and conventional practitioners. The second chapter focused on Bedouins’ healing practices in a variety of human ailments. The third chapter discussed general treatments and methods used by Bedouins, and these are related to birds, reptiles, animals, and camel milk. The last chapter was on Bedouins’s belief in “Qarina”, which is a Jinn and indicated by 12 different names. In the author’s opinion...

The aim of the study was to explore the associations between obesity, weight perceptions and gender, ethnicity, culture and social class in a large national study of Australian school children. Primary and high schools (N = 47) were recruited from every state and territory of Australia and included 7889 children from government, private and Catholic schools (82% response rate) in August-Novembe...

Muslims believe that the The Holy Quran is the message of God Almighty which has been transmitted to His messenger, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), through revelation in the Arabic language. This Holy book has been translated into many languages, including English. Although the content of the The Holy Quran has been translated into the English language, few studies have been conducted to explore the b...

the menhaj al-bolagha and seraj al-odaba by hazem qartajeni is one of the most effective books on rhetoric and theory of arabic poetry. although he was grown up in an environment influenced by ibn rushd and is considered his indirect student, in this book (with a rhetoric and philosophical style) he is under the influence of ibn sina in founding and presenting the theory of arabic poetry. witho...

ghestas-ol-atebba , written by noureddin mohammad ben abdollah shirazi, known as noureddin mohammad shirazi, an iranian physician, scholar and persian author in the indian subcontinent in the eleventh century a.h. he has some works such as alfazol-advieh, tebbe-darashekouhi, ghestas-ol-atebba  and etc. his book, ghestas-ol-atebba , has a simple prose and belongs to the saffavi period. this book...

BACKGROUND This longitudinal study examined psychosocial factors associated with risky sexual behavior in early adolescence. METHODS Data were collected through a self-report survey, the Social and Health Assessment (SAHA), which was administered in three waves between 2001 and 2003 to a cohort of incoming sixth grade students in the public school system (149 classes at 17 middle and high sch...

the politics of shifting to the east, which is interpreted in the statements of turkish islamist politicians as ottomanism, is a newly emerged strategy which is essentially comprehensible in the connection with the history and identity of the ottoman era and the new regional and trans-regional role of turkey. the ideology of ottomanism not only implies the expansion of turkey’s influence on the...

1. introduction since the early hegira centuries up to the contemporary era “one thousand and one nights” stories have been translated into arabic. during this period we have been confronted with a great many of the translators doing translation jobs from various source languages into different target languages, thus we are bearing witness to the imposition of variegated tastes and styles into ...

Fathul qorib which is part of the yellow book a reference for knowledge in various school instutions, both madrasas and universities, including application Arabic. To understand study fathul can apply maharah qiraah or reading skills with discussion method. The research method that reseaerchers use descriptive qualitative. results researcher found students third semester BK majoring Arabic lang...