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Odeh, Rasmea. "Empowering Arab Immigrant Women in Chicago." Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 15, no. 1 (2019): 117–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/15525864-7273871.

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Abuelezam, Nadia N., and Holly B. Fontenot. "Depression Among Arab American and Arab Immigrant Women in the United States." Nursing for Women's Health 21, no. 5 (2017): 395–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nwh.2017.08.003.

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El Hajj, Dana, and Paul F. Cook. "Acculturation and Arab immigrant health in Colorado: a socio-ecological perspective." Nutrition & Food Science 48, no. 5 (2018): 795–806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nfs-10-2017-0207.

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Purpose This study aims to determine the prevalence of selected health behaviors (smoking, diet, exercise and early cancer detection) and outcomes (obesity, cardiovascular fitness, type II diabetes mellitus and cancer) among Arab immigrants living in Colorado and evaluate the relationships between acculturation and health behaviors from a socio-ecological perspective. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a cross-sectional survey of 100 adult Arab immigrants living in Colorado. Findings The study showed that Arab immigrants in Colorado engage in healthy behaviors such as eating a healthy d

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Salma, Jordana, Kathleen F. Hunter, Linda Ogilvie, and Norah Keating. "An Intersectional Exploration: Experiences of Stroke Prevention in Middle-Aged and Older Arab Muslim Immigrant Women in Canada." Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 50, no. 3 (2018): 110–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0844562118760076.

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Background Arab immigrants have increasing rates of stroke and uncontrolled stroke risk factors coupled with minimal resources for stroke prevention. Purpose This article describes the results of an interpretive descriptive study about Arab immigrant women’s experiences of practicing stroke prevention. We use an intersectionality approach to discuss some of the factors that influenced women’s ability to manage their health. Methods Sixteen middle-aged and older Arab Muslim immigrant women were recruited between 2015 and 2016 from two religious centers in an urban Canadian center. Women were be

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Crabtree-Nelson, Sonya, Neil J. Vincent, and Itedal Shalabi. "Exploring the Experience of Arab American and Arab Immigrant Women With Intimate Partner Violence." Violence and Victims 33, no. 5 (2018): 918–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-17-00174.

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This article describes a study resulting from of a university–community partnership. The faculty of the university and the executive director of local community agency serving the local Arab American and Arab immigrant community had a shared interest in looking at the unique experiences and needs of Arab women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). This led to a qualitative research project in which 25 Arab American women were interviewed about their experience with IPV. Contextual themes emerged related to cultural context, community response, and survival resilience. Implications for

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Abu-Ras, Wahiba. "Cultural Beliefs and Service Utilization by Battered Arab Immigrant Women." Violence Against Women 13, no. 10 (2007): 1002–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801207306019.

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Oleschuk, Merin, and Helen Vallianatos. "Body Talk and Boundary Work Among Arab Canadian Immigrant Women." Qualitative Sociology 42, no. 4 (2019): 587–614. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11133-019-09428-w.

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Daoud, Nihaya, Ruslan Sergienko, and Ilana Shoham-Vardi. "Intimate Partner Violence Prevalence, Recurrence, Types, and Risk Factors Among Arab, and Jewish Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Women of Childbearing Age in Israel." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 35, no. 15-16 (2017): 2869–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260517705665.

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This research set out to determine prevalence, recurrence, types, and risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) among women of childrearing age across Israel, attending to diversity in these factors by ethnicity and immigration status. The first nationwide study of its kind, this research was based on a stratified proportional cluster sample of 1,401 Arab, and Jewish immigrant and nonimmigrant women (aged 16-48 years) who visited 63 maternal and child health (MCH) clinics between October 2014 and October 2015. Female research staff interviewed women face-to-face in a private room at the

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Awad, Germine H., Mercedes S. Martinez, and Mona M. Amer. "Considerations for Psychotherapy with Immigrant Women of Arab/Middle Eastern Descent." Women & Therapy 36, no. 3-4 (2013): 163–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02703149.2013.797761.

