Research Background) This working paper is part of a comparative research project looking at three immigrant groups (two North African Berber groups: the Moroccan Chleuhs and the Algerian Kabyles; and the Sikh Punjabis from India) residing in two receiving countries (France and the UK). This work seeks to explain the emergence since the early 1990s of hometown associations committed to the deve...

Pytheas the Massaliot travelled entire European coastline from Gades (Cadiz) to mythological northern mouth of Tanais (Don), circumnavigated Britain, reached ultima Thule, probably Faroes, and amber island Abalus, Thy, Norway, possibly land Periscians.This article revisits idea reaching Baltic, very area (Vistula? Nemunas?), Kaali on Saaremaa as “the place where sun went bed”’. The examination ...

Summer with the Enemy is a novel written in Arabic language by Syrian writer Shahla Ujaili and translated to English Michelle Hartman. It follows life stories complex relations of three women Lamees, her mother Najwa, grandmother Karma. describes evolution societies political milieu Syria from 1920s till civil war around 2010s. The starts present time, when young woman, having fled ISIS siege o...

leaving one’s parental home disrupts place attachment, described as the affective bond or link between one individual and a specific place and/or the people living in that place. in other words, because students move away from their parents, their friend and their hometown, their bonds with these people and their hometown are disrupted. although moving disrupts place attachment to their hometow...

Purpose The concept of diaspora philanthropy contains the following two components: diasporas, who are individuals live outside their homelands but maintain a sense identity with home countries, and charitable giving provided by these diasporas to causes related hometowns. Often happens through intermediary organizations such as hometown associations, internet-based philanthropic platforms fait...

Most Malaysians prefer public transportation as their primary choice for working, returning to hometown, or traveling from state state. Due the rapid development of Internet, bus tickets can be bought online. However, a passenger who purchased ticket still needs queue up get physical ticket, which is time-consuming and increases risk virus infection during pandemic. If loses his tickets, inform...

Similar to the relationship between crowdfunding and regional financial institutions as presented in Chap. 3, collaboration with is also essential revitalization triggered by Hometown Tax Donation gift market. As local businesses scale up, introduced Chaps. 3 4, they will need working capital funds for investment. such, expansion of driven offers an opportunity increase lending. Financial acros...

Recently, researchers have begun to investigate the role of negative encounters, emotions and feelings in tourism leisure activities. However, temporal effects encounters are still underexplored. This research consists two studies that were conducted longitudinally. Study one investigated overall visiting experience 50 multi-generational Chinese diaspora tourists; study interviewed 22 former pa...

This paper addresses the post-war reconstruction experience of Qasr-e-Shirin, Iran, in the aftermath of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). Compared with the war-damaged cities in southwest Iran, western cities such as Qasr-e-Shirin lack a post-war reconstruction assessment and documentation. With an objective view, the author aims at documenting the situation of the city almost thirty years after i...