Vol. 12 No. 048 (2024): Issue 048

غلاف العدد 48 من دورية عمران

Issue 48 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Spring 2024) includes the following studies and articles: “Colonial Paternalism under Israeli Military Rule (1967-1977): Social Welfare as a Case” (Ashraf Othman Bader, Asem Khalil); “Biomedicine as a Folk Medicine for the Mentally Ill and Their Families: A Study in Reproducing Medical Prescription Outside the Hospital in Morocco” (Farouk Tahri); “Transformations of Political Discourse in Libya After 2011: A Study of The Joint Effect of Belongingness” (Saleh Abu Alkhir); “The Sudanese Professionals Association and the Question of Organization and Leadership in the Sudanese Revolution (2018-2019)” (Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk); “The October Uprising of 2019: Did It Impact in the Structure of the Lebanese Political System?” (Paul Tabar); “Arab Spring Movements under the Social Sciences Microscope: Hypotheses and Conclusions” (Abdelmajid Skhairi); “On Reflexivity in Ethnographic Practice and Knowledge Production: Thoughts from the Arab Region” (Muzna Al-Masri, Samar Kanafani, Lamia Moghnieh, Helena Nassif, Elizabeth Saleh, Zina Sawwaf); “What Arabs Think About When They Think About Migration? Insights from the Arab Opinion Index (2011-2022)” (Majd Abuamer); “The Fundamentals of Social Representations: Sources, Theories and Practices” (Khatri Elayachi); “Narrative Research in The Social Sciences: Theories and Applications” (Mohamed Elmakhloufi).

Published: 2024-04-01

Studies

  • Colonial Paternalism under Israeli Military Rule (1967-1977): Social Welfare as a Case

    Author: Ashraf Othman Bader, Asem Khalil (Author)
    7-32

    This paper examines the colonial paternalistic system during the first decade of Israeli military rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, along with its legal and financial framework and forms of...

  • Biomedicine as a Folk Medicine for the Mentally Ill and Their Families: A Study in Reproducing Medical Prescription Outside the Hospital in Morocco Cited once

    Author: Farouk Tahri (Author)
    33-58

    Through this study, I will explain how medical diagnosis became a tool for the medicalization of society, and through time, and with the development of bio–medicine in the shape of drugs,...

  • Transformations of Political Discourse in Libya After 2011: A Study of The Joint Effect of Belongingness

    Author: Saleh Abu Alkhir (Author)
    59-87

    This study traces the transformations of political discourse in Libya after the 17 February Revolution. It analyzes the discourse of the February Revolution, examining how it maintained its...

  • The Sudanese Professionals Association and the Question of Organization and Leadership in the Sudanese Revolution (2018-2019) Cited once

    Author: Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk (Author)
    89-113

    The Sudanese Professionals Association has received special attention from some Sudanese scholars given its leadership and organizational role in transforming the spontaneous protests that...

  • The October Uprising of 2019: Did It Impact in the Structure of the Lebanese Political System?

    Author: Paul Tabar (Author)
    115-137

    This study addresses the features of the 17 October uprising of 2019 in Lebanon by comparing it with two significant events in Lebanon’s history: the peasant revolt in Mount Lebanon from 1858 to...

Discussions

  • Arab Spring Movements under the Social Sciences Microscope: Hypotheses and Conclusions

    Author: Abdelmajid Skhairi (Author)
    141-165

    This paper highlights the underpinnings of four basic theoretical hypotheses and frameworks that have drawn interest from Arab Spring studies during both the first wave (2011) and the second...

Translation

  • On Reflexivity in Ethnographic Practice and Knowledge Production: Thoughts from the Arab Region

    Author: Muzna Al-Masri, Samar Kanafani, Lamia Moghnieh, Helena Nassif, Elizabeth Saleh, Zina Sawwaf (Author)
    169-189

    Deployed as much during fieldwork as in writing, reflexivity is itself positioned, its saliency as an epistemological device having transformed over time and space. Retracing its initial...

Book Reviews

  • The Fundamentals of Social Representations: Sources, Theories and Practices

    Author: Khatri Elayachi (Author)
    237-244

    Book Title: Les fondements des représentations sociales: Sources, théories et pratiques . Author: Sandrine Gaymard. Publisher: Paris: Dunod. Date of Publication: 2021. Pages: 340.

  • Narrative Research in The Social Sciences: Theories and Applications

    Author: Mohamed Elmakhloufi (Author)
    245-251

    Book Title: Narrative Research in The Social Sciences: Theories and Applications. Author: Hassane Hjij. Publisher: Marrakesh: Afaq Foundation for Studies, Publishing and Communication. Date of...

Reports

  • What Arabs Think About When They Think About Migration? Insights from the Arab Opinion Index (2011-2022) Cited once

    Author: Majd Abuamer (Author)
    193-234

    Based on data from the eight Arab Index surveys conducted annually by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in 14 Arab countries from 2011-2022, this paper examines trends in Arab...