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Ḥammūd, al-Sawāriyaẗ̈ Nūfān Raǧā al. "ʻAmmān wa ǧiwāruha h̲ilāl al-fatraẗ 1281 H/1864 M-1340 H/1921 M /." ʻAmmān : Ǧāmiʻaẗ Āl al-Bayt, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41179663z.
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Jaffar, Ali. "Comptabilité énergétique urbaine : le cas de l'agglomération d'Amman." Paris 12, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990PA120057.
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La prise de decisions en matiere d'energie a l'echelle d'une agglomeration urbaine necessite prealablement l'etablissement, a cette echelle, de comptabilite energetique etant un outil de comprehension et d'analyse indisponsable. Ceci constitue la problematique principale de notre traval qui vise a collecter les donnees et a les adapter a nos besoins pour esquisser une "image energetique" de l'agglomeration ammanienne. A partir de la comptabilite etablie, l'etude essaie de conclure les caracteristiques energetiques d'amman representant une capitale d'un pays non-petrolier du moyenorientDecision-making in energy politics requires the establishment of energy accountings, as indespensable tools of analysis and comprehension. If the establishment of an energy accounting is relatively easy on the national scale, it is not so on a city scale. The datas and informations are very rare. When they could be found, they must be adpated to our needs. So, datas collecting and adapting by different calculation and valuation methods constituted our main effort, which resulted in an approximate energy balance of amman. From this energy balance, specific characters of the energy consumption in amman (as a capital of a country non-producer of oil in the middle east) are concluded
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Cavaliere, Alfredo. "Habiter le Nomos. Gouvernance et quartiers non réglementaires à Amman." Tours, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005TOUR1501.
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L'habitat informel à Amman est au coeur d'une négociation permanente entre les autorités et les squatters. Les projets de réhabilitation des quartiers non réglementaires, soutenus par la Banque Mondiale, ont favorisé l'amélioration du cadre de vie et l'accumulation des compétences relationnelles des habitants. Toutefois, la pleine intégration des squatters à la ville n'est plus considérée comme nécessaire dans le monde "post-fordiste" ; la tolérance n'est parvenue jusqu'à la législation des quartiers, qu'à l'occasion des interventions des années 1980. La violation systématique des règlements d'urbanisme, telle qu'elle se manifeste dans l'informel, recèle un niveau initial de la conflictualité "irréductible", que, selon Carl Schmitt, recouvre bien le "critère du politique". La gestion de l'habitat informel, à travers les maîtres mots de "développement", de "participation communautaire" et de "gouvernance", explicite une "neutralisation" de ses aspects politiquesSquatter settlements in Amman are at the center of a permanent negociation between the authorities and the squatters. The upgrating projects concerning the squatter settlements, supported by the World Bank, fostered the improvement of living conditions and the accumulation of inhabitants' capacity for negociation. Nevertheless, the full squatters' integration to the city it's not considered any longer to be necessary in the "post-fordist" world ; the tolerance didn't go so far as to legalize the squatter settlements, except for the interventions of the 80's. The systematic violation of the planning rules, as it appears in informal housing, hides an intial stage of the indomitable conflict which fulfills, according to Carl Schmitt, the "criterion of politics". The management of informal housing, through the key words of "development", "community participation" and "developpement", expresses a "neutralisation" of its political aspects
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Darmane, Khadija. "Enjeux de la gestion du service d'eau potable à Amman (Jordanie) à l'épreuve du partenariat public-privé." Paris 10, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006PA100198.
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Le thème de cette thèse traite les enjeux de la gestion déléguée du service d'eau potable à Amman par la multinationale française la Suez-Environnement depuis 1999. Ce contrat s'inscrivait dans le cadre des plans d'ajustement structurel négociés par la Jordanie avec la Banque Mondiale et le Fonds monétaire international depuis 1988. La thèse repose sur l'articulation entre les dynamiques en oeuvre dans un territoire marqué par un déficit hydrique, une diversité socio-spatiale, des politiques publiques établies par un État jordanien fortement centralisé et un modèle de «gestion importé». De quelles manières ce modèle de gestion s'est-il adapté au contexte jordanien, révélant par là- même ses modes d'organisation socio-spatiale et institutionnelle? Nous nous interrogerons sur la particularité de la crise d'eau potable à Amman et sur les implications socio-économiques et politiques de l'introduction de l'opérateur privé. On se demandera aussi quels types d'interactions se dessinent entre les différents acteurs autour de ce partenariat, et quelle est la marge de manoeuvre de l'État. L'introduction des opérateurs privés sur la scène nationale remet en cause le système de redistribution des ressources, le fonctionnement des services publics basé sur les subventions et le clientélisme, mais aussi la perception des usagers par rapport à un service urbain de première nécessitéThe theme of this thesis deals with aspects of the management of potable water in Amman by the French multinational Suez-Environnement since 1999. This contract Tells within the framework of structural adjustment programs negotiated by Jordan with the World Bank and the IMF in 1988. The thesis is based on articulating the dynamics at play in Jordanian context, marked by water déficit, socio-spatial diversity, public policy set by a highly centralised Jordanian state, and an imported management model. How has the private management been adapted to the Jordanian context and how has this mode) manifested the modes of the social and institutional organisation? We will question the particulars of the potable water crisis in Amman and the economic and political implication of the introducing a private operator. We will also ask about the types of interaction between the différent actors in this public-private partnership. The introduction of private operators in Jordan bring into question the system of resources distribution, the functioning of public services based on subsides and clientelism, and also the perception of the population of a very important urban service
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Coignet, Gildas. "Espaces publics et identités nationales, de la capitale arabe moderne à la métropole mondialisée : les hybridations complexes de la spatialité d’Ammam (Jordanie)." Paris 4, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008PA040131.
