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Innovation in Religious Tradition: From the Blessed Birth to the Mevlid-i Nebi, 1989-2019 宗教传统的创新:从受祝福的诞生到梅利德-尼比，1989-2019

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/21520844.2021.1962178

Hakkı Gürkaş

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Rashīd Riḍā, Jews, and Zionism 拉什·d Riḍā，犹太人和犹太复国主义

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/21520844.2021.1938451

Eliezer Tauber

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A Quick Guide to Somalia in 2026: Business as Usual 2026年索马里快速指南:一切如常

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/21520844.2021.1957347

A. Hills

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Framing Insurgency and the Rebel Proto-State: Al-Shabaab’s Media and Information Operations 构建叛乱和反叛原型国家:青年党的媒体和信息运作

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/21520844.2021.1962144

Christopher Anzalone

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Police Militarization and Public Perceptions: Exploring Residents’ Attitudes in Kismaayo, Somalia 警察军事化与公众认知：索马里基斯马尤居民态度调查

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/21520844.2021.1947669

Daisy Muibu

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Between Ransom and Release: Exploring Caringscapes of Ransom Kidnappings by Somali Pirates 在赎金和释放之间:探索索马里海盗赎金绑架的关怀景观

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/21520844.2021.1948780

Brittany Gilmer, J. Wakeham

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Al-Shabaab’s Assassinations: Investigating the Uniqueness of Al-Shabaab’s Assassinations via Suicide Bombing 青年党的暗杀:调查青年党的自杀式炸弹暗杀的独特性

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/21520844.2021.1953866

Ellen Chapin, S. Lizzo, J. Warner

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Two Classes of “Marriage”: Race and Sexual Slavery in Al-Shabaab-Controlled Somalia 两类“婚姻”:青年党控制下的索马里的种族和性奴役

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.1080/21520844.2021.1923998

Lindsay J. Benstead, Daniel Van Lehman

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Nigeria and the Muslim Middle East: Historical, Political, Economic, and Cultural Ties 尼日利亚和穆斯林中东:历史、政治、经济和文化关系

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2021-06-14 DOI: 10.1080/21520844.2021.1924542

Michael B. Bishku

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Bringing society back in 让社会回归

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2021-05-25 DOI: 10.4324/9781003052784-1

Sean Yom

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