228 research outputs found
Book Review: Peace Education: International Perspectives edited by Monisha Bajaj and Maria Hantzopoulos
Get PDFSamira Bellil: Dans l'enfer des tournantes - commented translation extended by analysis of translation complexities and reception of literature of the "beurs"
Get PDFThis master's thesis consists of a Czech language translation and commentary for selected chapters of Dans l'enfer des tournantes, an autobiography by Samira Bellil, a French author of Algerian descent. The commentary is divided into two parts: a presentation of literature written by French authors of Maghrebi descent, the so-called beurs, the language they use in literature and reception of their works; and an analysis of the source text and its reception, the problems encountered during the process of translation and their solutions as well as the chosen translation method. Key words: Samira Bellil, autobiography, beurs, translation, translation analysis, translation method, translation problem, translation shift, suburbs of Pari
Social media and the Arab Spring
No full textIn late of 2010 and during 2011, the Arab countries saw a series of large scale political uprisings. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other forms of social media have played a major role in the planning, acceleration, and even the preparation of some of the uprisings and revolutions that too place in the Middle East at this time. Social media was employed effectively to awaken the Arab people and to mobilize them to fight against repressive regimes in their drive for greater freedom and independence. This paper will discuss the cause of the uprisings. In addition, the role of social media in the Middle East before the revolutions and the impact it had on the uprisings and revolutions known as the Arab Springs will be examined.M.A.L.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Samira F. Hassa
Increasing Inclusion or Furthering Fragmentation? How the Global Strategy to Include Refugees in National Education Systems Has Been Implemented in Lebanon
Get PDFThe UNHCR strategy to include refugee students in host state education systems is intended to promote refugees’ access to quality education. However, numbers of out-of-school refugees far exceed the global average. To understand these persistent barriers, we examine how Lebanese teachers and school principals understand and enact inclusion for school-age Syrian refugees. We find that inclusion has been pursued in ways that reproduce education inequities in Lebanon. Our findings underscore the importance of accounting for the internal complexities that shape the implementation and appropriation of policies within refugee host states and the ways in which these complexities interact with aid structures.La stratégie du HCR d’inclure les étudiants réfugiés dans les systèmes d’éducation des pays hôtes est conçue afin de promouvoir l’accès à une éducation de qualité. Cependant, le nombre de réfugiés ne fréquentant pas l’école dépasse grandement la moyenne mondiale. Pour comprendre pourquoi, nous examinons comment les enseignants et directeurs d’écoles libanais comprennent et mettent en œuvre l’inclusion des réfugiés syriens d’âge scolaire. Nous constatons que la manière dont l’inclusion a été menée reproduit les iniquités existantes dans l’éducation au Liban. Nos résultats soulignent l’importance de rendre compte des complexités internes qui façonnent la mise en œuvre et l’appropriation des politiques dans les pays hôtes et de la manière dont ces complexités interagissent avec les structures d’aide
Duurzame ontwikkeling of chronische onderontwikkeling? Een case study gerelateerd aan de internationale ontwikkeling in Libanon
No full texthis article is inspired by late sociologist Syed Hussein Alatas's theoretical and methodological frameworks on development in developing regions.it discusses the problem of uncritical imitation that is foundational to the structure of present "global" human development agendas, such as the un's millennium development goals (2000 – 2015) and the sustainable development goals (2015-2030).drawing on Lebanon as an empirical case study, this article proposes that the practice of uncritical imitation can be contradictory and lead to chronic dependency and underdevelopment.هذه المقالة مستوحاة من الأطر النظريّة والمنهجيّة لعالِم الاجتماع الرّاحل سيد حسين العطاس حول التنمية في المناطق النامية. فهي تناقش مشكلة التقليد غير النقدي الذي يشكّل الأساس لهيكل جداول أعمال التنمية البشرية "العالمية" الحاليّة، مثل الأهداف الإنمائية للألفية للأمم المتحدة (2000-2015) وأهداف التنمية المستدامة (2015-2030). تقترح هذه المقالة وبالاعتماد على لبنان كدراسة حالة تجريبية، أنّ ممارسة التقليد غير النقدي يمكن أن تكون متناقضة وتؤدّي إلى التّبعيّة والتخلّف المزمنيْن
Language as a tool for marginalization of disadvantaged students in Lebanon. (c2019)
Get PDFWith the influx of Syrian refugees to Lebanon, the attention of research has
focused on the marginalization and vulnerability of these children including their access
to school. A lot of the discussion in this field has focused on the inability of Syrian
refugee children to enroll in mainstream public Lebanese schools due to the language
challenge, in particular learning mathematics and sciences in English and French. This
has resulted in segregating Syrian children in afternoon school shifts. However, this
discourse overlooks the effect of the colonial practices on the Lebanese educational
system and how it has marginalized a large sector of the vulnerable Lebanese children
attending public schools since Lebanon’s independence in 1943. The study investigates
the interplay between the colonial history of Lebanon, today’s educational policies and
practices, and school outcomes of children from disadvantaged socioeconomic
backgrounds. It shifts the debate from the discourse of refugees being the problem to the
inherited structural inequalities of the Lebanese educational system. The study follows a
mixed method design with qualitative and quantitative components. It comprises a
survey with students in addition to interviews with Lebanese and Syrian children, school principals, teachers, and parents. Classroom observations were also conducted. Mentors
and trainers from the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education were also
interviewed. Research findings revealed that foreign language was experienced as a
barrier to learning and a source of marginalization by both Syrian and Lebanese
students. The thesis raises questions concerning the language policy in Lebanon. It also
questions the call to segregate and “dumb” down the curriculum for Syrian refugees in
afternoon shift. Finally, it highlights the quality of teaching foreign languages in public schools and its effect on the attainment of children from disadvantaged socio-economic
background.N/A1 hard copy: xiii, 75 leaves; ill.; 30 cm. available at RNL.Bibliography: leaves 59-71
Towards creative development: The case of international development in Lebanon
No full textThis article is inspired by late sociologist Syed Hussein Alatas’ scholarship in development studies. It discusses the problem of uncritical imitation that is foundational to the structure of present “global human development” agenda, such as the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (2000–2015) and Sustainable Development Goals (2015–2030). Drawing on Lebanon as an empirical case study, this article proposes that the practice of uncritical imitation leads to misinterpretation of data, misconception of problems, and missed opportunity for realizing what Alatas calls “creative development.
The Poetics of Textual Thresholds in Ahcene El-Kharrat’s Collections of Poetry
Get PDFAbstract: The aim of this study is to analyze the poetics of textual thresholds in the poetry of Ahcene El-Kharrat (1989-2019), to query their various dimensions, connotations and artistic features, based on the assumption that contemporary poetic text is no longer just a set of poems nicely written and collected in a book, but rather a mosaic of written texts, para (meta) texts, and thresholds related to their hypertext. The thresholds’ role is vital. Its importance cannot be ignored while formulating the general poetic context of the poem. The latter cannot reach completeness without its textual thresholds that opens up new poetic and artistic perspectives. We will shed light, in this analytical and intertextual research, on the thresholds of the poems in the collections of the Algerian poet Ahcene El-Kharrat entitled: Nabdh-al-faji’a (Pulse of Bereavement), Basar Al-Turab (Sight of the earth) and Shatah Al-darawishes (the Dervishes’ imagination).
Keywords: Textual Thresholds; Paratext; Connotation; Author; Poetic
Barriers to implementing Article 19: A study on the institutionalization of persons with disabilities in select Arab countries
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