifada to fragmentation, 1988-2000s] -- Political transformations in the occupied territories and Jordan -- Ruptures, betrayals, and new realities in Democratic Front branches and the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees -- Concluding reflections : gender and women in the Democratic Front in Lebanon, Syria, and Kuwait, 1970s-1990s.…”
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Resistance, Repression, and Gender Politics in Occupied Palestine and Jordan / by Hasso, Frances Susan

Table of Contents: “…Origins of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- [Part 1 : From revolution to pragmatism] -- Mobilization and the state in Jordan and the occupied Palestinian territories, 1967-1987 -- Civil war in Jordan, 1969-1971 -- Divergent protest histories in the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 1969-1987 -- The "masses" are women : the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees in the occupied territories, 1978-1987 -- Modernity, morality, and mobilizing women in Democratic Front branches, 1973-1987 -- [Part 2 : From Intifada to fragmentation, 1988-2000s] -- Political transformations in the occupied territories and Jordan -- Ruptures, betrayals, and new realities in Democratic Front branches and the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committees -- Concluding reflections : gender and women in the Democratic Front in Lebanon, Syria, and Kuwait, 1970s-1990s.…”
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The rule of law in the Middle East and the Islamic world human rights and the judicial process /

Table of Contents: “…Democracy and human rights in Kuwait : the role of the constitution /…”
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The rule of law in the Middle East and the Islamic world human rights and the judicial process /

Table of Contents: “…Democracy and human rights in Kuwait : the role of the constitution /…”
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Muslim televangelists voices of islam's future /

Table of Contents: “…Annual Islamic Festival (2:35) -- Cairo, Egypt (1:57) -- Digital Revolution Changes Religion (3:00) -- London, UK (4:56) -- Kuwait City, Kuwait (1:58) -- Amman, Jordan (3:32) -- Indonesia (2:53) -- Indonesian Televangelist (1:59) -- Advertising and Religious Expression (3:38) -- Is Indonesian Televangelism Supportive? …”
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Muslim televangelists voices of islam's future /

Table of Contents: “…Annual Islamic Festival (2:35) -- Cairo, Egypt (1:57) -- Digital Revolution Changes Religion (3:00) -- London, UK (4:56) -- Kuwait City, Kuwait (1:58) -- Amman, Jordan (3:32) -- Indonesia (2:53) -- Indonesian Televangelist (1:59) -- Advertising and Religious Expression (3:38) -- Is Indonesian Televangelism Supportive? …”
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Turkmenistan strategies of power, dilemmas of development / by Peyrouse, Sébastien

Table of Contents: “…-- Turkmenistan from inside : social and economic evolutions -- The future "Kuwait of Central Asia"? -- Finding its place on the international stage.…”
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Turkmenistan strategies of power, dilemmas of development / by Peyrouse, Sébastien

Table of Contents: “…-- Turkmenistan from inside : social and economic evolutions -- The future "Kuwait of Central Asia"? -- Finding its place on the international stage.…”
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The Oil Wars Myth : Petroleum and the Causes of International Conflict / by Meierding, Emily

Table of Contents: “…From Value to Violence : Connecting Oil and War -- Explaining the Oil Wars Myth : Mad Max and El Dorado -- Why Classic Oil Wars Don't Pay -- Searching for Classic Oil Wars -- Red Herrings : The Chaco and Iran-Iraq Wars -- Oil Spats : The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Dispute -- Oil Campaigns : World War II -- Oil Gambit : Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait…”
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The Oil Wars Myth : Petroleum and the Causes of International Conflict / by Meierding, Emily

Table of Contents: “…From Value to Violence : Connecting Oil and War -- Explaining the Oil Wars Myth : Mad Max and El Dorado -- Why Classic Oil Wars Don't Pay -- Searching for Classic Oil Wars -- Red Herrings : The Chaco and Iran-Iraq Wars -- Oil Spats : The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Dispute -- Oil Campaigns : World War II -- Oil Gambit : Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait…”
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Remembering childhood in the Middle East memoirs from a century of change /

Table of Contents: “…Ghabra (Kuwait) ; Maysoon Pachachi (Iraq) ; Esther Raizen (Israel) ; Lilia Labidi (Tunisia) ; Suad Joseph (Lebanon/United States) ; Abdelaziz Jadir (Morocco) ; Nahid Rachlin (Iran) ; Mustafa Mirzeler (Turkey/Kurdistan) ; Leila Abouzeid (Morocco) ; Ronda Abou-Bakr (Egypt)…”
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Remembering childhood in the Middle East memoirs from a century of change /

Table of Contents: “…Ghabra (Kuwait) ; Maysoon Pachachi (Iraq) ; Esther Raizen (Israel) ; Lilia Labidi (Tunisia) ; Suad Joseph (Lebanon/United States) ; Abdelaziz Jadir (Morocco) ; Nahid Rachlin (Iran) ; Mustafa Mirzeler (Turkey/Kurdistan) ; Leila Abouzeid (Morocco) ; Ronda Abou-Bakr (Egypt)…”
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Reality television and Arab politics contention in public life / by Kraidy, Marwan, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Big brother in Bahrain -- The Saudi-Lebanese connection -- Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia -- Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm -- A battle of nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria media war -- The "new Middle East"? …”
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Reality television and Arab politics contention in public life / by Kraidy, Marwan, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Big brother in Bahrain -- The Saudi-Lebanese connection -- Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia -- Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm -- A battle of nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria media war -- The "new Middle East"? …”
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America's battalion Marines in the first Gulf war / by Lehrack, Otto J.

