Browsing by Author "Hashmi, Sohail"
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Anahnu Tannaiot (We Are Reciters): South, Central, West Asian, and North African Jewish Women's Voices as Resistance in Art, Music, and Writing
Zylali, Mirushe (2021-06-08)This thesis analyzes modes of expression that form the “voice” of SCWANA (South, Central, West Asian, and North African) Jewish women. By expanding the definition of voice, my study engages with multiple modalities which ... -
Back from the U.S.S.R.: Soviet Jewish Immigrants in a Fractured Promised Land
Eremeeva, Francesca (2020-11-30)Between 1989-2001, 1.5 million Soviet Jews emigrated to Israel, representing the largest immigrant wave in the country’s history. Since their arrival, the Former Soviet Union (FSU) immigrant community has formed a salient ... -
Conceptualizing Fitna: How the Opinions of Muslim Feminists Distort the Image of Islam Today
Hazratji, Zehra (2011-02-16) -
Developing a Framework for Nonviolent Resistance in Palestine
Simonds, Liana (2012-05-17)In January of 2011, a series of revolutions began sweeping across the Arab world. In Tunisia and Egypt, dictators who had been in power for over 30 years were ousted in a matter of weeks. Countries such as Libya and Yemen ... -
Escaping the "King's Dilemma": a Comparative Study of the Moroccan and Jordanian Monarchies
Atteridge, Amber (2012-05-16)To address the issue of modernization in traditional societies, Samuel Huntington developed a theory he called the “king’s dilemma.” This theory argues that monarchies cannot maintain their absolute power and modernize ... -
Foreign Policymaking and Perspective
Noyes, Allison (2011-02-16)"Neoconservatives" have consistently mistrusted the traditional intelligence bureaucracy in America. This fact and the tendency of neoconservative policymakers to politicize (skew for political purposes) intelligence ... -
In Conversation with the Devil: Linguistic Themes of Shiʿi Mobilization in the 2011 Bahrain Uprising
Berman, Zohar (2020-05-12)In 2011, an uprising gripped the small archipelago of Bahrain, located in the Persian Gulf, as part of the wider series of contentious politics known popularly as the “Arab Spring.” Started by the 14 February Youth Coalition, ... -
Kenya: Decolonization, Democracy and the Struggle for Uhuru
Meyer, Kathryn (2015-07-01)The former British colony of Kenya achieved independence in December 1963, but separation from the policies and legacy of the British Empire is an ongoing process. In 2011, a British High Court case brought by detainees ... -
Power and Potential: The Role of Language in State- and Nation- Building
Frogameni, Elena (2022-06-28)This research addresses the questions, how, why, and when does language become a catalyst for intrastate conflict? I approach language not simply as one dimension of complex ethnic conflicts, but as a specific catalyst for ... -
Seeking Stability in Uncharted Waters: The Politics of US-China-Taiwan Relations From 1979 to 2012
Xiong, Yiying (2017-08-17) -
Sí, quiero: The Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in Argentina
Beckner, M. Linley B. (2011-06-06)On July 15, 2010, Argentina became the first Latin American country and only the tenth nation worldwide to legalize same-sex marriage at the national level. Situated in a region known for the influence of Catholicism, the ... -
Staging Partitions and Holocausts in the Modern Nation-State
Amjad, Sara (2013-08-16)The modern nation-state model has received ample criticism. It is no newfound observation that majoritarianism in the modern nation-state sets the stage for identitarian conflict—one group, by being in the majority, may ... -
The Two Faces of Civil Society: Islamists and Ahmadis in Pakistan
Amjad, Zainab (2017-06-27)This thesis explores how democracies turn illiberal through the hijack of civil society by radicalism. Civil society, typically considered a promoter of liberal and democratic values, turns dark, hateful and violent depending ... -
U.S.-China-Brazil Relations - The Role of Perceptions in International Relations
Alves, Lilian (2011-06-27)Throughout the 20th century, Brazil pursued a foreign policy focused in two ultimate goals: economic development and regional leadership. During the same period, the relationship with the United States had been the key ...