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The Voice of a Regime: How state-affiliated Egyptian news media Al-Ahrām covered terrorism in 2013 and a decade later Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
At the centre of events in 2013, General ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī played a prominent role in the military coup that deposed the democratically elected Muḥammad Mursī. Only a year later, al-Sīsī became president of the Egyptian ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Protecting Forests from the State: Examining the Women’s Claims in the Demonstrations in Turkey’s İkizdere Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This study delves into the poetry of Algerian poet and thinker Si Mḥand through the framework of Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of the carnivalesque, with the objective of analyzing his antinomian piety. Si Mḥand’s poems depict ...
Pilgrimage to Makkah Amid Changing Times Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
This thesis seeks to examine the nature of representation, or lack thereof, of Palestinian citizens of Israel on prime-time of Israeli Hebrew-language television by analysing two television programs created by the members ...
"Women Who Face Death": Understanding Motivational Factors for the Female Peshmerga in the KDPI Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The thesis aims to answer the following question: how do Moroccan deaf youth in Oujda deal with and understand their lives and challenges in a country where their hearing status stands at the center of their marginalized ...
Silence as the Strategy of Alevis: A study based on the Alevi Opening Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
A Case Study in the Context of an Authoritarian Regime-Building Process: “Founding one University to Every Province” in Turkey Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
“Founding one University to Every Province” is the broadly used expression for the project which was originally coined in 1975 and later reactivated by the then Prime Minister Erdoğan in the 2000s. After AKP‟s accession ...
Qurʾān Learning as Embodied Knowledge: An Epistemological Inquiry into Tajwīd Transmission among Female Jordanian Qurʾān Teachers Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
This thesis investigates how Qurʾān learning and tajwīd transmission can be regarded as embodied knowledge through the research question: how do contemporary Qurʾān teachers practice and transfer the embodied knowledge of ...
Humans or Heroes? Masculinity in The Salesman and A Hero Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Magical Elements in Turkish Fairy Tales: A Proppian Approach Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Meddling With My Dough-Baking Hands! Protest Language and Stigma in Contemporary Turkey. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
There is a substantial body of literature on the phenomena of reappropriation, the act of self-labeling and reclaiming seemingly pejorative and stigmatizing language. Yet there is not much empirical research conducted on ...
Why is tribalism sustained in Jordan? A study of the role of customary law and the election system Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Why is tribalism sustained in Jordan? To answer the question, this thesis examines the role of tribal customary law and tribal voting in elections. It finds that tribalism is stimulated by the state in both contexts, however ...
“We defend and we build” A study of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Commission’s motivation for the provision of social services Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
On June 13, 2014, the highest clerical authority in Iraq, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani issued a defensive jihad fatwa, calling on all capable Iraqi citizens to take up arms and fight ISIS in defense of “their country, their ...
Outline of Opposition: A Comparative Analysis of Turkish Newspaper Cartoons During the Free Party Collapse Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
In 1930, the recently established Republic of Turkey saw one of its most serious attempts at breaking the political monopoly of the CHP, an experiment supported by President Mustafa Kemal himself, but one that in spite of ...
Green Media in Kuwait: State Responsibility and Climate Change Urgency in Kuwait's News Media Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Why would someone return to Syria after 2011, or choose to stay if they had the chance to leave? This thesis explores the answers to this question as presented in 15 stories told in the Ḥakawātī (Storyteller) program in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Denne oppgaven bruker en fenomenologisk metode for å analysere hvordan den palestinske forfatteren Maḥmūd Darwīš uttrykker sin levde erfaring med eksil i det autobiografiske prosaverket Ḏākira li-l-nisyān (Minne for å ...
The Impact of Turkish Women's Advocacy Groups in Protecting the Istanbul Convention Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
During its enforcement, the Istanbul Convention was one of the crucial tools for Turkish women's advocacy groups to help prevent violence against women (kadına şiddet). The Convention brought the issue of domestic violence ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Diglossia, as a dominant socio-linguistic phenomenon in the Arabic-speaking regions, has a multi-layered impact on Arabic teaching strategies. The Arabic department of National Chengchi University, Taiwan, which include ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This thesis investigates how breakdance intervenes in the gendered expectations relating to men and masculinities in contemporary Jordan, contributing to the understanding of young adults’ lives in the contemporary Middle ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
From Zero-Conflict Policy to Military Involvement in Syria: Changes in Turkey’s Foreign Policy Strategy Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Through participating in student elections since 2012, the Secular Club at the American University of Beirut (AUB) have challenged the long-standing hegemony of sectarian political parties in Lebanon. How has this come ...
