Distortions around the naming and the misnaming of human differences are the central foci of Audre Lorde's speech entitled ''Age, Race, Class, Sex: Women Redefining Difference, "which she delivered at Amherst College in Massachusetts on April3, 7 980. Lorde's speech at Amherst exemplifies her deep understanding of what she refers to in an earlier speech as "that language which has been made to ...

In summary, the key to our work was (1) we took a more programmer-centric view of the problem compared to the more prevalent hardware-centric view at that time, and (2) our persistence in seeking the minimal possible constraints for the hardware interface. This resulted in our redefining the problem in programmer-centric terms, enabling a better understanding of some of the fundamental issues. ...

This study proposes a four-dimension model to redefine poverty based on the Islamic tradition. The extant literature is deficient in holistic discussion and its multidimensionality. employs inductive deductive reasoning as part of qualitative research method analyze existing literature. It draws primary sources Islam works Muslim scholars other related aspects. has also reviewed conventional fr...

This paper investigates the ways in which terrorism is linked to education and poverty using data newly culled from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) documentary sources. The paper presents a statistical analysis of the determinants of participation in terrorist activities by members of the Hamas and PIJ between the late 1980s and May 2002. The resulting evidence suggests that both high...

The purpose of this exploratory study is to introduce the concept of Islamic E-health. The study defines Islamic E-health and discusses various applications of this concept. Data collection methods used for the study included interviews, Facebook, Google, and iTunes searches using a variety of Islamic E-health-related terms. The results show that some Islamic E-health applications focus primari...

Replacement of the traditional interest based credit system with an Islamic credit system was one of the fundamental changes in Iran since 1979. The Islamic credit system, offers the prospect of risk sharing between the borrower and the lender. Small farmers are likely to be risk averse and they are reluctant to go heavily into debt in order to finance investments in new technology and capital ...

financial concepts and terms in conventional and Islamic banking, the impact of religion and language, and other individual variables on preferences for financial services. Data from a university graduate and undergraduate business students (n = 667) from the United Arab Emirates was used to investigate the role of financial knowledge, religion, and language on self-reported attitudes and prefe...