In the light of recent years’ armed conflicts and growing level terrorist activity globally, link between illicit trafficking cultural property terrorism constitutes a concern for war-torn regions as well international community whole. Identified possible form terrorism-financing in years, illegal trade artefacts contributes to fuelling spiral violence by this, undermining identity targeted pop...

This study was based on the theory that adolescents view scenes of violent ethnic conflicts in the mass media through the lens of their own ethnicity, and that the resulting social-cognitive reactions influence their negative stereotypes about similar ethnic groups in their own country. We interviewed 89 Jewish and 180 Arab American high school students about their exposure to the Israeli-Pales...

Through history, Arabs and Muslims have made valuable contribution to medicine and science. The main objective of this study was to assess the contribution of Arab researchers to ophthalmology using bibliometric indicators. Published articles in "Ophthalmology" authored by Arab researchers were screened and analyzed using ISI Web of Science database. Worldwide research productivity in ophthalmo...

This study addresses the perception of Arabic improvised music. The modal musical system (maqâm) as well as the model par excellence of instantaneous musical exposition and composition, instrumental improvisation (taqŝım), are presented. The classical Arabic maqâm (plural maqâmât) is defined in terms of other fundamental interactive elements. The role of modal perception in the mental organizat...

Objectives To explore feedback processes of Western-based health professional student training curricula conducted in an Arab clinical teaching setting. Methods This qualitative study employed document analysis of in-training evaluation reports (ITERs) used by Canadian nursing, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, paramedic, dental hygiene, and pharmacy technician programs established in Qatar. Six...

A growing body of literature links particular parenting practices with negative child outcomes including greater anxiety symptoms among western societies. However, the effects of cultural differences on such linkages have not been adequately addressed in the anxiety literature. This study therefore aimed to examine the relationship between perceived parenting style and anxiety among Malay, Chin...