The Components of Intercultural Competencies of Iraqi Senior Managers in Health Organizations
The Components of Intercultural Competencies of Iraqi Senior Managers in Health Organizations

Reda Mahmoud Alkenany; Saeid Sharifi; Amer Allamy; Mehrdad Sadeghi

Volume 7, Issue 2 , April 2023, , Pages 213-245

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.362714.1364

Abstract
  The current research was conducted to analyze the components of intercultural competencies of senior managers in Iraqi health organizations with a qualitative method of thematic analysis ...  Read More
Pilgrimage and Conflict Resolution: The Case of Interpersonal Contact between Iranians and Iraqis in the Arbaeen Walk
Pilgrimage and Conflict Resolution: The Case of Interpersonal Contact between Iranians and Iraqis in the Arbaeen Walk

Zeinab Ghasemi Tari; Elham Kadkhodaee

Volume 6, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 539-565

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.356468.1344

Abstract
  Given the history of conflict between Iran-Iraq (1980-1988), the present paper investigates whether interpersonal contact between Iranians and Iraqis, through religious tourism, has ...  Read More
The Role of Pashtunwali Ethnic Tradition in the Historical Articulation of the Taliban Discourse in Negotiations with the Afghan Government
The Role of Pashtunwali Ethnic Tradition in the Historical Articulation of the Taliban Discourse in Negotiations with the Afghan Government

Rohollah Eslami; Mohammad Reza Safari

Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 371-409

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.346782.1312

Abstract
  After the fall of the republic in Afghanistan and the raising of the Taliban flag on the presidential palace, many thought that Afghanistan would GO back in time and return to the years ...  Read More
“Defenders of Shiite Sanctuaries” in Contemporary Shiite Political Thought: Iranian and Afghan Martyrs’ Wives’ Outlook on Fighting Terrorism
“Defenders of Shiite Sanctuaries” in Contemporary Shiite Political Thought: Iranian and Afghan Martyrs’ Wives’ Outlook on Fighting Terrorism

Zohreh Nosrat Kharazmi

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 1-27

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.338178.1278

Abstract
  Piety for Muslim women is an internal source of agency, which motivates their social presence and fulfills their political commitments. In spite of the prevalence of Orientalist views ...  Read More
Iran on Screen; Reception and Perception of Iranian Films in India
Iran on Screen; Reception and Perception of Iranian Films in India

Najmunneesa Chempayil

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 111-133

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.341856.1295

Abstract
  During the Covid-19 pandemic, Over the Platforms (OTT) such as Netflix and Amazon multiplied their streaming and eased access to foreign content in India. The hybridity and transnational ...  Read More
Cultural and Social Context for Patients’ Coping with COVID-19: Experiences from Tehran Hospitals
Cultural and Social Context for Patients’ Coping with COVID-19: Experiences from Tehran Hospitals

Elaheh Karimi Riabi; Manijeh Firoozi

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 577-601

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.338210.1280

Abstract
  Two years after the beginning of the pandemic, various strains of COVID-19 continue to affect relatively all regions and countries in the world. Each country responded to the pandemic ...  Read More
The Remote Higher Education over COVID-19 Pandemic: the Case Study of Provisions and Priorities of the University of Tehran's Official Website
The Remote Higher Education over COVID-19 Pandemic: the Case Study of Provisions and Priorities of the University of Tehran's Official Website

Saeed Mohammadi; Zohreh Kharazmi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , April 2021, , Pages 255-294

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.335432.1253

Abstract
  The COVID-19 pandemic brought instructional and administrative possibilities and problematics in higher education internationally. In such conditions, the developing countries suffered ...  Read More
A Medley of Voices Representing Dialogic Democracy, Autocracy or Violence in Afghanistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Soltanzade’s Brazen Bulls
A Medley of Voices Representing Dialogic Democracy, Autocracy or Violence in Afghanistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Soltanzade’s Brazen Bulls

Zohreh Ramin; Amirhossein Effatian

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 633-664

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.309515.1175

Abstract
  Afghanistan is a country besieged by years of instability and unrest as a result of the weak governments that have seized power, especially after King Zahir. Mohammad Asef Soltanzade’s ...  Read More
Portrayal of Muslims in Bollywood: Case-Study of the Tanhaji Movie
Portrayal of Muslims in Bollywood: Case-Study of the Tanhaji Movie

