The “Urmann” is a Woman. A Re-reading of Yūsuf Idrīs’ Abū ar-riǧāl

In this article I propose a close reading of Yūsuf Idrīs’ short story Abū ar-riǧāl. This text, published by the Egyptian author in 1988, addresses issues of homosexuality as opposed to the idea of masculinity prevailing in the social and political discourse of the Eighties in Egypt. Homosexuality is not a new subject in Arabic literature. It is in fact present in the literary production in the Arabic language since the Classical Age, and several homosexual characters can be noticed in modern and contemporary literature. The difference stands in presenting homosexuality without censorship or moral judgment, and above all masculinity is conceived by parameters, which are others in respect to those of the state discourse. When the short story was published, it passed almost unnoticed by the Arab reading public while scholars in the West did not discuss the issue at the core of it. Nowadays, when a lot of novels and short stories by Arab women and men writers propose the homosexual character anew, Abū ar-riǧāl testifies the presence of different point of views in the Arabic literature

Dal combattente a Omar Gatlato: Modelli di mascolinità nell’Algeria indipendente

Shortly after independence (1962), Algeria put in place different political discourses in order to strengthen the new citizens’ identity. Among these the discourse about manhood was crucial and focused especially on the muǧāhid, the fighter, whose fighting allowed Algerian to conquer freedom and independence. Therefore, manhood became a political ideal engaging social and political dynamics devoted to define the man-woman relationships. Moreover, it helped constructing a collective and normative imaginary in line with the hegemonic masculinity (Robert Connell 1996), i.e., men’s identity was construed as a universal model influencing society as well as politics. In this paper I present different forms of this discourse and outline the characteristic of the “true” muǧāhid, underscoring how this was built in order to define an imaged manhood

Epistemología y educación : Nimat Hafez Barazangi

El text la traducció presentem aquí (Barazangi. 2002) ens parla de l'epistemologia feminista en l'àmbit musulmà. Les premisses en aquest àmbit són diferents de les del feminisme occidental, i per això farem primer una introducció a l'escrit. Ho he considerat un clàssic en el seu àmbit, ja que es tracta d'un text fonamental per al desenvolupament del pensament feminista musulmà, un pensament l'inici podem situar en la segona laltia del segle XX. En la introducció a l'escrit, després de presentar de manera sintètica els temes del feminisme musulmà, a manera de context de lectura, farem una breu introducció a l'autora ia les seves idees en aquest àmbit.The text whose translation I present here (Barazangi. 2002) deals with feminist epistemology in the Muslim world. As the epistemological assumptions are different from that of Western feminist thought, I introduce it to make the reader familiar with some basic concepts. I consider this text a classic in its field as it is a fundamental text for the development of Muslim feminist thought, a thought whose beginning can be placed in the second half of the twentieth century. In the introduction, after presenting some critical issues, I will briefly introduce the author and her thought.El texto cuya traducción presentamos aquí (Barazangi. 2002) nos habla de la epistemología feminista en el ámbito musulmán. Las premisas en dicho ámbito son diferentes de las del feminismo occidental, y por ello realizaremos primero una introducción al escrito. Lo he considerado un clásico en su ámbito, ya que se trata de un texto fundamental para el desarrollo del pensamiento feminista musulmán, un pensamiento cuyo inicio podemos situar en la segunda medad del siglo XX. En la introducción al escrito, después de presentar de manera sintética los temas del feminismo musulmán, a modo de contexto de lectura, haremos una breve introducción a la autora y a sus ideas en este ámbito

Identifying Pediatric Obesity in the Retail Health Setting and Implications for Quality

Pediatric obesity has reached an epidemic status. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of overweight and obese patients, as well as how often and how accurately a diagnosis was coded. The population for this study included children ages 3-18. This cohort presented to retail health clinics in a large urban health system for school or sports physicals from June 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017. Method. A retrospective chart review was conducted. Statistical analysis was performed to determine if there was a relationship between obesity and age, ethnicity, race, and gender. Results. The study identified 15.9% of patients were overweight and 16.5% were obese. In practice, \u3c1% of patients had a formal diagnosis of overweight or obese; \u3c1% had screening measures reflecting nutrition and physical activity. Conclusion. Strategies are needed to improve efforts to diagnose and manage overweight and obese pediatric patients. Organizational recommendations for change are suggested based on guidelines for childhood obesity

