{"title":"The Education and Social Reform of Al-Azhar University: A Short Historical Commentary","authors":"Basil H. Aboul-Enein","doi":"10.22259/2642-8172.0101004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22259/2642-8172.0101004","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of the university is perhaps one of the oldest social institutions in the world and plays an intricate and pivotal role in societies in various cultures. Every university has a unique story in its history, growth, controversies, and its on-going survival. The role of each respective university’s faculty and academic leadership has a certain level of professional interaction in terms of their role and contract with society. This paper examines the historical evolution, challenges, reforms, and proposed prediction of the renowned Al-Azhar University of Cairo, Egypt.","PeriodicalId":269632,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Global History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127576125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Egyptian and Canaanite Religious Convergence: The Mysterious “Queen of Heaven”","authors":"Eka Avaliani","doi":"10.22259/2642-8172.0202006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22259/2642-8172.0202006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":269632,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Global History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114070111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relevance of International Collaborations in Promoting Sustainable Development: The Case of IU-Kenya Partnership","authors":"David Nderitu, E. Kamaara","doi":"10.22259/2642-8172.0101002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22259/2642-8172.0101002","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainable Development Goal number 17 (SDG17) adopted from Millennium Development Goal number 8 (MDG 8) is specifically directed towards international cooperation and collaboration for development (United Nations, 2015b). Essentially, the SDG 17 boosts achievement of all other goals. This is by virtue of its emphasis on all aspects of developmental needs of the low and medium income countries and the support needed from developed countries and the international community in achieving all the other SDGs (Osborn, Cutter, & Ullah, 2015; United Nations, 2015a). The call for international collaborations is made in the context of shared vulnerability and shared future because crisis in one part of the world would have implication on another part no matter how discrete these parts are in terms of economic development and geographical location. For instance, a disease outbreak in Kenya can quickly spread to North America in hours. This is illustrated by the 2016 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa that quickly spread to Europe and America, in spite of interventions from humanitarian organization like Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)-Doctors without Borders and International Organization for Migration (IOM).","PeriodicalId":269632,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Global History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131081848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marie-Alain Couturier: A Name to be Remembered","authors":"J. Oliveira","doi":"10.22259/2642-8172.0102001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22259/2642-8172.0102001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":269632,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Global History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121275392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Wise Women Tradition in 2 Samuel as Backdrop for Women Participation in Public Spheres in Zimbabwe","authors":"Menard Musendekwa","doi":"10.22259/2642-8172.0103001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22259/2642-8172.0103001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":269632,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Global History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123752126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decent Work and Social Security: A Myth or Reality in Nigerian Macro Communities?","authors":"G. Kayode, B. G. Agboola","doi":"10.22259/2642-8172.0101003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22259/2642-8172.0101003","url":null,"abstract":"Decent work refers to employment that respects the fundamental rights of the human person as well as the rights of workers in terms of conditions of work safety and remuneration (Wikipedia 2018). Thus the employment has respect for the physical and mental integrity of the worker in the exercise of his/her employment. According to ILO (2018), decent work sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives. It involves opportunities for work that is productive and delivers a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men.","PeriodicalId":269632,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Global History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127906145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Cold War and the Crises of Political Transition and Sustainable Democracy in Africa: The Failed Elections in Nigeria, Algeria and Angola","authors":"N. Kamalu","doi":"10.22259/2642-8172.0201002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22259/2642-8172.0201002","url":null,"abstract":"The dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 marked the end of the cold war. As such, regional conflicts in Africa and beyond fueled by the superpower relations in the bipolar world and characteristic of east-west ideological struggle began to abate. Africa, since then, began to experience a tide of democratic changes sweeping the continent. Henceforth, a New World Order marked by permanent and steady transitions of political power from autocracy to multiparty democracy began to emerge. It is well-established fact that political transitions particularly in Africa often trigger violence, tension and anxiety and strains ethnic and religious relationships.","PeriodicalId":269632,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Global History","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133611414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}