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Labels of origin and terroir: the case of the certified wine label ‘Québec Certified Wines’ and the protected geographical indication ‘Ice wine Québec’
( Routledge , 2016 , Article)Today, agriculture and agri-food are at the heart of the changes affecting contemporary economies with the tension between globalization and return to the territories. Consequently the food industry provides a good ... -
Manama, Bahrain
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)Kish is a low-lying island of coral rock, 90 km2 in area, a few kilometres off the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf. Ferdousi Street is the actual main avenue of Kish, but in spite of its line of hotels, amusements and ... -
Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Accurately modeling and forecasting electricity consumption remains a challenging task due to the large number of the statistical properties that characterize this time series such as seasonality, trend, sudden changes, ... -
A multi-criteria approach of assessing public transport accessibility at a strategic level
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)This paper presents an approach for accessibility categorization in areas where there is no extensive data available to run the conventional analysis. The presented method has the advantages of the lower data requirements ... -
Multi-layered documentation of heritage villages: The case of tinbak, qatar
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Heritage settlements have long histories that consist of multiple layers of urban layouts, building forms, and culture. Looking at the first layer that formed the initiation stage of the growth becomes a difficult task ... -
Museums in Qatar and their Educational Role in a Learning-Ecosystem Approach
( بيت الحكمة , 2023 , Article)This article discusses the role of museums in Qatar as participants in an educational ecosystem. An educational ecosystem is an educational approach that involves a network of participants, rather than being confined to ... -
Museums in Qatar: An educational role in the twenty-first century
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2019 , Book chapter)This article addresses the focus of museum sectors in Doha, Qatar in relation to their educational role. This role can be linked to the opening of the Education Centre (EC) at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in fall 2009, ... -
National Museum of Qatar: New Architectural language, New Vision
( KÜTAKSAM , 2020 , Article)The original Qatar National Museum that was established in 1975 as a pioneer museum in the gulf region was closed in 2005 for renovation. The new National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) took more than a decade, around fourteen ... -
Nationalism and Identity in Qatar after 2017: The Narrative of the New National Museum
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2020 , Article)How are nationalism and national identity shifting in Qatar as a result of the regional crisis? This study explores whether this moment of geopolitical fluidity allows for changes in sociocultural behavior and norms among ... -
New Lights on Mamluk Cartouches and Blazons Displayed in the Museum of Islamic Arts, Doha: An Art Historic Study
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)The Mamluk dynasty ruled in Egypt and Syria from the overthrow of the Ayyubid dynasty in 1250 until the Ottoman conquest in 1517. The Mamluk sultanate developed a system of pictorial heraldic blazons and inscribed cartouches ... -
The New Turkey: The Spread of Turkish Military Bases Abroad, Role and Indications 2002-2020
( The Deanship of Scientific Research -The University of Jordan , 2023 , Article)Objectives: This study aims to answer and investigate the following questions: What is the reason for having Turkish military outside Turkey, including the hosting of Turkish military bases abroad? Do these bases reflect ... -
Négocier un cérémonial au cours de la deuxième moitié du XVIIIe siècle: le droit de battre pavillon suédois à Tunis (1764-1778)
( TELEMME , 2023 , Article): Les négociations diplomatiques entre les puissances européennes et les régences maghrébines à l’époque moderne ne se limitaient pas uniquement à rétablir la paix, voire conclure la paix ou la renouveler. La négociation ... -
The Non-petroleum large scale industries in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC)
( Association of American Geographers , 2011 , Conference Paper)Since the early 1970s, the GCC countries have adopted the industrial development strategy as a way to achieve the economic diversification instead of depending on the oil and gas exporting; the main source of their revenues. ... -
Obama's “Smart-Power” Strategy, One Year On: The Case of the Middle East
( Blackwell Publishing Inc , 2010 , Article)A year ago, President Obama was cheered into the White House. His election represented hope for many, not just in the United States, but around the world. Charged with such force and charisma, unprecedented in U.S. ... -
Partisans’ and Civil Elites’ Role in Supporting Military Coups: The Case of the Egyptian Elites
( Canadian Center of Science and Education , 2020 , Article)Abstract The study reported in the article below tried to examine partisans’ and civil elites’ role in military interventions and coups. The 2013 Egyptian coup d'état that took place on 3 July 2013 was used as a model of ... -
The phenomenon of domestic servants in the State of Qatar
( Association of American Geographers , 2015 , Conference Paper)Of new phenomena that emerged in the State of Qatar, and on a large scale in the post-oil era (after 1950) is domestic servant's phenomenon. Historically, the phenomenon was presented in the pre-oil and limited to the homes ... -
The Presentation of Trauma in Museums: The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia and the National Museum of Qatar as Case Studies
( Scientific Research Publishing , 2021 , Article)This paper attempts to explore the theme of Trauma and its representation in the Contemporary World; in particular, the logic and argumentation of hav-ing museums presenting the sorrow side to people the “trauma”, is ... -
The progression of Qatar's natural gas industry and its role in global energy market
( Royal Geographical Society , 2011 , Conference Paper)Qatar is the third largest country in the world in natural gas reserves with almost 900 trillion cubic feet. Since the mid of 1980s, after deep studies of the general prospect, Qatar has started to develop its largest field ... -
Re-Evaluating Early Memorization of the Qurʾān in Medieval Muslim Cultures
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)In medieval Islam, traditional primary educational practices laid special emphasis on learning the Qurʾān by heart. Ideally, a pupil was primed to memorize the entirety of the Holy Book―a feat known as khatma or ḥadhqa. ... -
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 ...