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Dear Maliha,
Get PDFDear Maliha is a short documentary film exploring the complexities of spiritual abuse through Maliha Fairooz. Spiritual abuse is a form of abuse that uses spiritual or religious beliefs to control or manipulate others. In some cases, spiritual abuse can be used to describe a religious leader who abuses their platform. But in Maliha’s story, we explore the concept of parental spiritual abuse. However, we learn more about this through Maliha Fairooz and the creative use of her journal.
For Maliha journaling is a form of therapy she uses to process her feelings and days. She also uses it as a way to heal from an abusive relationship with her mother and tries to reconnect with her faith. Among the decorated pages of her journals, she has a collection of about 10, Maliha also writes about her adventures after moving out of her family’s house.
After several years of her mother’s abuse, she now experiences anxiety during prayer. Whenever Maliha would pray her mother would stand over her and police her movements as well as her recitation. Through the eyes of her mother, Maliha never prayed perfectly enough so she would tell her to read louder or quieter to move faster or slower. This made what is normally a calming and meditative act, a very anxious one for Maliha. Additionally, Maliha has a page dedicated to exploring her senses- this is because whenever Maliha was feeling a certain sense her mother would contradict it and tell her ‘No you are not feeling this sense you’re feeling just fine.”
In this documentary, we also see Maliha enjoying the simple pleasures of adulthood such as grocery shopping and setting up her new apartment. This is a luxury she never believed she would have because there was so much control over her life as a child and an adult. We also hear her contemplative voice and we will also see the way she creates her journal entries. My goal is to inform people about this specific form of spiritual abuse as well as spread awareness on mental and physical healing after surviving abuse.
https://vimeo.com/661098060/73acbbc8e
An exploratory study of the challenges of living in American as a Muslim adolescent attending public school:
No full textA qualitative, exploratory study was conducted to investigate the challenges faced by Muslim adolescents who attend public school in America. Participants included four female and six male Muslim adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17, of varying ethnic backgrounds, who currently attend public high schools throughout central New Jersey. Participants were primarily recruited through the Muslim Center of Middlesex County Mosque in Piscataway, NJ. Focus group interviews were conducted separately, among the males and females, where the role of family, peers, and the practice of Islam in the public school setting was explored. Additionally, the study sought to examine the coping strategies and resources utilized by these Muslim teens. An interview with the imam from a local New Jersey mosque was completed to gain further insight on the obstacles faced by Muslim adolescents in America. Analysis of the focus group interviews was completed using the grounded theory approach (Strauss & Corbin, 1997). Although results indicate some similarities to obstacles faced by typical adolescents, such as peer pressure and parental expectations to perform well academically, Muslim teens must contend with a host of other challenges largely due to the ethno-religious backgrounds of these individuals. The role of identity, peers, family, community, and school in relation to the challenges faced by participants are highlighted. More specifically, adherence to Islamic beliefs, experiences in dealing with peers, parental expectations, and the practice of Islam in a post 9/11 era, are revealed. Consistent with other work in this area, participants indicated that access to peers, especially Muslim peers within the community setting, are essential in providing a strong support network for coping with the aforementioned challenges. Other specific themes and commonalities are presented. Implications of these findings are discussed and recommendations are made for parents, school, community members, and clinicians as well as for future research.Psy.DIncludes bibliographical references (p. 91-101)by Maliha F. Sheik
Why california’s ‘superstar’ cities may have a quick recovery despite being hard hit by covid-19
No full textCalifornia’s ‘superstar’ cities and regions – which together make up nearly 90 percent of the state’s GDP – have experienced the highest number of COVID-19 cases. Maliha Ahmed writes that despite being hard hit, these superstar areas have a combination of industries which have been less affected by the pandemic compared to those in poorer areas. With both superstar and non-superstar areas experiencing nearly equal increases in unemployment since February, she argues that policymakers will need to target assistance to poorer areas to prevent rising inequality
Replication Data for: Seattle Freeway Traffic Patterns: A Data-Driven Approach
No full textThis repository includes a clean dataset and a digital based on the "Seattle 20 Second Freeway" publicly available Transportation Data.
https://data.transportation.gov/Automobiles/Seattle-20-Second-Freeway/ixg2-6cni/about_dat
Development of Heritage Places under Unesco Guidelines Case Study: Al Maliha Neighbourhood in Riyadh City
No full textRiyadh, capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is the largest city in the Kingdom. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and is located in the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama and in the center of the Arabian Peninsula, on a vast plateau. Densely populated, with over 5.7 million people, it is the urban center of a region with about 7.3 million people. It consists of 15 municipal districts under the management of Riyadh Municipality, headed by the mayor of Riyadh, and the Riyadh Development Authority, chaired by the Governor of Riyadh Province.This research aims at dealing with the development of Al Maliha Neighborhood, as a case study of development of heritage places.Al Maliha neighbourhood is located in the center of Riyadh, bounded on the north by AL Jomla Suq and market, in the south by Al Salam garden, in the west by King Fahad Street and in the east by warehouses and a school from the south. There are also old heritage houses in the southeast of the area. The proposed project will develop the old heritage area, re-use it as a Heritage Museum, and demolish the warehouses to establish new galley rooms and Heritage research center.The research methodology will follow the UNESCO regulations and guidelines followed for conservation of heritage places. It will also adopt Riyadh Municipality, and the Riyadh Development Authority regulations for the development of heritage places. The project is proposed for architectural students at level four in Dar Al Uloom University, to be completed within four months and presented for Prince Sultan Award 2006 for Heritage.The aim of the research is to follow the KSA strategy in protecting and maintaining historical places like Al Daraya, old palaces and old mosques. The project will give a proposal study in managing and developing heritage places, by following the UNESCO guideline for heritage places and Riyadh Municipality regulations.The research outlines conclusions and recommendations to decision makers, for application in the development of Al Maliha neighbourhood applied in developing Al Maliha neighbourhood</jats:p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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