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

Studies

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

    Author: Azzam Amin (Author)
    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

    Author: Nouri Dris (Author)
    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

    Author: Rahma Benslimane (Author)
    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

    Author: Abdelhamid Benkhattab (Author)
    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

    Author: Alaa Mohammad Fares Hammad (Author)
    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

    Author: Mohamed el-Baghdadi, Hassan El Hajjami (Author)
    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)

    Author: نتالي سلامة (Author)
    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

    Author: Robin Peace (Author)
    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

    Author: مولدي الأحمر (Author)
    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

    Author: Morad Diani (Author)
    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

    Author: منير السعيداني (Author)
    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...