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Aboulhassan, Salam, and Krista M. Brumley. "Carrying the Burden of a Culture: Bargaining With Patriarchy and the Gendered Reputation of Arab American Women." Journal of Family Issues 40, no. 5 (2018): 637–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x18821403.

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This article analyzes how Arab American women understand cultural expectations that govern their lives and bodies, as they grapple with tension between U.S. and Arab cultural narratives. Using data from 20 in-depth interviews with second-generation Arab American women, this study shows how they draw on traditional familial narratives of honor and reputation, (re)interpret acculturation into the United States, and bargain with patriarchy to (re)shape their views on gender, family, and community. Reputation is embedded in everyday language; their narratives unmask fears of scandal when they cros

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Norris, Anne E., and Karen J. Aroian. "Avoidance symptoms and assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder in Arab immigrant women." Journal of Traumatic Stress 21, no. 5 (2008): 471–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20363.

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Preat, Fanny, Philippe Simon, and Jean-Christophe Noel. "Differences in breast carcinoma immunohistochemical subtypes between immigrant Arab and European women." Diagnostic Pathology 9, no. 1 (2014): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-9-26.

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Michaeli, Inna. "Immigrating into the Occupation: Russian-Speaking Women in Palestinian Societies." Feminist Review 120, no. 1 (2018): 20–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41305-018-0136-5.

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Social researchers have extensively addressed the immigration of one million Russian speakers to Israel/Palestine over the past twenty-five years. However, the immigrants’ incorporation into the Israeli occupation regime and the ongoing colonisation of Palestine have rarely been questioned as such. In the interviews informing this article, Russian-speaking immigrant women living in Arab-Palestinian communities discuss their complex relations with Palestinian, Jewish-Israeli and Russian-Israeli communities. Sharing a background with Russian-speaking Jewish Israelis on the one hand, and marital

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Aroian, Karen, Nizam Uddin, and Hazar Blbas. "Longitudinal study of stress, social support, and depression in married Arab immigrant women." Health Care for Women International 38, no. 2 (2016): 100–117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2016.1253698.

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Salma, Jordana, Norah Keating, Linda Ogilvie, and Kathleen F. Hunter. "Social dimensions of health across the life course: Narratives of Arab immigrant women ageing in Canada." Nursing Inquiry 25, no. 2 (2017): e12226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nin.12226.

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Aroian, Karen, Thomas N. Templin, and Vidya Ramaswamy. "Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support for Arab Immigrant Women." Health Care for Women International 31, no. 2 (2010): 153–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399330903052145.

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Jose, Saju. "Strategic use of digital promotion strategies among female emigrant entrepreneurs in UAE." International Journal of Emerging Markets 13, no. 6 (2018): 1699–718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijoem-10-2016-0268.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the strategic use of social media and chat applications of women entrepreneurs to promote their businesses. Design/methodology/approach Because of the nature of the study and dearth of sufficient data in the Middle Eastern society on the women entrepreneurship, this study employed a qualitative research methodology. The research comprised of 20 in-depth interviews with immigrant women entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates. They were identified through personal contacts and referrals. Findings All the expatriate women interviewed are using soc

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Kulwicki, Anahid, Barbara Aswad, Talita Carmona, and Suha Ballout. "Barriers in the Utilization of Domestic Violence Services Among Arab Immigrant Women: Perceptions of Professionals, Service Providers & Community Leaders." Journal of Family Violence 25, no. 8 (2010): 727–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-010-9330-8.

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Avivi, Yamil. "Latina Muslim Producers of Online and Literary Countermedia." American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 36, no. 4 (2019): 132–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajiss.v36i4.668.

