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    Gratitude and hospitality: Tamil refugee employment in London and the conditional nature of integration

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    Healy, R. L. 2014. The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Environment and Planning A, 2014, 46(3), pp. 614-628, http:dx/doi.org/10.1068/a4655The policy of integration attempts to address different elements of exclusion, yet relatively little research has considered what integration means to the refugees themselves. This paper explores one key area for supporting integration: employment.ESRC PTA-030-2005-0082

    The Story of a Picture Shiite Depictions of Muhammad

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    In spite of the relative prohibition of graphic representation of living beings, especially members of the Prophet’s family,1 as expressed by religious authorities in the Islamic world, colourful paper prints showing Ali, son-inlaw of Muhammad, and his sons Hassan and Hussayn, even the Prophet himself, are not rare in contemporary Iran. In this article the authors tell the story of how a picture of a Tunesian boy became the model for popular selling posters depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a beautiful young man.

    The Story of a Picture Shiite Depictions of Muhammad

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    In spite of the relative prohibition of graphic representation of living beings, especially members of the Prophet’s family,1 as expressed by religious authorities in the Islamic world, colourful paper prints showing Ali, son-inlaw of Muhammad, and his sons Hassan and Hussayn, even the Prophet himself, are not rare in contemporary Iran. In this article the authors tell the story of how a picture of a Tunesian boy became the model for popular selling posters depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a beautiful young man.
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