BACKGROUND Urban Palestinians have a high incidence of coronary heart disease, and alarming prevalences of obesity (particularly among women) and diabetes. An active lifestyle can help prevent these conditions. Little is known about the physical activity (PA) behavior of Palestinians. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of insufficient PA and its socio-demographic correlates among urba...

This article examines the rise and fall of the Peace Process and questions the reason for which the United States of America was successful in bringing the two sides to the negotiating table during the 1990s. It investigates the reason for which the process ultimately failed, as well as the reason for which Washingtonwas unsuccessful in restarting the peace process in the past decade. It is arg...

if we study the contemporary palestinian poetry of the last century we will find that the theme of nationhood and motherland dominates it. one reason is the fact that during this period palestine has been through such events that has ignited a sense of patriotism, a wish to defend of the motherland and the arabic origin of the palestinian people. since the balfour declaration, the endeavour to ...

a group of palestinians became refugees in neighboring arab countries after their homeland was occupied by israel. other part of the population continued to reside in the occupied country at karate gerbil and ghazi, but they have lost the peace, and the political stability and establishment. consequently, this disordered situation affected palestinian poetry.refugee status, exile, massacre, pil...

Objectives: To determine the posteroanterior cephalometric norms in Palestinian adults, and to compare the Palestinian norms with the norms of other ethnic groups. Materials and Methods: PA cephalometric radiographs for 70 Palestinian adults aged between 17-23 years were selected on the basis of Class I molar relationship, good facial symmetry, and no history of previous orthodontic treatment. ...

Over the last fifty years the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has generated massive numbers of refugees. The scale and longevity of the conflict has made the Palestinian refugee problem the most protracted and largest refugee situation in the world today (Merhab et al. 2006). The processes of becoming a refugee and living as a refugee have had direct impacts on the formation of Palestinian identit...

This article deals with the attitudes of Arabs and Jews in Israel regarding a Palestinian state. These include their images of such a state, the costs and benefits perceived if a Palestinian state were established, and the fears and desires involved, including the desire to keep contact with the Palestinian population in the various life domains. The article will attempt to analyze the extent t...

ghassankanfani, writer, critic freedom fighter and palestinian martyr, has written many novels regarding the realities of society (disasters caused by the palestinian adversity in 1948). ghassan presents precise and realistic descriptions of human being and existence in these novels. the novel “the survivor” is a representation of the events of palestine which could only be understood through i...

palestinian woman poets have frequently used mythical concepts, especially those of god's messengers, in their poems, and they have sometimes been inspired by these myths. although myths have ancient origins, they endow the contemporary poet's thoughts with a deep scope, while, at the same time, the poet reprocesses them and give them the present day flavour. therefore, most poems by ...

The 1993 and 1995 Oslo accords resulted in the classification of the West Bank into three zones, referred to as Areas A, B and C. Area A is under Palestinian civil and security authority; Area B is under the Palestinian Authority while security responsibilities are shared by both the Israeli and the Palestinian authorities. Area C which comprises around 60 percent of the West Bank is under Isra...