The State of Israel that was declared independent in 1948 is a country that is ~450 km in length and 180 km at its maximum width (Fig. 1). At the end of 2012 there were 7,984,500 inhabitants in Israel among which 5,999,600 (75.1%) were Jews, 1,387,600 (17.4%) Muslim Arabs, 158,400 (2.0%) Christian Arabs, and 131,500 (1.6%) Druzes (Statistical Abstracts of Israel 2013). In 2012, there were 170,9...

The dynamics of Israel’s fertility patterns revolve around three major socio-demographic dimensions – religion, ethnicity and socioeconomic structure. Jews, Moslems Arabs, Christian Arabs, and Druze Arabs are the major ethno-religious groups. The second dimension is ethnicity among the Jewish population. Distinction is made between populations of European or American origins (to be referred to ...

Objective: Test the effects of stereotypic video game portrayals with and without violence on attitudes toward the stereotyped group. Method: Two experiments tested the effects of stereotypic video game portrayals of Arabs in a violent and nonviolent context on implicit and explicit attitudes and perceptions of Arabs. Results: In both experiments, participants who played an antiterrorist game d...

Patterns of digital uses among Israeli Arabs – between citizenship in modern society and traditional cultural roots Sabina Lissitsa To cite this article: Sabina Lissitsa (2015) Patterns of digital uses among Israeli Arabs – between citizenship in modern society and traditional cultural roots, Asian Journal of Communication, 25:5, 447-464, DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2014.981555 To link to this articl...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD) and the significance of some risk factors, such as obesity and glucose metabolism impairment, for two major ethnic groups of Kuwait: Arabs and South Asians. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 143 adults (Arab: n = 81; South Asian: n = 62) were enrolled in the study. Anthropometric measurements in...

BACKGROUND A high prevalence of neutropenia has been reported in several ethnic groups amongst whom many healthy individuals with low neutrophil counts undergo unnecessary investigations. This study aims to ascertain the prevalence of neutropenia (NP) in a large cohort of children from North African, Middle Eastern, and Asian countries residing in the United Arab Emirates. METHODS Neutrophil ...

This is the first genetic anthropology study on Arabs in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. The present meta-analysis included 100 populations from 36 Arab and non-Arab communities, comprising 16,006 individuals, and evaluates the genetic profile of Arabs using HLA class I (A, B) and class II (DRB1, DQB1) genes. A total of 56 Arab populations comprising 10,283 individuals were selected...

OBJECTIVES To compare clinical, anthropometric, and laboratory characteristics in diabetes type 2 patients of 2 genetically-distinct ethnicities living in Jordan, Arabs and Circassians/Chechens.  Methods: This cross sectional ethnic comparison study was conducted in King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid and The National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Genetics, Amman, Jordan between ...