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Si la spatialisation urbaine des réalités socio-économiques contemporaines questionne le concept et l’objet même d’espace public, son application à une aire culturelle autre, à savoir le Monde Arabe, précisément le Moyen-Orient, interroge tout autant. Quelles réalités recouvrent les espaces publics d’une ville telle qu’Amman, capitale récente d’un pays neuf aux frontières artificielles, et plus largement, quels rôles jouent alors les espaces publics de la capitale du Royaume Hachémite de Jordanie dans la construction de l’identité nationale jordanienne à l’heure où des centaines de milliers de réfugiés Irakiens sont venus s’ajouter aux vagues précédentes de migrants ? Longtemps instrumentalisés pour légitimer le pouvoir en place, soutenir la construction du nouvel État-Nation, les espaces publics ammaniens, matrices de la citadinisation et du sentiment d’appartenance, sont aujourd’hui confrontés à des dynamiques imposées à plus petite échelle : la métropolisation et la mondialisation, phénomènes agissant sur les espaces publics, tant dans leur forme que dans leur essence, bouleversant ainsi la cimentation en cours de la société ammanienne, déstabilisant le fragile consensus autour des normes et valeurs communes sur lesquelles repose jusque là, tant bien que mal, l’identité jordanienneIf the urban spatialisation of contemporary socio-economic realities raises questions on the concept and the very purpose of public space, its application in another cultural area, i. E. The Arab world, or to be more precise, the Middle East, raises just as many questions. What truths does public space conceal in a city such as Amman, the recent capital of a new country with artificial borders, and what is the role of public space in the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in general, in constructing national Jordanian identity at a time when hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees have arrived, adding to the previous waves of migrants? Used for many years to legitimise the government in power and to support the construction of the new nation-state, public space in Amman, the mould of urbanisation and of the sense of belonging, is now confronted with dynamics on the smallest scale: metropolization and globalisation, phenomena that concern the form and the essence of public space, disrupting the current bonding of Amman society as a result and destabilising the fragile consensus around the common standards and values on which Jordanian identity has more or less relied upon until now
إذا سبّب التحييز الحضري للحقائق الاجتماعية والاقتصادية المعاصرة تساؤلا لفكرة وموضوع الفضاء العمومي بذاته، فإن تطبيقه على ساحة ثقافية أخرى، يعني العالم العربي، وبشكل أخص الشرق الأوسط، يدعو إلى السؤال أيضا. ما هي الحقائق التي تغطي الفضاءات العمومية لمدينة كعمان، عاصمة قريبة العهد لبلد جديد ذي حدود اصطناعية، وبشكل أوسع، ما هي الأدوار التي تلعبها حينئذ الفضاءات العمومية لعاصمة المملكة الهاشمية الأردنية في تشييد هوية وطنية أردنية في الوقت الذي يتزايد فيه عدد اللاجئين العراقيين بمئات الآلاف على الأمواج السابقة من المهاجرين؟ باعتبارها كأداة منذ وقت طويل لتبرير السلطة القائمة ودعم تشييد وطن-أمة جديد، فإن الفضاءات العمومية العمانية، التي هي نماذج التمدين وشعور الانتماء، تواجه اليوم ديناميكات مفروضة على نطاق أصغر: تكبير المدن والعولمة، ظواهر تؤثر على الفضاءات العمومية، سواء أكان في شكلها أو في ماهيتها، وتهزّ بذلك توثيق المجتمع العماني، وتفقد استقرار التوافق السريع الزوال حول معايير وقيم مشتركة تقوم عليها بطريقة ما الهوية الأردنية حتى الآن
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Baudry, Hugues. "Approche des conditions fondamentales de l'habitabilité des espaces : pour une contribution à la géographie comme science de l'habiter." Tours, 2007. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00171043.
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S'appuyant sur les travaux récemment publiés de Georges Hubert de Radkowski portant sur l'anthropologie de l'habitat et sur les énoncés husserliens et habermassiens relatifs au Monde Vécu, ce travail propose et met à l'épreuve une définition de l'habiter visant à détacher cette notion des représentations que nos sociétés sédentaires et occidentales lui ont assigné. Abordant l'habitabilité de l'espace, qu'il s'agisse de l'espace mondial, de l'Etat (la France, la Jordanie), du pays (le désert du Wadi Rum, la Touraine. . . ), de la ville (Tours, Amman), de leurs "quartiers", de certaines de leurs habitations (Grands ensembles, internat, hôtel. . . ), des espaces domestiques à proprement parler (la tente, l'appartement, la maison) et de l'espace du Moi en général, mais surtout dans leurs nécessaires interactions mutuelles, cette thèse participe de l'institution d'une Géographie ni individualiste ni spatialiste s'inscrivant dans le procès de civilisation post-productiviste, censée renouveler les enjeux de développement des sociétés humaines présentes sur Terre et partant le bien être essentiel de ceux qui, ensemble, l'habitentBased on Georges Hubert de Radkowski's recently published works on habitat anthropology, as well as on the Husserlian and Habermassian Lifeworld-related enunciations, this paper, which is utterly geographic, proposes and discusses a definition of dwelling aimes at separating this notion from the representations our sedentary ans Western societies have assigned to it. Examining space habitability - be it the world space, the State (France, Jordan), the region (Wadi Rum Desert, Touraine. . . ), the city (Tours, Amman), the "city quarters", some of their dwelling places (high-rise housing estates; boarding schools, hotels), domestic spaces strictly speaking (tent, apartment, house) or the Self space in general, and especially their necessary mutual interactions -, this research partakes of the institution of a Geography which is neither individualistic nor spacialist, coming within the post-productivist civilisation process, supposed to renew the developement stakes of the human societies present on Earth and ensure the essential welfare of all those who inhabit it together
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Saleh, Wael. "Das Zentralhaus in Amman, Jordanien Versuch einer Darstellung des traditionellen Wohnhauses auf der Grundlage der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2004. http://edocs.tu-berlin.de/diss/2003/saleh_wael.pdf.
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Al, Hamzeh Nida Khaled Ahmad. "A Place in Amman." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52575.
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What is a Cultural Collage? It is what is happening in Jordan today; different people from different backgrounds come to one piece of land looking for any refuge and hope. I wanted to create a building for this phenomenon. This is a building where people could come to and meet at to drink coffee and smoke hookah and share their stories.
The characters that played the role in the Surrealist Movement in Paris in the 20s were my inspiration to design this building. The Artists came together in a time of war. The first World War was in action and yet, they met at a small coffee shop in Paris to discuss what they felt like discussing and at the end of the day an art movement was born.
Storytelling. In these small rooms, the meeting rooms, or even the coffee house on the first level, people meet. As they order their coffee and move into the next room they can sit and socialize, tell stories and make art. As they move up to the next level the spaces become bigger and more open. The whole building starts telling a story.Master of Architecture
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Qudah, Ahmad Hassan al. "Pre-service mathematics teacher education in Jordan description and analysis of the situation at the University of Jordan, Amman ; a case study /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2002. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=965786277.
