My Homeland, My Diaspora: Iranian Jewish Identity in Modern Times

painting and essay competition: my city, my neighborhood

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O-23: "Caring My Family Integrity"

"My spirit in my heart": identity experiences and challenges among American Indian two-spirit women.

Many Native women embrace the term two-spirit to capture their sexuality and gender expression. By analyzing the narratives of five two-spirit women who are Native activists, we explored contemporary understandings of the concept and what it means for Native communities. The incorporation of the identity within indigenous worldviews, its manifestation in terms of (be)coming out, and the triple ...

Good times--bad times: my story regarding acute stroke treatment.

In precomputerized tomography (CT) times, several attempts had been made to use thrombolysis in stroke patients. In most cases these were very late, desperate attempts in severely affected patients, in whom it was unclear whether the patient had ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. Many patients died, and upon autopsy, massive hemorrhages were found and thrombolysis was thereafter abandoned. Modern ...

Diaspora Design versus Homeland Realities: Case Study of Armenian Diaspora

Recently the concept of “diaspora” has become a popular subject and two polarized views dominate the study on diaspora behavior: the categorization of the diaspora as good or bad, conflict or peace promoter, spoiler or peace-maker. The majority of the research on diaspora politics places emphasis on its conflict-promoting character. Researchers argue that a diaspora may even act against its hom...