Arabic Calligraphy and Public Space in Contemporary Contexts before and After 2011 Egyptian Revolution

on translation of politeness strategies in dialogues involving female characters in translations and retranslations of novels translated before and after the islamic revolution of iran and their effects on the image of women: a polysystem theory approach

abstract reception environment has considerable effects on accepting a translation. as the expectations of a target culture and its values and needs change throughout history, its criteria for accepting a translation or rejecting it will change accordingly (gentzler, 2001). the expectations of iran, as the reception environment in the present study, have changed after the islamic revolution. i...

Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy

Identifying Influential Twitter Users in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution

Recent international events surrounding contentious political environments have uncovered a new utility for social media. Communities now use resources such as Facebook and Twitter to quickly spread information and project influence amongst potentially geographically disparate people. In this work, we investigate Twitter activity in Egypt during the 2011 protests and revolution, and introduce a...

Socio-Political Rights of Iranian Women before and after the Islamic Revolution; a Comparative Study

Feminism, as a social uprising, today is being considered by many thinkers and researchers. Proponents of this tendency believe that women are discriminated because of their sex and state they have certain needs that are not fulfilled in the society by governmental administrations. Therefore, fundamental changes must be made in the social, economic and political system to achieve females’ basic...

Pelvic mesh complications in women before and after the 2011 FDA public health notification.

OBJECTIVES On July 13, 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a public health notification with concerns regarding vaginal mesh for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. Our study compares the frequency and type of mesh complications related to female pelvic floor disorders presenting to our center before and after this notification. METHODS We performed a retrospective co...