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Studying Migration from Different Perspectives and with Different Techniques
No full textMigration can be considered a human strategy to improve life and can be defined as a natural behavior of human beings that has developed over time. The issue of migration is a particularly salient theme in this historical period and presents a new challenge for researchers in Europe and worldwide, particularly those researchers attempting to understand the patterns and processes of migration. Researchers of various disciplines have responded to the challenges related to migration using a variety of methodological tools to examine the phenomenon. In this chapter, the author presents qualitative techniques used in the social sciences and discusses their strengths and weaknesses when they are employed to study immigrant populations. Given the complexity of the migration phenomenon, the challenges that researchers must address include collaboration between disciplines and methodologies and the integration of methods. A multimethod, multilevel and multidisciplinary approach is used in an attempt to understand this multifaceted issue
Rania Fahmy\u27s experience with the Jan \u2711 Revolution
Get PDFThis piece is an interview conducted where Rania Fahmy, AUC graduate explains her experience with the Jan \u2711 revolution and how it has affected her work with street girls
Challenges, Resources and Ethnic Identity Negotiation: The Perspective of Immigrant Women
No full textIn this chapter, we will address the issue of migration from women’s point of view. This study will consider the literature on reasons related to migration choices by considering gender differences. Furthermore, it will address the issue of acculturation, its relationship with well-being, and the stress of acculturation. Within this framework, we will discuss how immigrant women address the process of acculturation through the negotiation of their ethnic identity. The aim of this study was to understand the psychological, personal and relational dimensions of the acculturation process of immigrant working women in Italy. Additional objectives were to understand these women’s motivations for leaving their country of origin, to comprehend the challenges and resources used to address social and employment socialization, and to explore the ethnic identity negotiation of these women in their new country. One hundred and twenty immigrant working women participated in this study. A qualitative approach using in-depth interviews was employed. The guide topics were related to the motivations that led women to immigrate to Italy, the challenges they faced, the strategies used to overcome their problems and the process of ethnic identity negotiation. The analysis of the transcripts using NVivo 9 software revealed recurring themes presented in four models. The first indicates the motivations that led women to undertake migration. The second defines the challenges that immigrant women face in the new context. The third presents the resources used by women during the acculturation processes. Finally, the fourth represents ethnic identity negotiation processes
Parental Ethnotheories and Family Routines: A Comparison between Italian and Ecuadorian Mothers in Italian Context
No full textThis chapter presents research that compares Italian and Ecuadorian mothers’ parental ethnotheories with specific attention to family routines, care practices and children’s education. The participants were 30 mothers of children aged 4–8 years (15 Italian and 15 Ecuadorian) living in Italy. The participants responded to a semi-structured interview. With regard to daily routines, the results show many similarities in both groups. Parental style was one of the areas in which immigrant mothers perceived a substantial difference from Italians. With respect to relationships with their children, Italian participants focused on the relationships’ affective aspects and their expressive and emotional connotations. Ecuadorian mothers also underlined the ethical dimension of responsibility. There were both similarities and differences in the parental ethnotheories of the two groups and in their organization of daily routines and parental roles. A general similarity of perceptions between the two groups emerged in comparison with the previous generation
Adolescents at Risk: Comparing Italian and Immigrant Youth
No full textThis chapter analyzes the well-being of an at-risk adolescent population that has been poorly studied in the literature. Adolescents at psychosocial risk are on a developmental path characterized by crucial, moderating or precursor factors of distress and maladjustment.
This article presents results of a multi-methods study conducted to identify whether migratory status represented an additional critical factor along the developmental path of adolescents toward adaptation or maladjustment. Quantitative survey methods provided a background of descriptive information concerning adolescents at psychosocial risk adjustment, coping strategies, social support and ethnic identity, while qualitative methods offered richer, deeper understanding of these issues in relation to migration experience.
The study sample comprised 60 adolescents (M = 18.02 years; 45% Italians and 55% immigrant; 58.3% males and 41.7% females) at psychosocial risk. Each adolescent completed a questionnaire that analized their ability to adapt, their level of maladjustment, their coping strategies and their perceived level of social support.
10 young immigrants participated to in-depth interviews in order to thoroughly describe the meaning and complexity of this phenomenon in the interviewees’ own words
Entrevista a Rania Benzina: La dicotomía del proceso emancipatorio político y social de las tunecinas
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The struggle of Tunisian women since the 1980s resulted in a divide between Islamic feminism and secular feminism. Secular feminism rejects female emancipation based on religion because religion subsumes women's role in society. In contrast, Islamic feminism maintains that the fight against patriarchy should be framed within Islam because religion has provided women the elements to be subjects of law and politics. Since 2011 protests, the dichotomy between both sides has been more profound, especially after the Al-Nahda party came to power, and the reconstruction of the identity of Tunisian women has become a debate among women. Tunisian women are not only Arab or Islamic; they are also Berber, Maghrebian, and African. The interview with Rania Benzina, a member of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women, exposes the complexity of the political framework and the struggle against the patriarchy of the women in Tunisia, as well as a vital question: what means to be a woman in Tunisia? Women's answer to this query is, therefore, a process of political redefinition.La lucha de las mujeres tunecinas desde la década de 1980 se encuentra dividida entre el feminismo islámico y el feminismo laico. El feminismo laico critica que la emancipación política y social de las mujeres esté sustentada en la religión, porque la religión subsume el papel de la mujer en la sociedad; mientras que el feminismo islámico sostiene que la lucha contra el patriarcado se enmarca en el Islam, porque la religión ha brindado los elementos para que las mujeres sean sujetas de derecho y sujetas políticas. Desde las protestas del año 2011, la dicotomía de ambas vertientes es más profunda, especialmente tras la llegada al poder del partido Al Nahda, y se ha logrado que la reconstrucción identitaria de la mujer tunecina sea un debate entre las mujeres. La mujer tunecina, no es sólo árabe o islámica, es amazigh (bereber), es magrebí y es africana. La entrevista con Rania Benzina, integrante de la Asociación Tunecina de Mujeres Demócratas, expone la complejidad del entramado político y la lucha contra el patriarcado de las mujeres en Túnez, así como una cuestión vital: ¿qué significa ser una mujer en Túnez? La respuesta que se está articulando evidencia un proceso de redefinición política
Multi-person tracking using dynamic programming
Get PDFThesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77).This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.by Rania Y. Khalaf.M.Eng
UMPSA Vice-Chancellor’s caring visit brings hope to the daughter of Cendol Cartoonist, Arysha Rania
Get PDFSHAH ALAM, 15 July 2025 – “I am truly grateful and happy. This is a blessing that came through my daughter’s opportunity to study at the university of her choice,” said Shahrul Nizam, better known as Cendol Cartoonist, during a special visit from the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Professor Dr. Yatimah Alias, accompanied by Datin Nur Sharmila Shaheen, Member of the Board of Trustees of the UMPSA Foundation.
The visit was held in conjunction with UMPSA’s Caring Visit for New Diploma Students programme and took place at the family home of new student Arysha Rania Shahrul Nizam, located in Section 17, Shah Alam.
Arysha, the eldest child of Shahrul and his wife, has been accepted into the Diploma in Electrical Engineering programme at the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology (FTKEE), UMPSA Pekan
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