Separated by a River: Investigating the Structures of the 2019-2020 Cairene Art World Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
This thesis investigates the post-2011 dynamics in Cairo’s contemporary art world, asking: in which ways do the dominant forces in the Cairene art world function as of 2019 and 2020? The study circles on two communities – ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The Republic of Turkey has a secular democratic regime. It is also home to several different cultural values, race, ethnicity. In Turkish political setting, these differences are used as identity markers by certain politicians ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
The Dynamics of Religiosity: A Case Study on Religiosity Amongst Raqqa’s Refugees in Sanliurfa. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011, large numbers of Syrian refugees have fled to Lebanon, which is currently hosting the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. Almost half of the Syrian refugees in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The phenomenon labelled the “MENA gender paradox” by the World Bank is a common dominator for the MENA region countries. Women are not entering paid employment in the number one would expect considering the high rate of ...
THE THIRD WAY BETWEEN ISLAMIC AND SECULAR FEMINISM Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
For decades, many Muslim women have been confronted with a choice between the modern principles of liberation and freedom and religious traditions. Is being a Muslim incompatible with pursuing feminism? Or how to balance ...
Coiled: Israel's Invasion of Lebanon in 1978 Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The Syrian Civil War is one of the most complicated and complex conflicts in Middle East, with countless of internal and external actors, blurring the borderlines between international and domestic politics. This study ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
How does the AKP use sport as a political tool to influence the society in Turkey? What are the main actors of this policy and how is the sport sphere in the AKP's New Turkey? This thesis aims to answer these questions.
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
An empirical study on Fatamiyyon Corps# rise and involvement in the Syrian Civil war
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
This thesis investigates the post-genocide situation of Yezidi women who were captured by ISIS in 2014 to address the process of reintegration and challenges of their current life in Kurdistan Region and Germany. More ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Denne masteroppgaven er en litteraturstudie som tar for seg sunniarabernes opprør i Irak i tidsperioden mellom 2003 og 2014. Oppgaven søker å finne ut av årsakene til at sunniaraberne gjorde opprør etter at Irak ble invadert ...
Women’s Human Rights in Qatar Comparative. Analysis on Qatari Domestic Law and International Standards of Women’s Human Rights Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The main focus of this thesis is on Women’s Human Rights in Qatar. It aims to examine the comparative analysis between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
This thesis will look into the social movement of LGBT people in Lebanon and discuss various perspectives of its mobilization. The thesis will offer an understanding on how activists in Lebanon form and view their strategies ...
Nuptial Economics Within Cairo’s Shifting Class Politics And the Social Consequences Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
There is a growing number of Syrian children that are being born in Lebanon and a growing number of Syrian children that fled Syria at a young age and therefore have few memories of the country. A vast number of these ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The mainstream Arabic pop music is in constant development where new trends replace the old, making room for music from countries like Morocco to participate in this genre together with music from Egypt, the Levant and the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
As the Arab Spring unfolded in the early months of 2011 in the Middle East and North Africa, the international Salafi-Jihadi movement would rise in importance on the local, regional and international agenda. Gazan Jihadists, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Since its formation in 2014, al-Hashd al-Sha’bi has established itself as an effective fighting force in Iraq and has played a significant role in fighting IS. It rapidly became a powerful and significant force almost ...
Waithood in Jordan; The Role of Education Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This thesis investigates the role of education in reproducing and/or reducing Waithood for youth in Jordan. In Jordan, and in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in general, the situation for the majority of youth is ...
Turkey's response to the Syrian refugee crisis Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This thesis seeks to examine whether Hizbullah’s intervention in the Syrian Civil War has affected the party’s image as a Lebanese national movement, a narrative it has strived to maintain ever since the 1990s, when it ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
In 2014, the government of Jordan introduced an economic incentive program urging mosques and universities to implement solar panel systems on their buildings. This project is known as the Solar Panels Project. The initiative ...
