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Regulating land rights in late nineteenth-century salt: The limits of legal pluralism in Ottoman property law
( Indiana University Press , 2016 , Book chapter)This article examines the relationship between different district-level decision-making bodies in the late nineteenth-century Ottoman context. Using Sharia court records and property registers produced in the rural Syrian ... -
The relation between spaces and cultural change: supermalls and cultural change in Qatari society
( University of the Aegean , 2017 , Article)This study is the first attempt to ethnographically assess the influences of supermalls on cultural change. It takes a first step toward enhancing our understanding of the influences of globalization and consumer culture ... -
Revitalising abandoned heritage villages: the case of Tinbak, Qatar
( Cogent OA , 2021 , Article)As an archaeological heritage, valuable heritage settlements entail preservation to avoid destruction and eventual extinction. Intending to propose a study for revitalising heritage villages, Tinbak is selected as a case ... -
The Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Museum and the Knowledge Economy: From Private Collection to Public Domain
( جامعة أبو بكر بلقايد تلمسان , 2023 , Article)This article discusses the newly emergent notion of the knowledge economy, which is an economy based on the arts and sciences, accompanied by an understanding of the role of knowledge in the development of the economy and ... -
Simulation and impact analysis of behavioral and socioeconomic dimensions of energy consumption
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Human-oriented factors present unavoidable challenges and uncertainties in building energy strategic planning. The uncertainties escalate when the target society is not fully known to the decision-maker and can create ... -
Socio-Economic Development, Globalization and the Need for Heritage Policy in Qatar: Case Study
( Scientific Research Publishing Inc , 2021 , Article)Qatar, has a rich history and seen many changes in a small amount of time, investigating its heritage. Although a young state established in 1868 Qatar’s key sectors is trying to create their own policy strategies. Major ... -
Souq Waqif And Its Approach Toward Sustainable Cultural Tourism
( Society of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences , 2023 , Article)The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development highlighted the role of culture in sustainable development worldwide. Consequently, recently the concept of sustainable cultural tourism has become increasingly important. UNESCO ... -
Spatial and temporal changes in electricity demand regulatory during pandemic periods: The case of COVID-19 in Doha, Qatar
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)The propagation of the pandemic times, especially during COVID-19, has caused millions of morbidity and mortality cases across the world, forcing people to change their lifestyles and governments to take different measures ... -
Spatial assessment of audience accessibility to historical monuments and museums in Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Hosting mega sports events is a key driver for sustainable development, particularly through fostering tourism marketing and planning. Although the 2022 FIFA World Cup has received considerable attention, as the first ... -
Spatial Assessment of COVID-19 First-Wave Mortality Risk in the Global South
( Routledge , 2022 , Article)The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that appeared in 2019 gave rise to a major global health crisis that is still topping global health, socioeconomic, and intervention program agendas. Although the outbreak of COVID-19 has ... -
Spatial Associations between COVID-19 Incidence Rates and Work Sectors: Geospatial Modeling of Infection Patterns among Migrants in Oman
( Routledge , 2022 , Article)Migrants are among the groups most vulnerable to infection with viruses due to the social and economic conditions in which they live. Therefore, spatial modeling of virus transmission among migrants is important for ... -
Spatiotemporal analysis of water-electricity consumption in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic across six socioeconomic sectors in Doha City, Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This study investigates the water – electricity consumption in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic across six socioeconomic sectors. Due to inadequate research on spatial modelling of water – electricity consumption in ... -
The Arab spring: A fourth wave of democratization?
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2016 , Article)Between 1974 and 1990, over 30 countries in southern Europe, Latin America, some parts of Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa made transitions to democracy, nearly doubling the number of democratic governments in the world. ... -
The Arabic narratives of early mosques as compared to other existing evidence
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The development of the first Qatar national museum
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter investigates the establishment of the first National Museum in Qatar in the 1970s, during the reign of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani. Opened on the 23 June 1975, the Qatar National Museum became the first ... -
The development of the first Qatar National Museum
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The Hadrami Diaspora: Community-Building on the Indian Ocean Rim Leif Manger. New York: Berghahn, 2010. 220 pp.
( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. , 2013 , Book Review) -
The importance of Abdul Ghani Al-Nabulsi, a trip to the Hajj in 1105 AH as a source for the study of the history of the Tabuk Region in the 12th century AH
( University of Jordan , 2018 , Article)The study deals with the history of the Tabuk region in 12 AH / 18 th century, and includes the study area geographically located within the current administrative boundaries and include all of Tabuk, Taima, Duba, field, ... -
The Nazi 'recovered territories' myth in the eastern Upper Silesian borderland, 1939-1945
( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2016 , Book chapter)[No abstract available] -
The origins of Tunisian tourism
( Malta University Publishers Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Tunisia received little attention in the copious historical scholarship on tourism with regard to its beginnings back in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most often Tunisia is mentioned as an adjunct to ...