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Since 9/11, US English and Spanish language media have reported on the rise in Latino/a conversion to Islam. Western(ized) media images I examined for this essay about Latinas converting to Islam raise suspicions overpossible forced conversions, brainwashing, or abuse. What is evident and salient in these media portrayals, whether deliberately or unintentionally created, are the binaries (Western vs. non-Western, Christian vs. Muslim, and Arab vs. Latino) that limit understandings of how these women are self-empowered and make choices for themselves in their everyday lives as Latina Muslim con

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Avivi, Yamil. "Latina Muslim Producers of Online and Literary Countermedia." American Journal of Islam and Society 36, no. 4 (2019): 132–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v36i4.668.

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Since 9/11, US English and Spanish language media have reported on the rise in Latino/a conversion to Islam. Western(ized) media images I examined for this essay about Latinas converting to Islam raise suspicions overpossible forced conversions, brainwashing, or abuse. What is evident and salient in these media portrayals, whether deliberately or unintentionally created, are the binaries (Western vs. non-Western, Christian vs. Muslim, and Arab vs. Latino) that limit understandings of how these women are self-empowered and make choices for themselves in their everyday lives as Latina Muslim con

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Pastori, Giulia, and Francesca Linda Zaninelli. "I consumi culturali dei figli: la madre come "mediatrice culturale"." IKON, no. 56 (November 2009): 149–224. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/ikr2008-056006.

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- This research project explores the ‘cultural diet' of immigrant children aged 3-6 and the role of cultural mediation played by their mothers in relation to a specific issue which connotes the migration experience of double ‘loyalties' and the double process of acculturation as experienced by ‘first and second' generations from diverse perspectives: loyalty and integration oriented towards the host society and also towards the home country and culture. The project involved a group of 8 Peruvian and 8 North-African Arab women, mothers of children attending the ECEC services in Milan. They were

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Redha, A., A. Dewey, and T. Dean. "4256 POSTER Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Immigrant Arab Women Toward Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Awareness in United Kingdom." European Journal of Cancer 47 (September 2011): S324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0959-8049(11)71422-8.

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Grant, Joan S., and Norman L. Keltner. "A Clinical Translation of the Research Article Titled “Premigration Persecution, Postmigration Stressors and Resources, and Postmigration Mental Health: A Study of Severely Traumatized U.S. Arab Immigrant Women”." Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 17, no. 4 (2011): 294–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078390311416814.

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LITWIN, HOWARD. "Social networks, ethnicity and public home-care utilisation." Ageing and Society 24, no. 6 (2004): 921–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x04002491.

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This article examines the relationships between support networks, ethnicity and the utilisation of formal care services, taking into account background characteristics and functional health status among 3,403 older people in Israel. Data were drawn from a national survey in 1997 of people aged 60 or more years. The outcome variable was the use of publicly-financed personal care or homemaking services. About 15 per cent of the study population made use of such home care. Six informal support network constellations were identified by applying cluster analysis to key criterion variables that refl

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Hussain, S. Mazhar. "International Conference on Muslim Minority /Majority Relations." American Journal of Islam and Society 7, no. 1 (1990): 99–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v7i1.2673.

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The International Conference on Muslim Minority/Majority Relations held in New York, Rabi' al Awwal 23-25, 1410/0ctober 24 to 26, 1989 brought to the fore some of the little known but significantly major problems faced by the Muslim minority communities in many parts of the world. The magnitude of the problem can be seen from the fact that the Muslim minorities form one-third of the world Muslim population, over 300 million out of an estimated one billion Muslims. The three day conference was divided into different areas of concern. Over 50 papers were presented. Among the topics discussed wer

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Lerner-Geva, Liat, Tzvia Blumstein, Valentina Boyko, Adel Farhi, and Yael Benyamini. "Cultural Disparities in the Use of Prescription and Nonprescription Medications Among Midlife Women in Israel." International Journal of Health Services 47, no. 3 (2016): 440–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020731416661497.

