Vol. 4 No. 014 (2015): Issue 014

غلاف العدد 14 من دورية عمران

Issue 14 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Autumn 2015) includes the following studies and articles: “Social Adaptation and Ethnic Identity among Youth of North African Descent in France: When Violence is a Strategic Assertion” (Azzam Amin); “Political Violence in Contemporary Algeria: From Populist Ideology to Islamist Utopia Analytical Elements in Non-Secular His” (Nouri Dris); “On Values and Symbols in Torture Procedures Used on Political Prisoners in Tunisian Prisons: A Sociological Reading of Victi” (Rahma Benslimane); “The Problematic of Identity-based Violence in Light of Social Mobility in the Arab Region: The Case of Morocco” (Abdelhamid Benkhattab); “Torture between International Human Rights Conventions and Palestinian Legislation: A Comparative Study” (Alaa Mohammad Fares Hammad); “Enhancing Accessibility, Reorganizing Transport and Mobility: The Old City of Fez” (Mohamed el-Baghdadi, Hassan El Hajjami); “Social Exclusion: A Concept in Need of Definition” (Robin Peace); “The Youth of the Hecher Roundabout and the Tadamun Neighborhood in Greater Tunis: A Sociological Study”; “Interrogating Social Justice in the Liberal Model” (Morad Diani).

Published: 2015-10-01
Issue totals:220 views310 downloads

Studies

  • Social Adaptation and Ethnic Identity among Youth of North African Descent in France: When Violence is a Strategic Assertion 19 views33 downloads

    Author: Azzam Amin
    7-31

    This paper aims to shed light on the problem of identity and belonging among French youth of Arab and Muslim descent. It aims to trace, as much as possible, the psychosocial factors that lead...

  • Political Violence in Contemporary Algeria: From Populist Ideology to Islamist Utopia Analytical Elements in Non-Secular His 19 views31 downloads

    Author: Nouri Dris
    33-50

    This paper approaches the subject of violence in relation to political power proceeding from the concepts of secularism and secularization. It builds on the groundwork established by a number of...

  • On Values and Symbols in Torture Procedures Used on Political Prisoners in Tunisian Prisons: A Sociological Reading of Victi 20 views30 downloads

    Author: Rahma Benslimane
    51-66

    This paper conducts a sociological analysis of the testimonies of a number of Tunisian political prisoners jailed and tortured by the former authoritarian regime prior to its ouster by the...

  • The Problematic of Identity-based Violence in Light of Social Mobility in the Arab Region: The Case of Morocco 21 views25 downloads

    Author: Abdelhamid Benkhattab
    67-80

    Since the eruption in the Arab region of what has been termed The Arab Spring, the question of identity and related demands has given rise to multi-dimensional dilemmas. One of the most pressing...

  • Torture between International Human Rights Conventions and Palestinian Legislation: A Comparative Study 19 views32 downloads

    Author: Alaa Mohammad Fares Hammad
    81-102

    The State of Palestine has declared that it respects human rights and the rule of law, that public freedoms are to be enjoyed by the Palestinian individual, and first and foremost that...

  • Enhancing Accessibility, Reorganizing Transport and Mobility: The Old City of Fez 20 views21 downloads

    Authors: Mohamed el-Baghdadi, Hassan El Hajjami
    103-120

    The ancient city of Fez, one of the leading and largest cities of Islamic heritage in the Arab world, has retained its traditional character over many centuries. This is particularly the case...

Discussions

  • قراءة في كتابات مرجعية عن الثورة (الثورة الفرنسية نموذجًا) 19 views29 downloads

    Author: نتالي سلامة
    149-158

    نقدم في هذه الورقة قراءة في بعض الكتابات المرجعية عن الثورة (الثورة الفرنسية نموذجًا)، ونحاول الاستعانة بالأدوات التحليلية التي تقدمها الاجتهادات النظرية، لتسليط الضوء على العلاقة الجدلية بين...

Translation

  • Social Exclusion: A Concept in Need of Definition 22 views29 downloads

    Author: Robin Peace
    123-138

    “Social exclusion” is a debatable term, not only because it is used to refer to a wide range of phenomena and processes related to poverty, deprivation and hardship, but also because it is used...

Book Reviews

  • The Youth of the Hecher Roundabout and the Tadamun Neighborhood in Greater Tunis: A Sociological Study 21 views32 downloads

    Author: مولدي الأحمر
    141-144

    Book Title: Jeunes de Douar Hicher et d’Ettadhamen. Une enquête sociologique Author: Olfa Lamloum and Mohamed Ali Ben Zina (eds.) Place of publication: Tunis Publisher: Editions Arabesques Date...

  • Interrogating Social Justice in the Liberal Model 20 views24 downloads

    Author: Morad Diani
    145-147

    Book Title: Constitutional Social Justice in Contemporary Liberal Theory: A Critique of John Rawls Author: Mohammed Othman Mahmoud Place of publication: Doha/Beirut Publisher: ACRPS Date of...

  • مقاربات في فهم القادح المحلي للثورة التونسية 20 views24 downloads

    Author: منير السعيداني
    159-173

    الكتاب: الثورة التونسية: القادح المحلي تحت مجهر العلوم الإنسانية الكاتب: مجموعة مؤلفين (إشراف المولدي الأحمر) مكان النشر: بيروت/الدوحة الناشر: المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات السنة: 2014...