A Nation State with Multiple Identities: Egypt in the Middle East Transition
A Nation State with Multiple Identities: Egypt in the Middle East Transition

Erzsebet N. Rozsa

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2024, , Pages 589-614

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.373609.1421

Abstract
  Transition in the Middle East has been one of the most visible characteristics of the Middle East since the end of the Cold War. Having been probably the most penetrated region of the ...  Read More
Distorting the Past: A Narrative Review of Examples of History Crafting in Afghanistan's Secondary School History Textbooks (2001-2021)
Distorting the Past: A Narrative Review of Examples of History Crafting in Afghanistan's Secondary School History Textbooks (2001-2021)

Rohollah Eslami; Ahmad Basir Hasin

Volume 8, Issue 1 , January 2024, , Pages 75-115

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.369999.1403

Abstract
  This paper investigates the intricacies of crafting historical narratives within secondary school textbooks in Afghanistan throughout the past century. Employing critical discourse ...  Read More
The British Self and Continental Other: The Question of British National Identity in the 2016 Referendum
The British Self and Continental Other: The Question of British National Identity in the 2016 Referendum

Fatemeh Salkhori; Mohammad Reza Saeidabadi

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, , Pages 533-570

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.323965.1222

Abstract
  The Brexit, UK’s withdrawal from the EU in 2020 was a pivotal moment in the history of Europe. The United Kingdom and the European Union have a longstanding relationship, which ...  Read More
The Fourth World and Politics of Social Identity in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy
The Fourth World and Politics of Social Identity in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy

Maryam Masoomi; Fatemeh Bornaki; Ali Salami

Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 731-761

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.296221.1133

Abstract
  With the advent of the 21st century, the way characters and identities interact under the influence of dominant powers has brought a new world into existence, a world dubbed ...  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
Kurdish Movements and Distributive Power Structures: A Theoretical Model to Understand the Rise and Fall of Kurdish Movements
Kurdish Movements and Distributive Power Structures: A Theoretical Model to Understand the Rise and Fall of Kurdish Movements

Siamak Bahrami

Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 839-877

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.296247.1134

Abstract
  Many studies have been conducted on the Kurds and their movements. Most authors have considered historical dimensions or applied limited theoretical variables, but have not ...  Read More
Iran and Security Complex in the Persian Gulf
Iran and Security Complex in the Persian Gulf

Fatemeh Shayan

Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 45-73

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.276060.1094

Abstract
  This article enters into the debate on the link between security and identity by looking at the security context in the states surrounding the Persian Gulf, particularly Iran. Earlier ...  Read More
Nation, Ethnicity and Religion; Second Generation Muslims’ Social Identity in Scotland
Nation, Ethnicity and Religion; Second Generation Muslims’ Social Identity in Scotland

Reza Bagheri

Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 699-734

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.262498.1062

Abstract
  Existing evidence seems to indicate that Muslims in Scotland have constructed hyphenated or hybrid identities that draw on religion, ethnicity and nationality. However, minor attention ...  Read More
Muslims’ Experience of Islamophobia in Major Scottish Cities: Different Experiences and Diverse Perceptions
Muslims’ Experience of Islamophobia in Major Scottish Cities: Different Experiences and Diverse Perceptions

Reza Bagheri

Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 189-223

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.245601.1039

Abstract
  According to some researchers (Hopkins, 2004a; Hopkins & Smith, 2008), there is a perception among certain Muslims that anti-Muslim racism is higher in areas where there is a high ...  Read More
Dearborn-Detroit Michigan: Ethnography of Faith and the U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policy Axis
Dearborn-Detroit Michigan: Ethnography of Faith and the U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policy Axis

Hassan Hosseini

Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 69-86

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.65219

Abstract
  The relationship between ethnic and faith communities in the United States and domestic forces relating to a converging and diverging social contract on the one hand, and US foreign, ...  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