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In other words, the roots of ethnic nationalism are sought in ( l) the rise of the modem secular centralized state and its confrontation with the traditional autonomous and powerful tribal chiefs; (2) the manipulation of religio-linguistic differences and the construction of ethnic identities by political and intellectual, both ethnic and nonethnic, elites; and (3) the promotion of ethnic identity and the suppon/encouragement of secular nationalist tendencies extended by western Orientalists and external forces.
Order Number DA9612591 This comparative study assesses the state of democracy and examines the process of democratization in the Arab world between the years 1980-93.
Order Number Da9611556 In this dissertation, I examine the legend of the Kahinah as it was written from the ninth century up to modem times through different kinds of narratives.
Order Number DA9533678 The period of French rule in Syria and Lebanon was a seminal one, setting the political, economic, and social structures that would define their independent states for years.
Order Number DA9533657 This is a study of the forces that brought about a change in the role and status of middle and upper class Muslim women of Punjab, who observed strict purdah or seclusion in the period of 1872 to 1947.
Order Number DA9536716 The goals of the research were (a) to delineate the prominent social and cultural constituent experience of conversion to Islam among a group of adults living in the United States, and (b) to uncover the relevance of the findings of the study to adult education research and practice.