28 research outputs found
Diasporic virginities: social representations of virginity and identity formation amongst British arab muslim women
This study compares how practising and non-practising British Arab Muslim women position themselves in relation to representations of virginity. Overall, in our qualitative study, we found that representations of culture and religion influenced social practices and social beliefs in different ways: non-practising Muslim women felt bound by culture to remain virgins, while practising Muslim women saw it as a religious obligation but were still governed by culture regarding the consequences of engaging in premarital sex. Interestingly, some practising Muslim participants used Mutâa (a form of temporary âmarriageâ) to justify premarital sex. This, however, did not diminish the importance of virginity in their understanding and identification as Arab women. In fact, this study found that virginity, for the British Arabs interviewed, embodied a sense of âArabnessâ in British society. Positioning themselves as virgins went beyond simply honour; it was a significant cultural symbol that secured their sense of cultural identity. In fact this cultural identity was often so powerful that it overrode their Islamic identities, prescribing their behaviour even if religion was seen as more âforgivingâ
Micropoma niloticum (Del.) Lindb. (Musci) with corn-like stem bases
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Hegemonic Masculinity Attitudes Toward Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Among a Sample of College Students in Northern and Southern Sierra Leone
Hepatics and Anthocerotes of the Mediterranean, an annotated checklist
The names of all hepatics and anthocerotes published to the end of may 2007 in
the Mediterranean countries and Bulgaria are compiled in an annotated checklist list. The
list comprises accepted names and synonyms and provides explanatory annotations for
ambiguous and disputed names. A total of 403 accepted species and 12 infraspecific taxa are
reported from the area