Economic determinism of reproductive ideologies

While having children is an individual or couple based decision, general population trends help to indicate correlations between certain factors and fertility. Among these factors is the state of the economy. For an individual deciding on potential children, the expected costs can help to explain whether or not a person knowingly and purposefully plans to have children. The concept of this research is to combine the qualitative data on personal ideologies about having children with the quantitative data on how the economy has impacted these fertility decisions. On the most basic level, this research aims to gain insight on the cultural ideologies behind the decision to either have or not have children. The more involved portion of the proposed research hopes to answer to question: what are the immediate effects of an economic recession on an individual’s decision to have children, if any? This research proposes to probe whether there an awareness of an economic recession has an impact on an individual’s decision to have children by asking participants to rate the importance of multiple ideological factors that go into fertility decisions based on in-depth interviews and surveys

The syntax of spoken Arabic ; a comparative study of Moroccan, Egyptian, Syrian, and Kuwaiti dialects

xvii, 442 p. ; 23 c

Interpreting the self: autobiography in the Arabic literary tradition

Autobiography is a literary genre which Western scholarship has ascribed mostly to Europe and the West. Countering this assessment and presenting many little-known texts, this comprehensive work demonstrates the existence of a flourishing tradition in Arabic autobiography. Interpreting the Self discusses nearly one hundred Arabic autobiographical texts and presents thirteen selections in translation. The authors of these autobiographies represent an astonishing variety of geographical areas, occupations, and religious affiliations. This pioneering study explores the origins, historical development, and distinctive characteristics of autobiography in the Arabic tradition, drawing from texts written between the ninth and nineteenth centuries c.e. This volume consists of two parts: a general study rethinking the place of autobiography in the Arabic tradition, and the translated texts. Part one demonstrates that there are far more Arabic autobiographical texts than previously recognized by modern scholars and shows that these texts represent an established and - especially in the Middle Ages - well-known category of literary production. The thirteen translated texts in part two are drawn from the full one-thousand-year period covered by this survey and represent a variety of styles. Each text is preceded by a brief introduction guiding the reader to specific features in the text and providing general background information about the author. The volume also contains an annotated bibliography of 130 premodern Arabic autobiographical texts.In addition to presenting much little-known material, this volume revisits current understandings of autobiographical writing and helps create an important cross-cultural comparative framework for studying the genre

Al-kitab fii Ta`allum al-`Arabiyya : A Texbook for Beginning Arabic Part One

XXV+514hlm.;28c

Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya : a textbook for intermediate Arabic (part two)

xxxi, 508 p. ; 28 c

Alif baa : introduction to Arabic letters and sounds

xvii, 248 p.; 28 c

Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya : a textbook for beginning Arabic (part one)

xxx, 351 p.; 28 c

Middle Eastern Studies Newsletter 2009-2010, No. 33

Remembering Elizabeth Warnock Fernea; a conversation with Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard; visiting faculty Joseph Nevo and new lecturer Hope Fitzgerald; a visit and lecture by Lebanese author Hoda Barakat; Arabic Flagship Program and Arabic Summer Institute; a student's personal reflections on the Green Revolution in Iran; ROTC Language and Culture Project.Middle Eastern Studie

Middle Eastern Studies Newsletter 2012-2013, No. 36

M.R. Ghanoonparvar retires; Looking to the future; Global Professional Leadership Training; Lecture by James Gelvin (UCLA) on the Arab Spring; New Publications A Bit of Air, The Neighbors, Moon and Henna Tree; New Faculty Jonathan Kaplan; a year in Cairo; Presenting in MESA for the first time; Alumni Interviews: Sahar Aziz and Peter Glanville, Humanities outside the classroom; Teachers' Spring Break in Morocco; Persian of Iran Today.Middle Eastern Studie

Produk pohon industri: analisis kemas ulang informasi di PDII - LIPI

xv, 101 hlm.: ilus.; 25 cm