Essays about: "Middle East"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 300 essays containing the words Middle East.

  1. 6. From Protest to Progress: A study on the association between the Arab Spring and women's empowerment in Jordan

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Saga Nilsson Norén; Tilde Persson; [2023-07-06]
    Keywords : Arab Spring; women’s empowerment; agency; instrumental; intrinsic; index; attitudes; decision-making; institutions;

    Abstract : The Arab Spring was a set of political uprisings, taking place in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region starting in 2011. The motive of the initial protests stemmed from people’s desire for democratic rights, however, some of the protests that followed were driven more by aspirations of economic stability. READ MORE

  3. 7. Turning Oil Into Water : Water security in the Middle East and North Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Frida Salberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Water security; peak oil; desalination;

    Abstract : This study examines the relationship between oil supply and water security in the Middle East and North Africa. The aim is to see if countries without oil have a harder time mitigating water scarcity, as well as if countries with oil can be expected to become more vulnerable when oil becomes scarcer. READ MORE

  4. 8. Gestational diabetes mellitus among foreign-born women in Sweden: A register-based study on the role of income.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap; Stockholms universitet

    Author : Shayla Sharmin; Muhammad Usama; [2023]
    Keywords : Gestational diabetes mellitus; migration; income; country of birth; acculturation; registered-based study.;

    Abstract : Aim:  The present study aimed to determine if foreign-born women from different countries of birth have a greater risk of GDM compared to Swedish-born women and to what extent income might mediate this relationship. Methods: This cross-sectional type study included 835279 women, of which 151,642 were foreign-born and 683637 were Swedish-born women who gave birth to their first singleton child in Sweden between 1997 to 2016. READ MORE

  5. 9. Beethoven Under the Sun : A Case Study into Religious Minority Groups in Amman, Jordan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Anton Sharbin; [2023]
    Keywords : Case study; Social Learning Theory; Familial Systems Theory; Arab Middle East; Jordan; Religion; Social Identity; Belief Systems.;

    Abstract : This study aims to close the gap in the literature on religious minority groups in the Arab Middle East by examining how religion has shaped belief systems and social identities in religious minorities in Jordan. Additionally, the study also examines the role of familial structures and their sphere of influence in society. READ MORE

  6. 10. To Identify With a Memory : A Case Study on Nubian Post-Displacement Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Egypt

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Yahia Saleh; [2023]
    Keywords : Nubia; Ethnic identity; Collective memory; Diaspora; Egypt;

    Abstract : More than one generation of Nubians have been living dispersed in various locations in Egypt. Decades after the latest 1964 displacement and the memory of the lost homeland does not seem to fade. READ MORE