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Khalidi-Anouti, Rula 1962. "Tasks and obstacles faced by extension workers in Amman, Jordan." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291798.
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The purpose of this study was to identify the specific tasks performed and not performed by extension workers in the district of Amman, Jordan in 1990, to determine the frequency with which these tasks were performed, to gather perceptions of tasks and task groups and to identify the frequency of the obstacles encountered. Analysis of task performance revealed the majority of tasks performed on a frequent basis were implementation tasks. Extension workers also ranked the implementation group as the most important group of tasks. Extension workers spent the least amount of time on tasks in the areas of planning and results. The most frequently occurring obstacles identified by extension workers were the lack of appropriate technology, lack of transportation and lack of teaching and communication equipment. Study results indicated a need for emphasis on teaching media and for broader participation of extension workers on planning and evaluation of results. Pre- and in-service training programs were recommended, as was the establishment of a media division.
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Abu, Helwa Mussallam Fayiz Mussallam. "An investigation of Palestinian refugees and their housing in Amman, Jordan." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252648.
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Altarawneh, Deyala Hammad Salem. "Brownfield reclamation and the mitigation of spatial injustice in Amman, Jordan." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7509/.
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This thesis is part of ongoing research examining the interconnections between human geography and urban planning; simultaneously, it is part of a wider research agenda aiming to address gaps between Western and Non-Western literatures. Under the broader theme of spatial justice, understood as the manifestation of social justice in space, this thesis looks at two urban phenomena in the Middle Eastern context of Amman, Jordan: derelict and underutilised spaces known as brownfields, and; the practice aiming to revitalise vacant spaces in urban areas known as temporary urbanism. Over the past few decades, these two urban phenomena have been extensively investigated in Western contexts using methods and tools designed in and for those contexts and using Western-centric theoretical frames. As highlighted by this study, in the Middle Eastern context, there is little or no work investigating brownfields, temporary urbanism or spatial justice; as a result planning practices and frameworks fail to address them. Accordingly, this thesis seeks to establish the debate on these three central themes and the links between them in Arabic literature and Middle Eastern planning frameworks. By examining both the brownfield sites and temporary uses that perforate Amman’s urban fabric, a Lefebvrian and Lefebvrian-influenced critical spatial perspective is adopted that emphasises the social production of space and the right to the city. This thesis thereby argues that the reclamation of brownfield sites through temporary urbanism may enhance spatial justice within a wider global quest for just cities and just communities.
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Al, Tal Raed. "Structures of authority a sociopolitical account of architectural and urban programs in Amman, Jordan (1953-1999) /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2006.
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Al-Khawaldeh, Khleef A., University of Western Sydney, College of Law and Business, and School of Management. "Total quality management and productivity in industrial corporations in Jordan." THESIS_CLAB_MAN_AlKhawaldeh_K.xml, 2001. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/409.
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The purpose of this analytical study is to determine the degree of application of Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy and practices in the industrial corporations in Jordan. Through detailed examination of primary and secondary empirical data from these corporations, the study examines the link between TQM and labour productivity. The population of the study consists of all Jordanian shareholding corporations listed under the industrial category in Amman Stock Exchange. In late 1998, this consisted of a total of 90 companies. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analysed in investigating the relationship between TQM implementation and labour productivity. Detailed survey responses from 76 participating companies were classified into two groups: high-level TQM implementation and low-level TQM implementation. About 60% of these companies were classified as companies with high-level TQM. Descriptive analysis of the survey responses plus company report data found that mean labour productivity measurements for companies with high-level TQM were significantly higher than for those with low-level TQM over the years (1993-1998). Also mean growth rates of labour productivity measurements for companies with high-level TQM were higher than for those with low-level of TQM during this period. Regression analysis demonstrated a statistically significant positive relationship between TQM and labour productivity. This relationship showed a high positive slope in companies with ISO 9000 certification, and considerably lower (but still positive) slope in companies without ISO 9000 certification.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Anabtawi, Manal. "Crisis management in Jordan: case study of the Iraqi crisis." Thesis, University of Kent, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.592676.
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Abdulkarim, Dina. "Experts' evaluations of the production and use of public spaces in Amman, Jordan." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=ucin1100808831.
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ABDULKARIM, DINA ALI. "EXPERTS' EVALUATION OF THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF PUBLIC SPACES IN AMMAN, JORDAN." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1100808831.
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Batarseh, Mufeed Issa. "Residue analysis of organic pollutants in sediments from the Amman, Zarqa area in Jordan." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=967869056.
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Kawar, Mary. "Gender, employment and the life course : the case of working daughters in Amman, Jordan." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1997. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2475/.
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This thesis addresses two main gaps within social science research: the relative neglect of the household within general labour market theories and the relative neglect of the impact of life course changes in approaches to female labour force participation. In empirical terms, nowhere is the later gap more clear than the current research on female employment in the Middle East. Therefore, this thesis aims to identify changing female employment patterns in Jordan with particular reference to young single urban women. Unlike previous generations, women currently marry at a later age, have relatively high education levels and have access to expanding employment opportunities. The result is that women are experiencing a new life course trajectory: single employed adulthood. Given that Jordanian society has traditionally been based on rigid gender and generation hierarchies, the study explores the implications of the new trends at two main and inter-related levels: the workplace and the household. The research methodology utilises both quantitative and qualitative tools and consists of an employer survey of 36 private sector institutions, a questionnaire survey of 302 households, and a sub-sample of 40 semi-structured interviews with young women. At the workplace level it explores the bases of gender differentiated recruitment and occupational segregation and how this structures young women's work opportunities. At the household level the investigation assesses the characteristics that are likely to influence young female labour supply and considers inter-generational patterns of household income management. Synthesising these perspectives, the research then goes on to explore the ways in which normative patriarchal relations are responding to young women's prolonged single adulthood as well as young women's perceptions of their work. One of the main findings of the research is that single adulthood may have expanded opportunities and the aspirational horizon for some young women but it had not brought about a significant redistribution of either power relations or gender divisions in society at large.
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Al, Betawi Yamen. "Housing & quality of life implications of the three qualities of housing in Amman, Jordan." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/47620/.
