Developments after September of 2011 confirm the pessimistic view towards the Middle East because opposed to the expectations of the optimists, ending the Cold War and the collapse of bipolar system did not mean regional peace. One of the reasons for this instability and regional conflict is direct and indirect intervention of the United States and its presence in theregion. One of the areas th...

this study aimed to investigate the effects of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of such strategies. this work, employing an experimental methodology, was conducted among 60 adult efl learners from a language institute in isfahan, iran, as participants. the participants, who were selected based on the results of a placement test, were assigned t...

Arab-Israeli conflict over the past decades has been the oldest  problem in the Middle East. There have been four wars in this area during 2004-2014 decades. The main research question is: “What were the Israel’s aims in the wars against Hezbollah and Hamas?” In response it seems that concurrent with destruction of infrastructure in Lebanon and Palestine, the Israel’s aims of these wars have be...

Background: Mental disorders, as the most important global health challenge these days, have created many concerns for health systems, health professionals and policy makers and are a major contributor to the growth of health complications and disabilities worldwide. The present study was designed and conducted to describe the status of the illness burden of mental disorders in the Middle Easte...

nowadays enhancing critical thinking in learners is considered one of the foreign language teachers’ tasks due to its high position in foreign language classrooms. when it comes to selecting materials for language classrooms, there are obviously some criteria that teachers should apply. the present study aimed at a critical thinking based analysis of ten picture story books and ten folktales th...

this dissertation has six chapter and tree appendices. chapter 1 introduces the thesis proposal including description of problem, key questions, hypothesis, backgrounds and review of literature, research objectives, methodology and theoretical concepts (key terms) taken the literature and facilitate an understanding of national security, national interest and turkish- israeli relations concepts...