Discontented, Disillusioned, Divided: The Egyptians Dreaming of a Better Yesterday Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Nostalgia has had a subtle, yet constant presence on social media in Egypt over the last decade. As a phenomenon it is neither particularly prominent, nor that recent. However, examining its expressions more closely has ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Monarkiene på Den arabiske halvøy (Bahrain, Forente arabiske emirater, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar og Saudi Arabia) har i løpet av de siste førti årene opplevd stor innvandring av utenlandske arbeidere. Det har vært en ønsket ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Ramadan TV series – musalsalāt – are the most popular television shows in Arab world. Using theories adapted to the narrative conventions in musalsalāt, this thesis looks into how the narration, namely the plot and stylistic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This thesis has assessed the national political context and factors shaping Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy policies through a multi-level perspective analysis. Key barriers and drivers to the implementation of renewable ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
When Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged in May 2013 his party‘s military involvement in the Syrian conflict, it marked a watershed moment for an organization that previously had promoted itself as a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Israel forsøker å presentere Jerusalem som en forent by, hvis udelelige egenskap er basert på Jerusalems rolle som jødenes religiøse, historiske og politiske hovedstad. Den politiske dimensjonen av "å bygge landet Israel" ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Siden 2004 har Environment Society of Oman jobbet for å øke bevisstheten rundt miljøproblemer og klimaendringer i Oman. I begynnelsen var arbeidet basert på frivillighet, men i dag teller organisasjonen 17 ansatte. I denne ...
A Snapshot of Al-Qaida's Attempt to Reassert its Supremacy of the Global Jihadist Movement Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Den arabiske våren kom til Egypt 25. januar 2011, og brakte med seg et tilnærmet ukjent fenomen for den egyptiske offentlighet, nemlig gatekunsten. Den visuelle kommunikasjonen som fantes i det offentlige rom var før dette ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
After the beginning of the Syrian uprising in 2011, Syrian refugees fled to the neighboring countries, including Egypt. In and around Cairo, these newly arrived Syrians have created several support organizations offering ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Da Irak i 1990 invaderte Kuwait ble det for alvor klart for de små, rike sjeikdømmene ved Persiabukta omringet av stormakter som Saudi Arabia, Irak og Iran hvor utsatt de var. For Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani i Qatar var det ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Since 2012 Syria has arguably taken over the position previously held by Iraq as the focal point for the broader jihadist movement. The conflict has witnessed the rise of a new alQaʿida affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra, the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Oppgaven tar for seg graden av tilgang syriske flyktnigner har til det offentlige skolesystemet i Libanon. I tillegg undersøker den kvaliteteten på utdanningen syriske flyktninger har tilgang på innenfor det offentlige ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
For hundre år siden var Negev-ørkenen, sør i dagens Israel, bebodd av titusener av beduiner. De kontrollerte hvert sitt territorium og løste disputter med egne lover. I dag bor de i Siyag, et avgrenset geografisk område ...
The local politics of Global Jihad: A study on the evolution of militant Islamism in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilwe. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Can Jihadists become pragmatics? In Palestinian refugee camp Ain al-Hilwe, located in Southern Lebanon, the Jihadi-Salafi militia Usbat al-Ansar has a long history of catering to the needs of the local refugee population. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Over the years, research has demonstrated that conflict spreads to the host country as a consequence of massive influx of refugees. Most studies gathered empirical evidence from African countries and focused on cases where ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This thesis will tackle the organization of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and asks if this organization has been able to further the political and social goals of the Palestinians in Lebanon. The fieldwork is based upon ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Islamisme er en del av en global religiøs oppblomstring og det blir sett av mange som en reaksjon mot (vestlig) moderniseringen av muslimske stater fra Indonesia til Tyrkia. Det er to teoretiske retninger i denne sammenheng. ...