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Housing is one of the key issues that normally forefront the scene when considering challenges of urbanisation and urban growth. It is a fundamental aspect of human life and a major factor in delivering healthy and attractive communities as it serves to define the life space of individuals. Increasing interest is now shown towards the study of how people think of their housing and how it affects their lives. Therefore, measuring the housing quality has become an important tool to assess the efficiency of housing provision and the extent to which people are satisfied with it. This research is about examining housing quality and exploring the set of aspects through which it influences people’s quality of life (QOL). It stems out of a general concern about the state of life in cities and the general factors that shape and outline such life. It starts from some apparent observations regarding the socio-economic transformations accompanied with urban growth and development taking place in Amman, capital of Jordan, and the alterations that are soundly reforming the profile of housing provision in the city. Such alterations are seen to be adjoined with implications and challenges that are strongly influencing the state of housing sector and the overall state of life that people are living in the city. The research aims to critically investigate housing quality and the impact it has on QOL experienced by residents in Amman. In doing so, it employs an integrated conception of housing quality that poses three types of qualities: quality of provision, quality of context and quality of dwelling, and explored the implications of each of these qualities, in order to provide an overarching understanding of the influences of housing on QOL. Such understanding implies identifying the most influential aspects within each of the three types of qualities, and interpreting the impact of these aspects on QOL, taking into consideration the impact of the socio-demographic and housing provision factors. The research adopted a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods to collecting and analysing data in order to achieve a deep understanding of the influence of housing quality in QOL. Results revealed a variation in the extent and nature of influence posed by the different housing quality components and a disparity in the response of households towards these components attributed to the differences in the socio-demographic and housing acquiring factors. It is argued that the perception of good QOL can be strongly derived from good housing quality and the set of material, social and psychological benefits obtained from it. It is suggested that the current housing provision system in Amman is in need of a reappraisal, in order to come out with a responsive housing provision scheme that provides more flexibility, equity, diversity and capability to choose among different community groups, which can help archiving better QOL.
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Tubbeh, Taghrid Khuri. "The Determinants of Women's Work: A Case Study from Three Urban Low-income Communities in Amman, Jordan." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1208.
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This study addresses the determinants of women's economic activity in three low income communities in Amman, the capital of Jordan. These communities represent what is typically referred to as "pockets of urban poverty." Besides addressing the demographic and socio-economic variables, the study identifies and includes cultural variables in a model of female labor force participation. Modern economic systems developed definitions and measurements of productivity that render the majority of women's work as non-productive. Activities within the domestic sphere that do not earn monetary returns are not measured as productive economic activities, and hence are dropped from the calculations of gross national and domestic products of most if not all developing nations. In the Arab Middle East, where women's work outside the home is relatively a recent phenomenon, labor statistics are measuring only female labor force in the "formal sector" of the labor market. The scope and magnitude of women's economic activity within the domestic sphere, or in what is termed the informal sector, is neglected, or at best, underestimated, by labor force statistics. In such cultural contexts where women's economic activity outside the home is still considered secondary to the array of their reproductive and home-related activities, the underlying thesis is that cultural factors play an important role in shaping the outcomes of women's decisions regarding labor force participation. A field survey covered the sample of adult women, aged 15 years and over. To achieve a 95% level of significance, 435 women were interviewed. Three field surveyors were trained to thoroughly probe and depict all types of economic activity for the purpose of raising cash, be it in the formal or the informal sectors of the labor market. A nested logit model assesses the effects of demographic and socio-economic variables on women's employment status. Employment status is defined as a dichotomous dependent variable indicating whether a woman does or does not work. The second step of the logit model incorporates cultural variables in addition to the demographic and socio-economic variables. Each logit run segregates women by marital status, and one run addresses the pooled sample of women, with marital status included as a predictor variable. The results indicate that age and marital status (in the pooled sample) are important variables in determining the employment status of women. The presence of a resource person to help the ever-married woman in child-care also had a significant effect on women's employment decisions. Household income, which represents the need for the woman's income, is also a significant variable. In the second step of the nested logit model, education significantly influences women's work outside the home. Segregation (a cultural variable that represented a constraint to women's work in a mixed environment) is also a significant variable in influencing women's work inside the home. This study shows that when addressing the determinants of female labor force participation, it is important to include cultural variables and assess their effect on influencing the outcome of women's decisions to undertake economic activity. Policies that seek to increase female employment need to be aware of the cultural and demographic (fertility related) considerations. Consequently, employment creation and enhancement programs need to be formulated and designed with this consideration in focus. For example, child-care facilities could be established within communities. This will free sometime of mothers with children to work outside the home, and will create child-care jobs within the community. Realizing that, due to cultural barriers, some women will still desire to only work at home, agencies providing marketing channels for such activities need to be established.
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Pilder, Andrew David. "Urbanization and Identity: The Building of Amman in the Twentieth Century." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1323474094.
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Al, Dwaikat Hadeel Majed. "Air pollution by aeolian dusts in Amman and Levant Jordan : environmental controls and potential health hazards." Thesis, Coventry University, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436265.
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Lamani, Laila. "Language Gain During Arabic Study Abroad: A Case Study of a Semester Abroad in Amman, Jordan." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2498.pdf.
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Ali, El-kharouf Amal Mahummed. "Factors influencing the employment of women, from the view of employed and non-employed women and managers in Amman City, Jordan." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.536647.
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Suleiman, Lina. "Privatisation of Jordan’s Capital Water Utility : Assessment and Evaluation of Water supply and Wastewater Services of Amman Governorate." Thesis, KTH, Mark- och vattenteknik, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-80528.
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Al, Farra Samia. "The private tuition phenomenon in mathematics in Greater Amman-Jordan : does private tuition improve achievement in mathematics?" Thesis, University of Bath, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.437725.
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Al-Ghaferi, Hamad. "A descriptive study of the characteristics of alcohol and drug abusers in a treatment centre, in Amman, Jordan." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2013. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=201833.
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Tarawneh, Aram. "Entrapped Between State and Tradition: The Effects of Graffiti and Street Art on the Jordanian Society." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21094.
