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Civil Society and Religious Figures in Saudi Arabia...? Civil Society and Religious Figures in Saudi Arabia Amna ALSamarrai Director Supervisor Introduction The era of colonial dominance, the end of the cold war and the gulf war have played a major role in shaping the political and socio-cultural context both directly and indirectly in the Arab and Muslim world, especially in Middle East and North Africa. Despite the failure of nationalist regimes, the rise of new developmental ideologies has successfully taken root in these societies. Concepts such as democracy, liberalization, secularization and civil society were the main metaphors that were associated with this era and were deliberated on in the Arab and Muslim societies. However, these concepts, as they...
11 Pages(2750 words)Dissertation
Civil society and religious figures in Saudi Arabia... In this study, the role of civil society is treated as an arm of the monarchy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to aid the leadership in its goal of fostering social and economic development. According to Al Alekri, et al. (2008), attempts to portray the Civil Service Organizations in countries within the GCC will generally be met with pessimism because for CSOs in this region the State is the funding party. “The main reason for weaknesses found within these organizations is the governing structure found in their hosting countries. There, the state is dominant, and the society depends on the state for its needs” (Al Alekri, et al., 2008, p. 7). The same observation is essentially expressed in the EU-GCC Civil Society Conference... In this...
31 Pages(7750 words)Literature review
Civil society and religious figures in Saudi Arabia - literature review2...is the Ulama, or the legal Islamic scholars. The official religious establishment is relied upon by the Al Sa’ud family for their political legitimacy, as well as the legitimacy of their issued state policies. Religious clerics and leaders likewise command the respect and obedience of the people. In light of the perception that the rise of NGOs is still relatively recent in Saudi society, and that time is required to build trust between NGOs and communities and individuals, religious leaders or the Ulama will continue to be a vital unifying actor in the relationship between government and the people (Alhargan, 2012). 4. Two opposing opinions that democracy and Islam are compatible In the...
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Posthuman Figures...POSTHUMAN FIGURES: RETHINKING NOTIONS OF IVITY Introduction This paper aims to explore how posthuman figures of difference help us rethink our subjectivity through a TV programme as a reference. It shall look at how cultural identity is organised around points of difference, the idea of the body as Other, and long history of fascination with bodies that don't conform, which challenge the idea of the Enlightenment subject and exposes our cultural anxieties. It is also important to critically analyse the notion of the posthuman and the notion of the "other" in addressing these points.
"The posthuman view privileges informational pattern over material instantiation, so that embodiment in a biological substrate is seen as an accident... aspects...
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Religious...& Paul [2002]. In 1930, Thomas Merton joined Oakham Public School during which time, Owen his father, died. However although the death affected Thomas Merton who sought support and financial help from the uncle was co-operative and finances to Thomas Merton was never a problem. Thomas Merton often received help from Tom Bennett, Owen’s former physician who was very supportive of Thomas as was the aunties and uncles. It was in 1932 during one of his visits to his grandparents in New York that Thomas Merton decided to venture into journalism by co-editing the school’s journal.
In 1933, Thomas Merton visited Italy where he stayed in Rome where Merton acquired a Bible and become religious, severally praying asking God to...
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Human Figures in Landscapes...Human Figures in Landscapes Dr. Shakeel [Pick the The history of landscape painting is as old as the history of painting itself. And even before that, when people first started drawing in caves and through other primitive modes of art, they drew human figures, trying to recreate the creation of God as they saw themselves and the people around them. With the passage of time, both these genres of landscape and portraiture kept flourishing all over the world and a lot of artists worked on these genres in bravura of techniques and styles. Then people started amalgamating these two different genres to create a new magic in which the canvas started taking the shape of a microcosm of life and so the artists...
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Results, Figures, & Discussion Rubric... Water absorption experiment Results The experiment sought to establish the most absorbent type of paper towel. In this regard, the experiment was conducted six times in order to minimize the occurrence of data errors. The results for the absorption experiment were as follows for the premium brand towels; 20mL, 19.5 mL, 20.3 mL, 19.9 mL, 20.2mL, 20.1 mL. The absorption experiment for the premium recycled brand towels were as follows; 15.2 mL, 14.9mL, 15 mL, 15.2 ml, 15.5 ml, 15 ml. The average absorption rate for the premium brand paper was 20 ml of water. The graph below show the outcome of the experiment in which the premium recycled premium towels have a lower absorption rate compared to that of the premium brand towels... Water absorption ...
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Civil society and religious figures in Saudi Arabia - Application to Transfer...Arabia, the country has been a central focus of globalisation, internationalisation and modernisation . This has caused the Basic Law of the country, which is steeped in Sharia to be re-examined and reviewed in order to streamline Saudi Arabia’s laws with the international order.
This study has identified in the preliminary analysis that the religious and political leadership have shaped the modern history of Saudi Arabia which has in turn influenced the traditions of the Kingdom. The literature review identifies that the international order of the international community is strongly steeped in the Eurocentric theories and concepts of statehood.
This study will seek the end of identifying the variance and...
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Spending Figures...Spending Figures US and Japan Healthcare spending figures Globally, the United s spends far more in terms of its health care than any other nation. According to the New York Times, the United States tends to spend more money on health care as compared to the other twelve industrialized nations thus Netherlands, Germany, France, Japan, Denmark, Canada among others (Wise & Yashiro, 2006). In 2009 alone, the United States spent a total of $8,000 per person on health care services as compared to Japan, which spent one-third of it on its health care. Unlike the United States, Japan tends to offer an interesting model in terms of its health care. In as much as the health care system almost shares several...
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Figures of Speech...Figures of Speech Q1. You fit into me like a hook into the eye. Q2. Presentiment is that long Shadow on the lawn.Q3. “Hope is the thing that has got feathers.”
That sits in the soul,
And sings the melodies devoid of words,
And never halts at all.”
Q4. Time flies like a fly, fruits flies like a mango.
Q5. Give me a hand.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Q6. ‘Oh moon, with sad steps, you climb the skies’.
Q7. Hyperbole means exaggeration, for example, ‘My devotion to church is higher than heavens’.
Q8. Understatement/litotes means saying less than the actual, for example, ‘Atomic blast is a bit noisy’.
Q9. The paradox is a contradictory statement that makes sense on closer look, for example, ‘I am a...
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