Table of Contents: “…The alert -- India Company leads the way -- Saudi Arabia: the warehouses -- Cement ridge -- The chemical threat -- Holidays -- Al Mishab: working with the Arabs -- The air war starts -- Rockets -- Marines in Khafji -- Cross-training: another step in the relationship -- The first American ground action: the artillery raids -- The alarms go off -- The battle for Khafji -- With the recon teams in the city -- Melissa and friends -- Khafji retaken -- Movement west to attack position -- Moving up to the minefields -- The breach -- Prisoners -- Kuwait International Airport -- Yellow ribbons -- Parting shots -- The years after.…”
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America's battalion Marines in the first Gulf war / by Lehrack, Otto J.

Table of Contents: “…The alert -- India Company leads the way -- Saudi Arabia: the warehouses -- Cement ridge -- The chemical threat -- Holidays -- Al Mishab: working with the Arabs -- The air war starts -- Rockets -- Marines in Khafji -- Cross-training: another step in the relationship -- The first American ground action: the artillery raids -- The alarms go off -- The battle for Khafji -- With the recon teams in the city -- Melissa and friends -- Khafji retaken -- Movement west to attack position -- Moving up to the minefields -- The breach -- Prisoners -- Kuwait International Airport -- Yellow ribbons -- Parting shots -- The years after.…”
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Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World : Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : struggles for political change in the Arab world : regimes, oppositions, and external actors after the Spring / Hesham Sallam, Lisa Blaydes, and Amr Hamzawy -- Authoritarian narratives and practices in Egypt / Amr Hamzawy -- The people vs. the palace : power and politics in Morocco since 2011 / Samia Errazzouki -- Kuwait's changing landscape : palace projects and the decline of rule by consensus / Farah Al-Nakib -- The decay of family rule in Saudi Arabia / Michael Herb -- Syria's repressive peace / Samer Abboud -- Mobilization without movement : opposition and youth activism in Jordan / Sean Yom -- Cycles of contention in Lebanon / Lina Khatib -- Algeria : anatomy of a revolutionary situation / Thomas Serres -- The nexus of patronage, petrol, and population in Iraq / David Siddhartha Patel -- Understanding the roots, dynamics, and potential of an "impossible" revolution : the prospects and challenges of democratization in Sudan / Khalid Mustafa Medani -- Tunisia : the challenges of party consolidation and the specter of authoritarian reversal / Lindsay J. …”
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Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World : Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : struggles for political change in the Arab world : regimes, oppositions, and external actors after the Spring / Hesham Sallam, Lisa Blaydes, and Amr Hamzawy -- Authoritarian narratives and practices in Egypt / Amr Hamzawy -- The people vs. the palace : power and politics in Morocco since 2011 / Samia Errazzouki -- Kuwait's changing landscape : palace projects and the decline of rule by consensus / Farah Al-Nakib -- The decay of family rule in Saudi Arabia / Michael Herb -- Syria's repressive peace / Samer Abboud -- Mobilization without movement : opposition and youth activism in Jordan / Sean Yom -- Cycles of contention in Lebanon / Lina Khatib -- Algeria : anatomy of a revolutionary situation / Thomas Serres -- The nexus of patronage, petrol, and population in Iraq / David Siddhartha Patel -- Understanding the roots, dynamics, and potential of an "impossible" revolution : the prospects and challenges of democratization in Sudan / Khalid Mustafa Medani -- Tunisia : the challenges of party consolidation and the specter of authoritarian reversal / Lindsay J. …”
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Industrial pollution including oil spills

Table of Contents: “….] -- AOP as an effective tool for the minimization of hazardous organic pollutants in colored wastewater; chemical and photochemical processes / Natalija Koprivanac, Hrvoje Kusic -- Effects of oil pollution on nickel and vanadium concentrations in soil and in the tissues of the desert lizard Acanthodactylus scutellatus at Kuwait's Greater Al-Burgan oil field / M. A. Al-Hashem, P. …”
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Industrial pollution including oil spills

Table of Contents: “….] -- AOP as an effective tool for the minimization of hazardous organic pollutants in colored wastewater; chemical and photochemical processes / Natalija Koprivanac, Hrvoje Kusic -- Effects of oil pollution on nickel and vanadium concentrations in soil and in the tissues of the desert lizard Acanthodactylus scutellatus at Kuwait's Greater Al-Burgan oil field / M. A. Al-Hashem, P. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view