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The last seven years have been a transformation point for graffiti and street art in Jordan. Due to the constant inequality that women face in Jordan, graffiti and street artists grabbed the first opportunity presented to them in order to address these issues, when the Baladk Street Art Festival took place in the capital of Jordan, Amman. They used this festival as an opportunity to spread awareness and tell stories related to inequality as well as claim their rights. Resistance from conservative groups in the society towards these murals resulted in more restrictions from the municipality about the content of them. However, artists did not back up and fought their way to keep their art on the city’s walls, but they had to work harder in order to disguise the messages they wished to send to the public. Social change was used as the main concept to follow in this thesis in order to arrive at a conclusion that shows the change that had taken place in Jordan due to graffiti and street art, especially social change regarding ideas and social movements as well as political processes. In order to get the people’s, the municipality’s and artists’ perspectives, qualitative methods were used such as interviews and a survey. Results showed that the municipality's position on the effects of graffiti and street on the society as well as the strict regulations are partially the same. In the meantime, interviews with artists and the survey showed the struggle the artists go through when painting and also the change in the people’s behavior that occurred in the last seven years, from the start of the project until now. The survey’s results showed that most of the people understood the exact meaning of the murals and some respondents interpreted the messages according to their experiences. Therefore, it was concluded that graffiti and street art can serve as a prospective tool to drive social change in the Jordanian society, yet not solitarily. Different aspects, such as people’s behavior, shifting norms as well as a change in laws and policies need to work hand in hand in order to achieve the desired change and cause a social and cultural evolution.
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Martin, David. "A comparison of the learning styles of the students with faculty teaching style profiles at the Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Lopez, Maria Mercedes. "The paradox of women migrant workers: agency and vulnerabilities. : Understanding the perspective of women migrant workers in Amman, Jordan." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-351977.
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Migration has taken place throughout human history. However, push and pull factors for migration have changed, and some have not been identified during long periods of time. Since 1970, migration studies have paid more attention to the role of women in migration processes, noting that patterns in migration are sometimes similar to men, but many other times differ, this is also known as the feminization of migration. Women, like men, migrate in search for a better future and new opportunities. Moreover, women migrant workers migrate to provide better future for their families back home. However, this migration process leaves great exposure to abuse and exploitation for both men and women. Feminist research argues, however, that this vulnerability is also gendered, affecting women and men differently. This study aims to contribute to understand the paradox of the agency of women migrant workers on the one hand, and vulnerabilities on the other, from the perspective of migrants themselves. Eleven interviews were conducted with women migrant workers in Amman. Some of the findings of this study show that the interviewees choose to migrate mainly due to economic needs, familial constraints and social structures, which in turn influence their power over their rights and situation, leaving them in vulnerable conditions prone to abuse. Moreover, the alternatives for migration are limited by social and economic structures, in addition to lack of knowledge of rights and obligations.
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Al-Khawaaldah, Bani Hasan Abdullah A. K. "Accounting disclosure, financial transparency, ownership structure and corporate governance : implications for internal and external WVB Jordanian credit risk assessments." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1097.
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Creditworthiness is a quality that is important to all stakeholders of an organisation, especially bondholders. It is posited that good corporate governance practices assist the confidence that stakeholders have in an organization’s ability to generate the strong cash flows that are needed to meet financial obligations, which in turn should enhance credit risk assessments. Much research has been conducted into rating assessments, but these have largely been directed at developed markets and they have not generally been focused on the impact of good corporate governance practices and procedures. The primary focus of this research is to address this issue through an investigation into the impact of key factors upon the credit risk assessments of listed companies on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in Jordan, as assessed by World'vest Base Inc. (WVB) credit risk assessment scores for Jordanian companies between 2005 and 2007 inclusively. Drawing upon insights from agency (including management disciplining and wealth redistribution hypotheses), stewardship, stakeholder, signalling, legitimacy and the diffusion of innovation theories, this thesis investigates the determinants of WVB credit risk assessments of Jordanian firms under five headings: accounting and financial aspects, market and regulatory perspectives, influence of ownership structure, financial transparency/disclosure and corporate governance factors. To achieve this, an array of modelling techniques is used in order to provide a more comprehensive picture. They include bivariate analysis, one-way analysis of variance, ordinary least square regressions for numerical scores, binary logistic regressions, and ordinal logistic regression. The results demonstrate that accounting and financial factors have a significant impact on credit risk assessments but not capital intensity. Profitability is positively associated with credit risk assessments, while leverage and loss propensity have a negative association. With respect to market and regulatory factors, size and Tobin’s Q are positively associated with credit risk assessments. By contrast type of sector and audit are not related to credit risk assessments. Foreign ownership enhances ratings, whilst institutional ownership has a negative impact. Also, insider ownership and family ownership have some importance. It was surprising to find that whilst financial transparency and disclosure variables are significantly associated positively with credit risk assessments in some models, they were generally not significant across other models. Nevertheless, the study finds empirical evidence to support a degree of association between credit risk assessments and corporate governance factors. There is also a positive association between board size and credit risk assessments, but the most important aspect of corporate governance for Jordanian firms is board expertise. The originality of this thesis also embraces the inclusion not only of externally published WVB risk assessments in the Jordanian context, but also internal numerical ratings that were made available with kind permission from the WVB agency for the purposes of this research. The question is whether there are insights that can be gained from such internal ratings that have not hitherto been made available to other researchers. The answer is in the affirmative, for role duality on the board of directors is evidently more important to WVB’s own internal numerical rating assessments than is evidenced by the WVB externally published credit risk assessments. Specifically, the significance of corporate governance (role duality) is missed by multivariate models that are based solely on externally published data. Furthermore, financial transparency and disclosure variables reveal more (albeit moderate) support for the more refined internal scores of WVB than for the external assessment ratings. Finally, family ownership is also important to WVB’s internal scores. Thus, this research has enabled deeper insights to be gained into credit risk assessment determinants within the Jordanian context.
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Zagha, Lama Sami. "Urban built form and quality of life of low to middle income housing neighbourhoods : the case of Greater Amman - Jordan." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289147.
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Campbell, Cameron N. "Contextualizing Exile: Understanding Failures of the International Refugee Regime through Narratives of Young Adult Syrian Urban Refugees in Amman, Jordan." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/641.
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With almost 4 million registered Syrian refugees, the UN has called it the world’s worst refugee crisis. The influx of 628,000 asylum-seekers to neighboring Jordan has tested its strength and protection capabilities. The UNHCR is the organizational spearhead of the international refugee regime, the set of rights and procedural structures upon which signatory States agree to protect refugee rights. This ethnographic research contributes lived experience to the existing quantitative scholarship on the Syrian refugee influx in Jordan. Spending the long days of Ramadan with young adult Syrian national urban refugees, I learned about the gaps between respondents’ hardships in establishing secure lives, and the rights the UNHCR guarantees for them in Amman.
