Browsing Humanities and Social Sciences Center (Pre 2018) by Author "Al-Ghanim, Kaltham"
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The hierarchy of authority based on kinship, age, and gender in the extended family in the Arab gulf states
Al-Ghanim, Kaltham ( William S. Hein & Co., Inc , 2013 , Article)Almost all aspects of life in the Arab Gulf States, including family, have been touched by rapid, unstoppable social change. Nevertheless, certain aspects of the family remain intact. That is, although the nuclear family ... -
The intellectual frameworks and theoretical limits of Arab feminist thought
Al-Ghanim, Kaltham ( Taylor & Francis , 2013 , Article)This is a critical assessment of the intellectual and theoretical underpinnings of Feminism in the Arab world across the different phases in its evolution. The paper notes what has been achieved in respect of some specific ... -
A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar
Gardner, Andrew; Pessoa, Silvia; Diop, Abdoulaye; Al-Ghanim, Kaltham; Trung, Kien Le; Harkness, Laura... more authors ... less authors ( Taylor & Francis , 2013 , Article)Though transnational labor migration in the Gulf States has increasingly been of scholarly interest, that scholarship has to date relied largely on qualitative ethnographic methodologies or small non-representative sampling ... -
The relation between spaces and cultural change: supermalls and cultural change in Qatari society
Al-Ghanim, Kaltham; Gardner, Andrew; El-Menshawy, Sherine ( 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 ... -
Transitional society and participation of women in the public sphere: A survey of Qatar society
Al-Ghanim, Kaltham ( Delhi, India , 2017 , Article)The purpose of this study was to assess the Qatar population current perceptions about women rights: like spouse selection, education, and their attitudes toward women’s new roles in Qatari society in transition period. ... -
Violence against women in Qatari Society
Al-Ghanim, Kaltham Ali ( Duke University Press , 2009 , Article)This study is the first of its kind using field and documentary research sources. While official sources on the subject have proven the limitations of such data, the study uses a field survey of a sample of 2,787 women ...