Headline Information Structures and the Politics of Power: A Pragmatic Case Study of Gaza Crisis News Coverage
Headline Information Structures and the Politics of Power: A Pragmatic Case Study of Gaza Crisis News Coverage

Masoumeh Mehrabi; Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari

Volume 10, Issue 1 , January 2026, , Pages 231-276

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.400459.1545

Abstract
  This study examines how news headlines about the October 7, 2023, Gaza crisis employ linguistic structures to convey predetermined framing and reinforce power dynamics. Drawing on Information ...  Read More
Fighting the Monster: Nadia Murad’s Account of Resistance in The Last Girl
Fighting the Monster: Nadia Murad’s Account of Resistance in The Last Girl

Tayebeh Barati; Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari; Mohammad Marandi

Volume 8, Issue 1 , January 2024, , Pages 117-146

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.371764.1411

Abstract
  In the present paper, Murad’s memoir, The Last Girl, is scrutinized through the lens of Resistance Literature theories. First introduced by Kanafani (1966) and adapted by scholars ...  Read More