This thesis argues that respondents’ experiences reflect the systematic failure of refugee protection due to inherent weaknesses of the refugee regime. Gaps in protections are the logical result of the expanding role of nation-states, as self-interested actors, in making important decisions in the enforcement of refugee rights. I argue that the expanding interest of Northern States’ to limit immigration since September 11th has rendered the UNHCR incapable of providing refugees the levels of protection they are guaranteed. The refugee regime makes certain assumptions of the host country’s carrying capacity, as well as assumptions that other nation-states will willingly open its doors for Syrian refugee resettlement. Since the UNHCR cannot rely upon Northern states committing themselves to third country resettlement, refugees can no longer expect the refugee regime to uphold its mandate that it was founded to ensure.
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Amaireh, Ikrima Abd El-Karim Mohammad. "Numerical investigation into a double skin façade system integrated with shading devices, with reference to the city of Amman, Jordan." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43290/.
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The aim of this research was to investigate the thermal performance of Double skin facades (DSFs) for office buildings in Amman. Special attention was given to the role of cavity-integrated shading slats. The study was conducted through a parametric study concerning configuration and design parameters of both DSF’s cavity and shading slats, in addition to boundary conditions. For the purpose of this study, a CFD-Fluent model was developed and validated. Besides, a new method for more accurate representation of solar radiation (as boundary conditions) was developed. Both RNG k-ε and SST k-ω turbulence models were used. The Discrete ordinates (DO) radiation model with non-gray option was selected for modelling of radiation heat transfer. Simulations confirmed that both the width of the cavity and the size and arrangement of openings would have a significant impact on overall performance of the system. The aspect ratio (H/W) of the cavity would further impact its operation, which could contribute to 77% and 26% increase in ventilation and temperature for inner glass surfaces, respectively, of a simple cavity. In addition, among other design parameters, the size and surface emissivity of integrated slats would have the largest influence on the natural ventilation rate in the cavity. The inner glass surface temperature is mainly influenced by the inclination angle and position of these slats in addition to the internal and external environmental conditions. The influence of these slats is also dependent on the aspect ratio of the cavity. Detailed design of these slats would play a further role, together with the boundary conditions (incidence angle) and other design parameters of the cavity (H/W aspect ratio). In Amman, DSFs were shown to have a good performance during heating seasons, as they would enable indoor thermal comfort and ventilation requirements to be met by passive means. During cooling seasons, DSFs with integrated slats would also be able to reduce total solar heat gains if sufficient ventilation could be provided for its cavity. However, artificial cooling is still required for such a hot climate. Controlling the cavity openings is highly recommended for both scenarios. It is recommended that the cavity width is at least 0.6m, the glass transmittance is about 0.8, the size for integrated slat is 20% of the cavity width, and the optimum surface emissivity of the slats is about 0.2. Slats should preferably be placed at mid of cavity or be adjustably according to the seasonal requirements. Optimum inclination angles for slats were found to be 45° degrees and 30° degrees for summer and winter, respectively. General recommendations and design guidelines were provided.
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Elshqirat, Mohammad Kamel. "Multifactor Capital Asset Pricing Model in the Jordanian Stock Market." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5186.
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A valid and accurate capital asset pricing model (CAPM) may help investors and mutual funds managers in determining expected returns and thus, may increase profits which can be reflected on the community resources. The problem is that the traditional CAPM does not accurately predict the expected rate of return. A more accurate model is needed to help investors in determining the intrinsic price of the financial asset they want to sell or buy. The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of the single-factor CAPM and then develop and test the validity of a multifactor CAPM in the Jordanian stock market. The study was informed by the modern portfolio theory and specifically by the single-factor CAPM developed by Sharpe, Lintner, and Mossin. The research questions for the study examined the factors that may explain the variation in the expected rate of return on stocks in the Jordanian stock market and the relationship between the expected rate of return and factors of market return, company size, financial leverage, and operating leverage. A causal-comparative quantitative research design was employed to achieve the purpose of the study by testing the listed companies on the Amman stock exchange (ASE) for the period from 2000 to 2015. Data were collected from the ASE database and analyzed using the multiple regression model and t test. The results revealed that market return, company size, and financial leverage are not predictors of the expected rate of return while operating leverage is a predictor. The results of this study may contribute to positive social change by changing the way the individual investors and mutual funds managers select their investing portfolios which can lead to better resource distribution in the economy.
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Sijbrand, Linda Marianne. "The social role of spiritual communication : authority as a relationship between Shaykh and follower in the contemporary Ṭarīqa Shadhuliyya-Yashrutiyya in Amman, Acre and Jaffa." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20628.
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This study analyses the authority of Shaykh Ahmad al-Yashruti in Amman, Acre, and Jaffa. He is the master of the Shadhuliyya-Yashrutiyya, a Sufi ṭarīqa (brotherhood) which originated in Acre but is now based in Amman. It examines how the changing religious climate and the challenges faced by the Palestinian people affect the role of the Shaykh and the cohesion of the community. This study approaches both the concept of authority and the practice of fieldwork from a relational perspective, and discusses the challenges faced when doing multi-sited fieldwork using Graham Harvey’s concept of ‘methodological guesthood’. The study analyses how the founding Shaykh’s charisma is maintained in a ṭarīqa which is institutionalised on traditional (kinship) lines, and focuses on the doctrinal, functional and locational aspects of Shaykh Ahmad’s authority by examining the underlying paradigm of authority, as well as the different roles his followers attribute to him, how these are connected to the functions of the zawāya (lodges) in Amman and Acre, and how this affects the ṭarīqa’s place in society and in the arena of ‘Muslim Politics’ (as understood by Eickelman and Piscatori). This is mainly done by focusing on the emic concept of tarbiya (education), which corresponds to Berger and Luckmann’s concept of ‘socialisation’ and Asad’s approach to the transmission of a discursive tradition that is in a continuous process of transmission and reinterpretation through the institutionalised relationship between Sufi shaykhs and followers. The study argues that the process of tarbiya and the mode of communication between Shaykh and follower – which mainly consists of indirect communications and signs to be identified and interpreted by the follower – allows the ṭarīqa to value both individuality and submission to the Shaykh; it also allows it to be centralised, while at the same time adaptable to local circumstances. This thus explains the development of a discursive tradition, the functioning of a translocal ṭarīqa, and the changing position of a Sufi shaykh, enabling us to see that a Sufi movement can be both traditional and innovative.