Hamideh Molaei; Sahar Hussain Babaei

Volume 4, Issue 2 , April 2020, , Pages 379-400

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.314905.1185

Abstract
  This paper aims to investigate the portrayals of Hindu-Muslim relations in recent Bollywood movies with a specific emphasis on the Tanhaji movie. The movie narrates and depicts a religious ...  Read More
The Jewish Community in Contemporary Iran: A New Analytic Approach
The Jewish Community in Contemporary Iran: A New Analytic Approach

Monica Mereu

Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 763-787

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.304193.1156

Abstract
  This paper takes a broad and novel approach to analysing the Iranian Jewish community of Iran, both as a distinct group and as a constituent part of Iran’s wider population ...  Read More
Baraza, The Space of Public Life in Stone Town of Zanzibar
Baraza, The Space of Public Life in Stone Town of Zanzibar

Naimeh Rezaei

Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 2019, , Pages 517-549

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.291125.1123

Abstract
  One of the most important elements of public space in Stone Town of Zanzibar is the baraza. The baraza is the place where people sit, meet, talk, and even rest. In its simplest form, ...  Read More
An Investigation of World-System Theory and Globalization in the Rama Novels by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
An Investigation of World-System Theory and Globalization in the Rama Novels by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee

Zohreh Ramin; Hooshmand Hedayati

Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 2019, , Pages 579-604

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.285224.1110

Abstract
  Noam Chomsky argues that only a meager percentage of the world, consisting of mainly large corporations and developed nations, prosper from globalization. As stated in Immanuel Wallerstein’s ...  Read More
A Visual Framing Analysis of French and US Political Cartoons on Trump's Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal
A Visual Framing Analysis of French and US Political Cartoons on Trump's Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal

Hadi Dolatabadi; Zeinab Ghasemi Tari

Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 2019, , Pages 605-647

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.289255.1119

Abstract
  The present study examines how Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8, 2018 was framed in political cartoons published in the ...  Read More
VoA Special English for Persian Learners from the Perspective of Persian Speakers: A Critical Analysis
VoA Special English for Persian Learners from the Perspective of Persian Speakers: A Critical Analysis

Khadijeh Karimi Alavijeh; S. Susan Marandi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 109-159

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.278601.1099

Abstract
  Using modern, electronic technology to promote the culture and worldview of technology producers and to subjugate its consumers is the gist of what McPhail (2006) calls electronic colonialism ...  Read More
Knowledge Politics of the American Academia on Women’s Citizenship in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Islamoromic vs. Islamoveritic Understandings
Knowledge Politics of the American Academia on Women’s Citizenship in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Islamoromic vs. Islamoveritic Understandings

Zohreh Nosrat Kharazmi; Saeid Reza Ameli

Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 573-603

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.261623.1061

Abstract
  Islam’s view on the status of women has been among the controversial topics in the American universities in recent decades. The rise of the political Islam and its embodiment ...  Read More
A Comparative Study of Historical Cultural Exchange between Iran and Ethiopia
A Comparative Study of Historical Cultural Exchange between Iran and Ethiopia

Amirbahram Arabahmadi

Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 549-572

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.69043

Abstract
  Iran and Ethiopia have had bilateral relations for almost two thousand years. These relations were accompanied by cultural exchanges among the people, resulting in the acceptance of ...  Read More
Social Factors in Cartoon Analysis through French Specialists
Social Factors in Cartoon Analysis through French Specialists

Jean-Claude Gardes; Nasrin Fakhri; Hadi Dolatabadi

Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2017, , Pages 255-279

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2017.242447.1033

Abstract
  Since their appearance, cartoons and their creators took interest in social and political facts and figures. Often a more direct witness than a text, cartoons were quickly transformed ...  Read More
Kyoto’s Glocal Identity: Establishing Balance between Identity Change and Persistence
Kyoto’s Glocal Identity: Establishing Balance between Identity Change and Persistence

Saeid Reza Ameli; Fatemeh Azimzadeh Mousavi; Sara Sajjadi

Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2017, , Pages 33-59

https://doi.org/0.22059/wsps.2017.62279

Abstract
  Kyoto is a miniature of Japan; through centuries of experience and persistence, it has maintained the symbols of the country’s civil and cultural identity. The city has demonstrated ...  Read More