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A vision of history : near eastern and other essays
Hourani, Albert Habib - 1961 - 1.ed.
A vision of history: an examination of Professor Toynbee's ideas -- The Fertile Crescent in the eighteenth century -- Race, religion and nation state in the Near East -- The concept of race relations -- A moment of change: the crisis of 1956 -- The regulative principle
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A new look at the Middle East : proceedings of a symposium
1971
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Middle East survey : the political, social and religious problems
Morrison, S. A. - 1954
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Health capital and the prenatal environment: The effect of maternal fasting during pregnancy
Almond, Douglas; Mazumder, Bhashkar - 2009
We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in fasting and fetal health. In Michigan births 1989-2006, we and prenatal exposure to Ramadan among Arab mothers results in lower birthweight and reduced gestation length. Exposure to Ramadan in the first month of gestation is...
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Female labour force participation in Arab countries: The role of identity
Caris, Tobias; Hayo, Bernd - 2012
determinants of identity in the Arab region, Islam and cultural tradition. Employing two waves of the World Values Survey, we find …
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On the Norms of Charitable Giving in Islam: A Field Experiment
Lambarraa, Fatima; Riener, Gerhard - 2012
Charitable giving is one of the major obligations Islam and a strong Muslim norm endorses giving to the needy, but …
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New times, old beliefs: Projecting the future size of religions in Austria
Goujon, Anne; Skirbekk, Vegard; Fliegenschnee, Katrin; … - 2006
, represent 14 to 26% of the population by 2051. If current fertility trends remain constant, Islam could represent the majority …
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Trade and geography in the economic origins of Islam: theory and evidence
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2010
This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries … (i) determined the economic aspects of the religious doctrine upon which Islam was formed, and (ii) shaped its subsequent … had to remain within limits for Islam to persist. This was instituted via restrictions on physical capital accumulation …
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Changes in beliefs and perceptions about the natural environment in the forest-Savanna transitional zone of Ghana: the influence of religion
Sarfo-Mensah, Paul; Oduro, William - 2010
Christianity and Islam. …
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The puzzle of Muslim advantage in child survival in India
Bhalotra, Sonia; Valente, Christine; van Soest, Arthur - 2009
The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to public goods. They nevertheless exhibit substantially...
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