La autoidentidad de la mujer musulmana

Texto original: Barazangi, Nimat Hafez (2002). Al-huwiyya aḏ-ḏatiyya li-l-mar’a almuslima. En Al-Mar'a wa-taḥawwalāt al-‘aṣr al-ğadīd (pp. 232-245), Bayrūt: Dār Al-Fikr

Etant entendu que parler c’est exister pour l’autre. Le donne algerine nella guerra di liberazione

Until recent years the only scholarly reference about women in the Algerian revolution was Les femmes algériennes dans la guerre (Paris, Plon, 1991) by former fighter Djamila Amrane. Starting from 2000, a great deal of memoirs, books and essays have been published, authored by women and focusing both on women’s role and experience during the battle of Algiers, and on the revolutionary process in a broader sense. This paper focuses on some of these women’s narratives, underlying the difference between their narrations and the State discourse. Though tackling taboo subjects like torture and sexual violence, women authors are nevertheless aware of the social and political implication of their struggle; today, after sixty years of independence, they still struggle for their right to be full citizens of Algeria

Women leadership in the Mosque

Starting from the Friday woman lead prayer held in 2005 in New York, I focus in this paper on the role Muslim contemporary women play in shaping Muslim societies and communities to assert their authoritative role “in the mosque”. I begin by setting the scene of the event and, after a brief discussion of its symbolic meaning, I address two main questions: first, how the debate which followed the event contributed and contributes to promote a change inside the Muslim world and outside it, letting emerge some leading figures in the struggle for justice and equity in contemporary Islam; and second which are the theological and legal basis for the role of woman as imāma (prayer leader). Although the issue of women leadership in prayer is far from finding a unanimous consent, the debate demonstrates that some issues can and must be discussed, and that a change is possible only when Muslim women question the male elite power.    </p

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Studi di fattibilità di misure di radioprotezione per le missioni umane nello spazio profondo con l'esperimento FOOT

L'esperimento FOOT nasce con l'obiettivo di misurare la sezione d'urto differenziale per processi di frammentazione nucleare, al fine di descrivere con precisione l'interazione tra i fasci di ioni impiegati in adroterapia e i tessuti del paziente. La grande versatilità dell’esperimento permette di effettuare le stesse misure ad energie maggiori, in modo che le sezioni d’urto calcolate possano essere impiegate in studi di radioprotezione nello spazio. Queste misure sono di grande importanza per la progettazione delle future missioni umane nello spazio profondo. In questa tesi è stato svolto uno studio di fattibilità per misure di radioprotezione, con l'obiettivo di comprendere come modificare l'apparato sperimentale di FOOT al fine di mantenere una precisione simile a quella raggiunta per misure di adroterapia. Per valutare le prestazioni dell’apparato è stata simulata con il codice FLUKA la frammentazione di un fascio di ossigeno a 700MeV/u, picco massimo della radiazione cosmica di fondo nello spazio profondo, su un bersaglio di polietilene. Le grandezze prodotte sono state alterate per tenere conto delle risoluzioni dei rivelatori, ricavate da precedenti test beam. Si sono poi analizzate le distribuzioni delle due grandezze necessarie all'identificazione univoca dei frammenti: il numero atomico Z e il numero di massa A. I risultati ottenuti sono stati confrontati con quelli ricavati per un fascio incidente a 200MeV/u, energia tipicamente utilizzata in adroterapia. I risultati di questa analisi mostrano che il setup sperimentale di FOOT per misure di radioprotezione permette di mantenere una precisione nell'dentificazione dei frammenti pesanti confrontabile con quella che caratterizza il regime di adroterapia, con una risoluzione attorno al 3.5% per il valore di A e compresa tra il 2% (ossigeno) e il 3.7% (litio) per Z. La precisione raggiunta consente l'identificazione isotopica dei frammenti, necessaria per le misure di sezione d'urto differenziale

In ricordo di Anna Vanzan

In memory of Anna VanzanIn ricordo di Anna Vanza