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The study aimed to examine differences in medication use among midlife women from different cultural origins and to identify socio-demographic, health, and lifestyle characteristics associated with prescribed and non-prescribed medication use. Face-to-face interviews with women aged 45–64 years were conducted during 2004–2006 within three population groups: long-term Jewish residents (LTJR), immigrants from the former Soviet Union after 1989, and Arab women. The survey instrument included current use of medications and way of purchasing (with/without prescription). The level of prescribed and

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Sharabi, Moshe, Ilan Shdema, and Oriana Abboud-Armaly. "Nonfinancial employment commitment among Muslims and Jews in Israel: examination of the core–periphery model on majority and minority groups." Employee Relations: The International Journal 43, no. 1 (2020): 227–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/er-12-2019-0486.

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PurposeThe Nonfinancial employment commitment (NFEC) of Muslims in general, and of Arab Muslims in particular, has not yet been studied. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to fill this gap by exploring the NFEC among Arab Muslims in Israel and comparing it to that of Jews in Israel.Design/methodology/approachThe most common indicator of NFEC is the classic “Lottery Question,” which asked whether an individual would continue or stop working if they won a lottery or inherited a large sum of money. The sample included 215 Muslims and 898 Jews representing the Israeli labor force.FindingsTh

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Hammer, Juliane. "Family and Gender among American Muslims." American Journal of Islam and Society 17, no. 3 (2000): 126–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v17i3.2054.

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Family and Gender among American Muslims presents a multitude of theoreticaland empirical discussions about the issues of family and gender in variousAmerican Muslim communities.Divided into three main sections, the first section, "Values, Structure, andVariations in Muslim Families" presents articles based on empirical researchon issues such as the role of women in an Iranian ethnic economy, the selfevaluationof Palestinian women's lives, the issue of mut'a-marriage amongLebanese Shi'as, and the problems of South Asian Muslim families in theUnited States. The second section, "Practical Issues

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ST, Aji Setiawan. "Menelisik Kajian Islam dan Jejaring Ulama Nusantara." International Journal of Pegon : Islam Nusantara civilization 4, no. 02 (2020): 29–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.51925/inc.v4i02.29.

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 أبستراك أڬاما إسلام تيداك ديلاهيركان دي إيندونيسييا, نامون جوسترو نيڬارا إينيلاه ياڠ ميميليكي ڤيندودوك مسليم ديڠان جملاه تيربيسار دي دونييا. باڬايماناكاه چارا أڬاما إيني ماسوك دان بيركيمبانڬ دي أنتارا سوكو دان بودايا ياڠ بيراڬام دي نوسانتارا؟ ڤارا ڤيداڬاڠ عراب ياڠ بيراسال داي سيمينانجوڠ عرابيا كي ڤيسيسير أوتارا سوماتيرا (أچيه) ڤادا أباد كي-٧ ماسيهي إيتو سيلإين بيرداڬاڠ ميريكا جوڬا مينجادي ڤيۑيبار أڬاما إسلام دان ميلاكوكان ڤيركاوينان ديڠان وانيتا سيتيمڤات. سيكاليڤون ڤيندودوك ڤريبومي بيلوم باۑاك ياڠ ميميلوك أڬاما إسلام, تاڤي كومونيتاس مسليم ڤيرتاما تيلاه تيربينتوك ياڠ تيرديري داري أ

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Booth, Marilyn. "Zaynab Fawwāz’s Feminist Locutions." Journal of Arabic Literature 52, no. 1-2 (2021): 37–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1570064x-12341419.

