Corresponding author: Fahimeh Mianji Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada. Address: 1033 Pine Avenue, Irving Ludmer Psychiatry Research and Training Building, Room 134, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1 Tel: 15143987302 Fax: 15143407503 Email: [email protected] Zār is the term used to describe a form of spirit possession common in northern African, easte...

zār is the term used to describe a form of spirit possession common in northern african, eastern african, and some middle-eastern societies. although these regions share some cultural similarities arising from their history of slavery, in these places, zār varies in prevalence, clinical characteristics, and social context. based on a selective review of the literature, this paper looks at the p...

the present article is a comparative research between z?r ceremony in south of iran (hormozgan province) and east africa (sudan). this research has been accomplished, based on the descriptive/exploratory methods, using library techniques and domain studies. people in these regions believe that human illnesses are caused by jins or satanic winds which penetrate in human body causing physical and...