This article uses Pierre Bourdieu’s theory to analyze the relation between the Lebanese state and the reproduction of unequal power relations, in particular through the phenomenon of wasta (an Arabic word referring to the ...

Generally, in the history of religion, the interrelation of religion and society has produced numerous invented traditions. Hence, not only a specific religion has had various appearances during its history, but also it ...

English proficiency tests are devised to assess student readiness for higher academic studies and to maintain institutional standards. Internationally, standardized tests are required by the majority of universities. ...

Background: The well-documented increases in obesity and unhealthy dietary practices substantiate the need for evidence-based tools that can help people improve their dietary habits. The current spread of mobile ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine students’ and instructors’ perceptions regarding the effectiveness of implementing active learning strategies in higher education courses conducted at a tertiary institution ...

Azar, D., Fayad, K., & Daoud, C. (2016). A Combined Ant Colony Optimization and Simulated Annealing Algorithm to Assess Stability and Fault-Proneness of Classes Based on Internal Software Quality Attributes. International ...

I sit behind the window bars and peer through the evening sand, bags of it entombing the range, barricading the view.

After twenty-five years of armed struggle against Israeli occupation, Lebanon has finally been liberated through the sacrifices of the Lebanese resistance and the Lebanese people. In this context, one could say that the ...

On reading Rachid EI-Daif's semiautobiographical novel 'Azizi al-Sayyid Kawahata (Dear Mr. Kawabata, 1995), I was struck by an unusual reference to the narrator's grandmother who, owing to extreme poverty, had to leave her ...