Vol. 13 No. 052 (2025): Issue 052

غلاف العدد 52 من دورية عمران

Issue 52 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Spring 2025) includes the following studies and articles: “Faith and Intolerance: How Does Religious Identity Mediate Responses to Discrimination in Northwestern Europe?” (Tahir Abbas, Nabil Khattab); “Cyberpunk Urban Fantasies in the Gulf: The Line as an Incubator of Modernization in Saudi Arabia and Beyond” (Federico Cugurullo, Isobel Lee, Rebecca Weir); “Women Professors and the Practice of Power at the Lebanese University” (Fadia Hoteit); “Colonial Direct and Indirect Rule in the West Bank in Post-Oslo Era” (Ghada Samman); “The Palestinian Bourgeoisie under Israeli Occupation: National, Comprador, or Dependent Benefiting from its Dependency?” (Natalie Salameh); “Neither Market nor Hierarchy: Network Forms of Organization” (Walter W. Powell); “Social Sciences and Humanities in the Arab World: A Reading of the Arab Social Sciences Monitor” (Jibril Ali); “Academic Freedom and the Transnational Production of Knowledge” (Sari Hanafi); “Beersheba Region, Southern Ottoman Palestine: The Land, Society, and State” (Mansour Nasasra); “Featured Books” (Omran Editorial Board).

Published: 2025-04-01
Issue totals: 367 views 728 downloads

Studies

  • Faith and Intolerance: How Does Religious Identity Mediate Responses to Discrimination in Northwestern Europe?

    37 views 78 downloads
    Authors: Tahir Abbas, Nabil Khattab
    7-35

    This article explores how religious identity shapes experiences of discrimination in Northwestern Europe, introducing the concept of "parallel interaction" to move beyond majority–minority...

  • Cyberpunk Urban Fantasies in the Gulf: The Line as an Incubator of Modernization in Saudi Arabia and Beyond

    29 views 81 downloads
    Authors: Federico Cugurullo, Isobel Lee, Rebecca Weir
    37-53

    The Line is a futuristic city under construction in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This paper examines its development as an incubator of modernization, seeking to transform the socio–cultural and...

  • Women Professors and the Practice of Power at the Lebanese University

    31 views 76 downloads
    Author: Fadia Hoteit
    55-80

    Women professors at the Lebanese University play an influential role in the academic landscape. This article explores how these professors navigate the network of power and exert influence in...

  • Colonial Direct and Indirect Rule in the West Bank in Post-Oslo Era

    40 views 69 downloads
    Author: Ghada Samman
    81-108

    This article analyses the relationship of the West Bank with the occupying state following the signing of the Oslo Accords and the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority in 1994....

  • The Palestinian Bourgeoisie under Israeli Occupation: National, Comprador, or Dependent Benefiting from its Dependency?

    52 views 66 downloads
    Author: Natalie Salameh
    109-136

    This article invokes a class–based approach to the Palestinian bourgeoisie under occupation (1967–1994). It highlights the difference between the dependency of the Palestinian bourgeoisie on the...

Translation

  • Neither Market nor Hierarchy: Network Forms of Organization

    42 views 78 downloads
    Author: Walter W. Powell
    139-185

    Network forms of organization, typified by reciprocal patterns of communication and exchange, represent a viable pattern of economic organization. The paper contrasts networks with market and...

Book Reviews

  • Academic Freedom and the Transnational Production of Knowledge

    31 views 69 downloads
    Author: Sari Hanafi
    215-221

    Book title: Academic Freedom and The Transnational Production of Knowledge . Author: Dina Kiwan. Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Date of Publication: 2023. Pages: 212.

  • Beersheba Region, Southern Ottoman Palestine: The Land, Society, and State

    34 views 64 downloads
    Author: Mansour Nasasra
    223-232

    Book title: Beersheba Region, Southern Ottoman Palestine: The Land, Society, and State . Author: Ahmad Amara. Publisher: Doha/ Beirut: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. Date of...

Reports

  • Social Sciences and Humanities in the Arab World: A Reading of the Arab Social Sciences Monitor

    35 views 73 downloads
    Author: Jibril Ali
    189-212

    This report presents an overview of Arab knowledge production in the social sciences and humanities through an analysis of four reports by the Arab Social Sciences Monitor. The reports reveal a...

Book Presentations

  • Featured Books

    36 views 74 downloads
    Author: Omran Editorial Board
    235-238

    عروض كتب من إعداد هيئة التحرير: - كوري دولجان (تحرير)، دليل أكسفورد لعلم الاجتماع من أجل العدالة الاجتماعية (أوكسفورد: مطبعة جامعة أكسفورد، 2024). - أولغا بريسكايا وجوزيبي جيوردان وجيمس...