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Abstract Lebanese-Egyptian Zaynab Fawwāz (ca. 1850-1914) was an unusual presence in 1890s Egypt: an immigrant from Shīʿī south Lebanon, without major family support, she created an intellectual place for herself in the Cairo press, generating a forthright voice on women’s needs as distinct from “the nation’s.” Like most Arabophone writers on “the Woman Question,” Fawwāz addressed girls’ education, but she focused less on domestic training than on work and income, gender-defined dependency, and exploitation. She highlighted gender-prejudiced uses of religious knowledge to further masculine priv

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Benyamini, Yael, Valentina Boyko, Tzvia Blumstein, and Liat Lerner-Geva. "Health, Cultural and Socioeconomic Factors Related to Self-Rated Health of Long-Term Jewish Residents, Immigrants, and Arab Women in Midlife in Israel." Women & Health 54, no. 5 (2014): 402–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2014.897679.

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Draliuk, Regina, Elisabeth Perez, Alexander Yosipovich, and Meir Preis. "Integrating Palliative Care in Outpatient Hematology Clinic Increases Patient Satisfaction, Adherence to Care and Decrease Hospital Admissions." Blood 128, no. 22 (2016): 4785. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v128.22.4785.4785.

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Abstract Introduction: Israel contains within it a unique variety of ethnic and religious groups with variable set of convictions and values. Integrating palliative care approach in routine care of patients with hematological malignancies is challenging although published data supports this approach that results in improved patient quality of life. In this study we tested the effect of this approach on adherence to the planned treatment plan and hospital admissions for symptoms management. Methods: Patients with hematological malignancies treated in Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel were en

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Dorri, Roqaia Ahmad, Tam Truong Donnelly, Elaine McKiel, and Shellely Raffin Bouchal. "KNOWLEDGE AND INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES’ INFLUENCE ON ARAB IMMIGRANT MOTHERS’ INITIATION AND EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING." Middle East Journal of Nursing 15, no. 3 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.5742/mejn2021.9378010.

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Breastfeeding is known to provide health benefits for newborns and breastfeeding mothers. The World Health Organization and Health Canada recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life. However, the rates of exclusive breastfeeding practices among Arab immigrant mothers are lower when compared with rates for non-immigrant Canadian mothers and mothers in the immigrants’ countries of origin. Critical ethnography was used to explore the contextual factors that influence the initiation and exclusive breastfeeding practices by Arab immigrant mothers in Canada. Critic

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Khalil, Dalia, Thomas Templin, Carmen Giurgescu, and Dawn P. Misra. "Psychometric Analysis of the Arabic Translation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support." Journal of Nursing Measurement, September 13, 2021, JNM—D—20–00029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/jnm-d-20-00029.

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BackgroundSocial support has been related to postpartum depression (PPD) among immigrant women. The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) has been translated to Arabic (MSPSS-AW) but not validated among postpartum women.PurposeTo further replicate and refine the already existing MSPSS-AW to determine: (a) reliability and construct validity of the MSPSS-AW in immigrant Arab American postpartum women, and (b) relationship of dimensions of social support and PPD.MethodsUsing a cross-sectional design, 115 Arab American immigrant postpartum women completed demographic questionn

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Ferrari, Jacopo. "Migratismi di moda." Lingue Culture Mediazioni - Languages Cultures Mediation (LCM Journal) 7, no. 2 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.7358/lcm-2020-002-ferr.

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The lexicon of immigrant writers in Italy is full of words derived from their mother tongues. Among the semantic fields most involved is undoubtedly that of fashion. We find many clothes, dresses, fabrics typical of the areas of emigration to Italy: Arab world, states of sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and Asia. Some of these are attested in Italian for a long time now (burnus, fez, sari); others are very recent, in correlation with migration and the presence of immigrant communities in Italy. The term ‘migratismo’ has been proposed for this class of words. Some ‘migratismi’ have already sprea

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Tankosić, Ana. "Translingual identity." Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, November 26, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aral.20078.tan.

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Abstract Translingual identity, as a part of the trans-paradigm, refers to linguistic, sociocultural, ethno-racial, and religious practices, which are negotiable, fluid, and in motion, transcending mainstream boundaries. This paper expands the translingual literature from the perspective of sociolinguistic disparities of culturally and linguistically diverse Eastern-European immigrant women in Australia, as they become victims of the perpetual foreigner stereotype in their host communities. Using the linguistic ethnography methods, such as open ethnographic observation and semi-structured inte

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Klomek, Anat Brunstein. "Prevention of postpartum suicidality in Israel." Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 8, no. 1 (2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13584-019-0347-z.