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Jurf, Dima R. M. "Utilisation of digital media in improving children's reading habits." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6299.
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Although digital media has been exploited to improve digital libraries,
social networking sites, and book promotion for adult and child
stakeholders, but encouraging children who have the choice to either
read from a book or on a screen remains limited worldwide, including
Jordan. This interest has meant that data about children¿s reading habits
were needed, and the present study was intended as a contribution
towards this aim.
Interviews were conducted with Jordanian writers, publishers, child
specialists, and various children¿s cultural centres. The managers and
personnel unanimously showed that Jordanian children are not good
readers and that a limited number of books are published for children as
there are actual boundaries preventing Jordanian writers from publishing
books.
In particular, subjecting the typical sorts of children¿s websites ¿ 'Club
Penguin', 'PBS Kids', 'A Story before Bed', 'Baraem', 'Storyline Online',
and 'Raneen' ¿ to evaluation showed that 'Club Penguin' got the highest
rank among the other websites in terms of multimodal features, usability,
and language, while 'PBS Kids' got the highest rank regarding
interactivity, and 'A Story before Bed' got the highest rank in reading
activities. Although it was realised that most children were satisfied with
the aspects of usability and ease of use rather than the structure or the
aesthetic of the website, and were more attracted to the websites that
provide multimodal features such as special characters, narration,
gesture, and interactivity.
The targeted websites¿ parameters obtained from the survey were used
as guidance in the design structure of the KITABAK website, as a virtual
reading environment for children¿s reading practices. The evaluation
results that were obtained showed that there is a significant correlation
towards encouraging children¿s reading habits and reading from printed
books accompanying the website; girls showed more interest in reading
iv
than boys; and there is an obvious willingness for the adaptation of the
website as a part of the Jordanian school curriculum. In addition, the
KITABAK website was accepted significantly more than 'Club Penguin',
mainly because the KITABAK website has facilities, games and reading
activities. Also, results showed that children who were subjected to
testing the KITABAK website for a one-week period proved to accept the
website significantly more than those who were subjected to testing it
once.Applied Science University
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Al-Shawabkeh, Rami. "The role of sustainable urban design principles in delivering high density mixed use schemes in Jordan : using Amman as a case study." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2015. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/35e734bb-741a-4b0d-8a5c-ea72231d19e3.
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This research is about the role of sustainable urban design principles in delivering high density mixed use schemes in Amman. It builds on previous work developed in the 2010 Amman Master Plan to propose, a first for the city, sustainable high density mixed use (HDMU) development in three distinct geographical areas in the city. High density mixed use developments conceived as part of the master plan is a new approach for the city of Amman and for Jordan.
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Benson, Livia, and Heléne Hedberg. "Beyond cultural competence : How mental health and psychosocial support practitioners' perception of culture influence their work with Syrian refugees in Amman, Jordan." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-5357.
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Since the start of the Syrian war, Jordan has received many Syrian refugees with around 650,000 Syrians now residing in the country. As the state has received a lot of help from the international community, funding refugee camps and providing basic necessities, a lot of international humanitarian practitioners have come to Jordan to work alongside Jordanian and Middle Eastern practitioners. The situation therefore has brought practitioners from different academic, professional and geographical backgrounds together to work with people of a different cultural background than their own. Syrians represent a vast diversity in terms of ethnic, religious, linguistic and socio-economic backgrounds. Research have addressed that practitioners’ sensitivity to how cultural complexities may influence social problems can facilitate a better understanding of the client’s path to recovery. The purpose of our study was to increase the knowledge of mental health and psychosocial support practitioners’ understanding and experience of a culturally sensitive social work in Amman, Jordan and discuss how this affects their practice with Syrian refugees. Through qualitative interviews we found that the practitioners’ perception of Arab culture as one and the same makes culture a non-issue in terms of cultural diversity, and that this perception influence the practice with Syrian refugees in a number of ways.
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Ostrowski, Caitlin Marlena. "Her Milkshake Brings out the Girls in Amman| Examining Questions about Sexual Desire and Societal Influences among Same-Sex Desiring Women in Jordan." Thesis, Mississippi State University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10842053.
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In the Middle East and in many majority Muslim nations, homosexuality, including homosexual acts, identities, desires, and discussions of those, is considered taboo. Utilizing a feminist theoretical orientation, this project examined the ways in which same-sex desiring women in Amman, Jordan view the concept of sexually desiring and its relationship to identities. It also examined the pressures placed on them to abide by and navigate familial and religious expectations that conflict with their sexuality. This project drew upon 15 interviews from Muslim and Christian women in Amman using semi-structured and unstructured interviews and participant observation. After analysis, it was concluded that the majority of informants believe in innate sexual desires and sexuality and that all people sexually desire in similar ways. It was also concluded that informants face more pressure from family than from religion, and therefore, find it easier to balance religious obligations than familial obligations with their sexuality.
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Jurf, Dima Rafat Mohammad. "Utilisation of digital media in improving children's reading habits." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6299.
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Although digital media has been exploited to improve digital libraries, social networking sites, and book promotion for adult and child stakeholders, but encouraging children who have the choice to either read from a book or on a screen remains limited worldwide, including Jordan. This interest has meant that data about children's reading habits were needed, and the present study was intended as a contribution towards this aim. Interviews were conducted with Jordanian writers, publishers, child specialists, and various children's cultural centres. The managers and personnel unanimously showed that Jordanian children are not good readers and that a limited number of books are published for children as there are actual boundaries preventing Jordanian writers from publishing books. In particular, subjecting the typical sorts of children's websites - 'Club Penguin', 'PBS Kids', 'A Story before Bed', 'Baraem', 'Storyline Online', and 'Raneen' - to evaluation showed that 'Club Penguin' got the highest rank among the other websites in terms of multimodal features, usability, and language, while 'PBS Kids' got the highest rank regarding interactivity, and 'A Story before Bed' got the highest rank in reading activities. Although it was realised that most children were satisfied with the aspects of usability and ease of use rather than the structure or the aesthetic of the website, and were more attracted to the websites that provide multimodal features such as special characters, narration, gesture, and interactivity. The targeted websites' parameters obtained from the survey were used as guidance in the design structure of the KITABAK website, as a virtual reading environment for children's reading practices. The evaluation results that were obtained showed that there is a significant correlation towards encouraging children's reading habits and reading from printed books accompanying the website; girls showed more interest in reading iv than boys; and there is an obvious willingness for the adaptation of the website as a part of the Jordanian school curriculum. In addition, the KITABAK website was accepted significantly more than 'Club Penguin', mainly because the KITABAK website has facilities, games and reading activities. Also, results showed that children who were subjected to testing the KITABAK website for a one-week period proved to accept the website significantly more than those who were subjected to testing it once.
