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  Khadamma: The Asian domestic worker in the Gulf

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  Darshana Sreedhar Mini University of Southern California

  March 18, 2016

  skilled, unskilled and semiskilled segments that constitute migrant labor from Asia. The 2011 Indian film, ... as the fulcrum of its narrative. One of the core sectors where women from Asia are employed is the ...
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  Is secularism possible in the Arab region given the numerous influential factions that have a religious face?

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  Hussam Kanaan UT-Austin

  April 03, 2009

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  Is secularism possible in the Arab region given the numerous influential factions that have ...
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  Opposite day: Arabs and Our Surveillance Society

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  Tarik Elseewi University of Texas at Austin

  April 02, 2009

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  how yummy we find consuming the image of Arabs doing violence to us. Now, I’m not asking you to ... cares about sympathy for the Arabs? I’m interested in sympathy for us Americans! So, let’s pretend that ...
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  Nostalgic Returns

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  Sara Saljoughi University of Toronto

  August 25, 2015

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  Nostalgic Returns nostalgia Middle East Iran cinema cinema journal In Focus Curator's Note This clip from Ana Lily Amirpour's wildly successful film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) operates through nostalgia for a "lost" period ...