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Abstract Postpartum suicidality in Israel had not been systematically studied until the recent important investigation by Glasser and colleagues. The authors review rates, trends, and characteristics of postpartum women who considered, attempted, or completed suicide in Israel. This commentary argues that, although postpartum suicidality is relatively rare, it is extremely tragic—not just for the women, but for the entire family and community. The main aim of this commentary is to emphasize that preventive efforts should continue and expand, especially among at-risk groups. At-risk groups incl

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Lowes, Elanna Herbert. "Transgressive Women, Transworld Women." M/C Journal 8, no. 1 (2005). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2319.

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   This paper will discuss the way in which the creative component of my thesis Hannah’s Place uses a style of neo-historical fiction to find ‘good’ narratives in (once) ‘bad’ women, keeping with the theme, here paraphrased as:  The work of any researcher in the humanities is to…challenge what is simply thought of as bad or good, to complicate essentialist categories and question passively accepted thinking.    As a way of expanding this statement, I would like to begin by considering the following quote from Barthes on the nature of research. I

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Al-Natour, Ryan J. "The Impact of the Researcher on the Researched." M/C Journal 14, no. 6 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.428.

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Doing research is always risky, personally, emotionally, ideologically, and politically, just because we never know for sure just what results our work will have. (Becker 253) Howard Becker accurately captures the various problematic dimensions that researchers encounter. Numerous personal, emotional, ideological and political dimensions impact research projects in sometimes unpredictable ways. In this paper, I examine some of the many impacts that researchers can have on their own projects. In much of the literature on qualitative research that examines interviews, focus groups and similar me

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Kabir, Nahid. "Why I Call Australia ‘Home’?" M/C Journal 10, no. 4 (2007). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2700.

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   Introduction I am a transmigrant who has moved back and forth between the West and the Rest. I was born and raised in a Muslim family in a predominantly Muslim country, Bangladesh, but I spent several years of my childhood in Pakistan. After my marriage, I lived in the United States for a year and a half, the Middle East for 5 years, Australia for three years, back to the Middle East for another 5 years, then, finally, in Australia for the last 12 years. I speak Bengali (my mother tongue), Urdu (which I learnt in Pakistan), a bit of Arabic (learnt in the Middle East); but

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Luckhurst, Mary, and Jen Rae. "Diversity Agendas in Australian Stand-Up Comedy." M/C Journal 19, no. 4 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.1149.

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Stand-up is a global phenomenon. It is Australia’s most significant form of advocatorial theatre and a major platform for challenging stigma and prejudice. In the twenty-first century, Australian stand-up is transforming into a more culturally diverse form and extending the spectrum of material addressing human rights. Since the 1980s Australian stand-up routines have moved beyond the old colonial targets of England and America, and Indigenous comics such as Kevin Kopinyeri, Andy Saunders, and Shiralee Hood have gained an established following. Additionally, the turn to Asia is evident not jus

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Jacques, Carmen, Kelly Jaunzems, Layla Al-Hameed, and Lelia Green. "Refugees’ Dreams of the Past, Projected into the Future." M/C Journal 23, no. 1 (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.1638.

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This article is about refugees’ and migrants’ dreams of home and family and stems from an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, “A Hand Up: Disrupting the Communication of Intergenerational Welfare Dependency” (LP140100935), with Partner Organisation St Vincent de Paul Society (WA) Inc. (Vinnies). A Vinnies-supported refugee and migrant support centre was chosen as one of the hubs for interviewee recruitment, given that many refugee families experience persistent and chronic economic disadvantage. The de-identified name for the drop-in language-teaching and learning social facility is the

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