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Al-Hajieh, H. "Market efficiency and volatility in an Islamic financial market interpreted from a behavioural finance perspective : a case study of the Amman Stock Exchange." Thesis, Coventry University, 2011. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/cfff00ca-c72c-49d7-a818-03e03ea3bcb5/1.
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The research undertaken aims to contribute to the debate about market efficiency and market volatility in an Islamic context. The research relates to the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) and covers the period 1992 to 2007. It undertakes quantitative analysis involving two key elements: first, testing for random walk and calendar anomaly effects in market returns and, second, modelling volatility in market returns. The thesis applies a series of standard econometric and statistical techniques to this issue. The key ‘novel’ contributions of this study relate to the focus on Islamic religious holiday effects and also the application of behavioural finance theoretical models to explain the findings in terms of the influence of social mood (mood misattribution) effects. These are approaches that have not been previously applied in the literature within an Islamic context. The author argues that the econometric and statistical techniques applied are ‘fit for purpose’. Standard methods are applied; however, these are applied in ‘novel’ ways in parts of the thesis. For example, moving-date calendar effects are modelled for the first time and the modelling of volatility makes use of interaction effects to explore the impact of interactions between different mood-influencing variables. The study begins by identifying that the ASE index returns do not follow a Random Walk. It then goes on to identify day-of-the-week effects. First trading day of the week effects found in relation to the first trading day that follows the Muslim holy day of Friday. Monthly calendar effects were also found. January or turn-of-the-year effects were found in the ASE similar to those found previously in some Western markets. However, the largest monthly effects were found in relation to the holy month of Ramadan. Most significantly, Ramadan was found to be the only month where the average daily returns were both statistically different from the other months in the year and also positive. This, it is argued in the thesis, is due to social mood (or mood misattribution) effects. The research looks beyond informational efficiency and develops a number of ‘novel’ contributions to research in this area in terms of both the empirical findings and the behavioural finance-related interpretation of these findings, as well as the influence of Islamic ethics in Amman’s stock market returns. The thesis also examines the relationship between seven behavioural mood-proxy variables and stock market returns. Fama (1991) argues that efficiency and volatility are unrelated. In this thesis, however, evidence is uncovered which suggests that this may not be the case. High levels of volatility were found at the start and at the end of the Ramadan holy festival; this volatility, it is argued, is related to social mood. This issue is examined further by exploring previously unstudied interactions between mood-related Ramadan effects and mood-related weather and biorhythmic effects. The results of this thesis, the author believes, provide strong evidence for the existence of Muslim religion investment decision biases associated with social mood effects (mood misattribution). It is argued that these social mood effects in the case of Jordan relate mainly to Islamic ethics and cultural issues, as they are found predominantly during the Ramadan religious holiday. Despite the existence of decision biases within the ASE, no profitable trading anomaly opportunities were identified. This may be due, in part, to Jordan having high trading transaction costs. It is possible, however, that profitable trading opportunities related to Islamic holidays may exist in countries that follow stricter religious observance. The author believes that there is an opportunity to extend this research to countries such as Bahrain.
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Aljafari, Mais [Verfasser], Christa [Akademischer Betreuer] Reicher, Dietwald [Gutachter] Gruehn, and Maram [Gutachter] Tawil. "Emerging public spaces in the City of Amman, Jordan : An analysis of everyday life practices / Mais Aljafari. Betreuer: Christa Reicher. Gutachter: Dietwald Gruehn ; Maram Tawil." Dortmund : Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1108289886/34.
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Sayegh, Abla. "Prevalence and patterns of caries, plaque and gingivitis in 4-5-year-old Jordanian children in Amman and their relationship to a number of indicators and aetiological factors." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.405228.
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Al-Atrash, Farah Z. [Verfasser], Wagner, and R. T. Hellwig A. [Akademischer Betreuer] Prof. "Adaptive thermal comfort and personal control over office indoor environment in a Mediterranean hot summer climate – the case of Amman, Jordan / Farah Z. Al-Atrash ; A. Wagner, Prof. R. T. Hellwig." Karlsruhe : KIT-Bibliothek, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1174252057/34.
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Kendirci, Recep. "Iron Age Aeolic Style Capitals in the Israel and Palestine area." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-175941.
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This thesis contains descriptions and definitions of the Iron Age Proto-Aeolic capitals from Israel - Palestine area. The modern area, which my materials cover is Israel and Jordan. The time period of the capitals is between the 9th century BC and the late 8th or the beginning of the 7th century BC. Attention has been put on issues of typological characteristics, usage and time periods of the capitals and how this, through the new examples, described here for the first time, created a new typology and usage for the Proto-Aeolic capitals.
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Strub, Juliane. "Opportunities for co-operation between informal youth groups and international non-governmental organisations : a case study of Amman and Zarqa in Jordan." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25453.
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Text in EnglishThe study focuses on the interaction between two structures in development cooperation: the bottom-up approach of Informal Youth Groups (IYGs) and the topdown approach of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs). These are considered in the theoretical context of the capability approach. In the empirical study, conducted in the cities of Amman and Zarqa in Jordan, the researcher interviewed eleven key members of IYGs to analyse their work mechanisms and criteria for co-operation. A Focus Group Discussion with members of INGOs about challenges and opportunities in co-operations with IYGs was conducted, to complement the literature review of INGO perspectives. The study provides insights into the work mechanism and co-operation criteria of IYGs. The interviewees mentioned trust between the parties and sharing vision and motivation as key requirements. Recommendations for INGOs in their work with local partners and practical steps for supporting IYGs are given.
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Batarseh, Mufeed Issa [Verfasser]. "Residue analysis of organic pollutants in sediments from the Amman, Zarqa area in Jordan / von Mufeed Issa Batarseh." 2003. http://d-nb.info/967869056/34.
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Qudah, Ahmad Hassan al [Verfasser]. "Pre-service mathematics teacher education in Jordan : description and analysis of the situation at the University of Jordan, Amman ; a case study / von Ahmad Hassan Al-Qudah." 2002. http://d-nb.info/965786277/34.
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