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The Geopolitics of the Yemen War during the Corona Pandemic 冠状病毒大流行期间也门战争的地缘政治

Contemporary Arab Affairs Pub Date : 2020-12-10 DOI: 10.1525/caa.2020.13.4.24

Jude Kadri

引用次数: 1

Gender Inequality in the Arab World 阿拉伯世界的性别不平等

Contemporary Arab Affairs Pub Date : 2020-08-28 DOI: 10.1525/caa.2020.13.3.25

Nahla Yassine-Hamdan, J. Strate

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引用次数: 5

Foreign Correspondents between the Hammer and the Anvil 锤子和铁砧之间的外国记者

Contemporary Arab Affairs Pub Date : 2020-08-28 DOI: 10.1525/caa.2020.13.3.98

A. S. Saleh

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引用次数: 1

Review: Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Development, by Ahmet T. Kuru 书评:《伊斯兰教、威权主义和不发达:全球和历史的发展》，艾哈迈德·t·库鲁著

Contemporary Arab Affairs Pub Date : 2020-08-28 DOI: 10.1525/caa.2020.13.3.132

Ziad Hafez

引用次数: 0

Review: The Sociology of Identity: The Dialectics of Consciousness, Deconstruction and Reconstruction, by Abdulghani Imad 《身份社会学:意识的辩证法、解构与重建》，作者:阿卜杜勒加尼·伊马德

Contemporary Arab Affairs Pub Date : 2020-08-28 DOI: 10.1525/caa.2020.13.3.123

A. A. Gazawi

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The Moroccan Monarchy and the Construction of Social Representations 摩洛哥君主制与社会表征的建构

Contemporary Arab Affairs Pub Date : 2020-08-28 DOI: 10.1525/caa.2020.13.3.79

Blaiha Marouan, El Houcine Oughlane