http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4026 2026-04-04T04:33:32Z 2026-04-04T04:33:32Z Zriba, Hassen http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4032 2019-04-08T07:37:10Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: “Musicalized identities”: South Asian musical Third Space of Enunciation in Britain Authors: Zriba, Hassen Abstract: Within a multicultural society like Britain, cultural identity has become a pivotal concern for the nation’s various ethnic minorities. South Asian minorities, notably, the third generation, have adopted different strategies of integration within the mainstream British society while attempting to preserve their cultural idiosyncrasies. South Asian identities or what can be generally called “Asianness” manifested themselves in different socio-cultural expressions. Music has been one of those media of cultural and identity expressions. This article argues that music can be deemed as a “Third Space of Enunciation” for the new generations of ethnic minorities in general and South Asian ones in particular. Ethnic or “ethnicized” music seemed to proffer new horizons and possibilities of articulations for British ethnic minorities. By analysing some contemporary British South Asian musical outputs, we attempt to show how fusion-based and hybrid music was a strategy to mobilize dominant British musical discourses to fight against racism and celebrate cultural identity within the context of multicultural Britain.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Altwaiji, Mubarak http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4031 2019-04-08T07:35:22Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Post 9/11 American Novel: Political Orientations in Representing Arabs Authors: Altwaiji, Mubarak Abstract: September 11, 2001 has been the most aggressive day in the history of modern America. The physical and psychological damages caused by the attacks left a unique experience of the day in the mind of American writers. Therefore, if literary and political orientations changed after the 9/11, novel's subject matter and themes changed too, because novel is a reflection of its social and political context. This study examines the assumption implicit in the dominant conceptions that novel serves the state's politics in its pursue of interests through representations and misrepresentations of other nations. This study examines how American novel expresses solidarity with the state and its politics, ignoring its imperial and hegemonic attitude towards other nations. Novel has become the most effective genres to represent the feelings of the nation and the concern of the country. Analysis will refer to two novels, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Falling man, which directly deal with the moments of destroying the World Trade Centre and manifestly identify the terrorists, their culture, their religion and their intentions. Tendency to such themes allows American novel to follow the mainstream politics without grappling with the state's ideologies, interests and politics. Discussion will focus on the Foucauldian approach to literature and power and on the implications of using the Foucauldian approach to the study of imperial literature.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Kohzadi, Hamedreza Mirzaeian, Vahid R. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4030 2019-04-08T07:26:25Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Relationship between Computer Anxiety and Learning Styles (Sensory-intuitive and Verbal-visual) among Persian University Students Authors: Kohzadi, Hamedreza; Mirzaeian, Vahid R. Abstract: This study was conducted in central Iran among all first-year university students studying engineering courses at Arak University of Technology. All students (No = 310) were included in this study. Instruments used mostly consisted of a computer anxiety questionnaire plus a learning style questionnaire. The data was analyzed by both descriptive and inferential statistics (Mean, Frequency, Standard Deviations, Independent T-test as well as Point Biserial Correlation Coefficient). The results indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship between computer anxiety and sensory-intuitive learning styles, in that the students having sensory learning style suffered from computer anxiety more frequently than the student having intuitive learning styles. In addition, there was a statistically significant relationship between computer anxiety and verbal-visual learning style, given that the students having visual learning style suffered from computer anxiety more than the students having verbal learning style. No statistically significant relationship, however, was found between computer anxiety and gender.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Ibrar, Muhammad Mi, Jianining Rafiq, Muhammad Ali, Liaqat http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4029 2019-04-08T07:23:41Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Ensuring Pakistan’s Economic Benefits Authors: Ibrar, Muhammad; Mi, Jianining; Rafiq, Muhammad; Ali, Liaqat Abstract: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a well-crafted economic partnership between China and Pakistan which is expected to bring economic development and prosperity not only for the two neighboring countries but also for the whole South Asia. It is considered central to China-Pakistan relations and the CPEC will link Kashgar to Gawadar port through the extension of Silk Road initiative which is widely known as Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). With the investment of 46 billion US dollars, its completion is expected by 2030. CPEC is the most discussed and debated economic partnership and it has great geostrategic importance for Pakistan to counterbalance Indian influence in South Asia. However, the focus on geopolitical and location of the route has been dominated the important questions concerning “How Pakistan should ensure its economic benefit out of this mega project?” This paper, therefore, aims to develop a theoretical framework and put forward relevant recommendations on how Pakistan can ensure its economic benefits as compared to the forecasted economic and political benefits of China and the challenges ahead. .

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