Fighting for Citizenship in Kuwait Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This thesis discusses the causes and characteristics of mobilisation in the country s stateless community. There are more than 106 000 stateless Arabs, locally known as Bidoon, living in Kuwait today. In the wake of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
De store omveltningene som har funnet sted i flere land i Midtøsten i forbindelse med den arabiske våren, har medført at Saudi-Arabia gjerne blir omtalt som ”et unntak”. Jeg ønsker å utfordre denne merkelappen. Mitt argument ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Hvordan oppleves ”problematiske” ekteskap i Tyrkia og hvilke årsaker ligger til grunne? Hvorfor kalles det for eksempel ikke tvangsekteskap, men barneekteskap? Denne oppgaven som baserer seg på intervjuer med kvinner og ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Helt siden den islamske revolusjonen i Iran i 1979 har relasjonen mellom Saudi-Arabia og Iran vært preget av spenning. Begge landene ønsker, ved å spre sine respektive tolkninger av islam, å være den førende makten i den ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The Arab uprisings not only brought new political opportunities to the Arab world; it also brought a violent civil war to Syria, causing a flow of refugees into its neighbouring countries. The Jordanian Salafi organisation ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Saudi Arabia er et av de verste landene i verden når det gjelder brudd på religionsfriheten. I FN forstås religionsfrihet som retten til å ha, endre og frasi seg sin religion eller tro, og frihet til å uttrykke denne alene ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Much research has been devoted to analysing the Muslim Brotherhood s (MB) ideology, and many have speculated on what kind of policy the MB would lead if it came to power. In this study I take a look at the Freedom and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Kvinner fikk politiske rettigheter i forbindelse med de politiske reformene ved årtusenskiftet i Bahrain. I denne prosessen opprettet Kong Hamad Supreme Council for Women (SCW), et statsfeministisk organ som skulle ledes ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
De senere år etter 11. september 2001 har Rand Coorporation utarbeidet en rekke rapporter om muslimer, spesielt rapporten fra mars 2007. Rapporten ga anbefalinger til den amerikanske administrasjonen om å støtte « den ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Denne oppgaven tar sikte å belyse røttene til den islamske legitimeringen for al-Qa´idas globale jihad mot USA og Vesten. Mer spesifikt forsøker den å vise i hvilken grad den egyptiske islamisten Sayyid Qutb har influert ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Utdanning har vært en hoveddel av Omans hersker Sultan Qaboos` moderniseringsprosjekter.De siste tiårene har antallet studenter økt ved både offentlige og private utdanningsinstitusjoner.Denne nye mer, utdannede generasjonen ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The Armenian people have been living in Asia Minor for around two millennia, long before the Turkic tribes found their way there. Although being ruled by stronger powers throughout most of their history, they also had their ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Following the Shia-dominated February 14th uprising in Bahrain, groups of Sunni Muslims counter-mobilized in the streets. In reaction to the uprising and the state’s failed attempts at containing it, they voiced demands ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The Fethullah Gülen movement or rather the Hizmet movement as his supporters prefer to call it, has grown from being a Turkish religious movement located in Turkey to a transnational movement that has been able to spread ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Aleviene er en muslimsk minoritet som utgjør mellom ti og tyve prosent av Tyrkias befolkning. Siden 1980-årene har migrasjon vært den største årsaken til alevi-revitaliseringen og endringen i alevi-identitet som har funnet ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Saudi-Arabia er et land som definerer seg selv som 100 prosent muslimsk. Dette impliserer at man ikke kan være saudier hvis man ikke tilhører islam. Hvordan de offisielle lærebøkene definerer islam sier derfor noe om hvilke ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Etter terroraksjonen i USA 11. september 2001 ble skylden for terrorangrepet lagt på al-Qaida nettverket. Lederen for dette nettverket befant seg i Afghanistan, og Taliban nektet å utlevere ham til USA. Dette førte til at ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Det har i løpet av det siste tiåret kommet uoffisielle israelske forslag om utveksling av befolket land mellom Israel og PLO. Denne oppgaven viser at slik som forholdene er nå kommer ikke en fredsavtale til å inneholde ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
In the Norwegian discourse regarding Palestine and Israel the main focus is often on the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and the search for a solution. Speaking of a two state-solution and a lasting peace, the ...