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40 Years On: Reflections on the Iranian Revolution
Sevgi Adak, Touraj Atabaki, Kamran Matin, and Valentine M. Moghadam
The three articles compiled here are based on a panel discussion held at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) on 23 May 2019.
Marking the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, its aim was to revisit the debate on the causes and impact of the revolution for Iran and beyond.
Three questions in particular guided the interdisciplinary dialogue and political reflections on this world historical event: How should we analyse the conditions underpinning the revolutionary dynamics in Iran in the global context of the 1970s? How should the Iranian Revolution be analysed in an historical-comparative perspective? And, what is the legacy, or rather, the multiple legacies, of the revolution for the political struggles in Iran and the Middle East today
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Delusional states: Feeling rule and development in Pakistan's Northern Frontier
Nosheen Ali
Delusional States: Feeling Rule and Development in Pakistan's Northern Frontier is the first in-depth study of state power and social struggle in Gilgit-Baltistan - the only Shia-majority region of Sunni-dominated Pakistan and a contested border zone that forms part of disputed Kashmir. For seven decades, the political conflict over Kashmir has locked India and Pakistan in brutal wars and hate-centered nationalisms. This book illuminates how within this story of hate lie other stories - of love and betrayal, loyalty and suspicion, and beauty and terror. Placing these emotionalities at the centre of its analysis, Delusional States rethinks the state–citizen relation in deeply felt and intimate terms, offering a fine-grained ethnographic analysis of power and subjection in contemporary Pakistan. A powerful contribution to studies of state-making and Muslim sociality in South Asia, the book additionally offers distinct theoretical insights in the fields of social movements, political ecology, education, and global development studies.
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Health and sustainable development goals for Pakistan
Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Jai K. Das
This Book Is All About Pakistan was one of the countries that did not achieve most of the Millennium Development Goals. After the Millennium Development Goals, all the countries of the world signed up to the 17 new global Sustainable Development Goals in September 2015. These goals encompass many elements of the previous MDGs but are far more ambitious and while many of the SDG goals are relevant to health, health per se is only one of the 17 goals. Pakistan has embarked on the mission to attain these goals by 2030 and we anticipate that a major contribution towards these goals would come from the science, academia, and public health communities. While no publication or plan can ever replace sound implementation, the thoughts and scholarship reflected in these pages set the scene for the hard work and struggle ahead for Pakistan to take an integrated and sustainable approach to achieve the goals.
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Ancient Manuscripts in Digital Culture Visualisation, Data Mining, Communication
Claire Clivaz, David Hamidovic, and Sarah Savant
Ancient Manuscripts in Digital Culture presents an overview of the digital turn in Ancient Jewish and Christian manuscripts visualisation, data mining and communication. It gathers together the contributions of seventeen scholars involved in Biblical, Early Jewish and Christian studies. The volume attests to the spreading of digital humanities in these fields and presents fundamental analysis of the rise of visual culture as well as specific test-cases concerning ancient manuscripts. Sophisticated visualisation tools, stylometric analysis, teaching and visual data, epigraphy and visualisation belong notably to the varied overview presented in the volume.
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المخطوطات العربية في مصر ودور المؤسسات الثقافية في الحفظ والإتاحة
Walid Ghali
The books discusses the state of manuscript collections in Egypt and the role of the culture heritage institutions in preserving and make the manuscripts accessible.
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Volume 8: Gender, Governance and Islam
Deniz Kandiyoti, Nadje Al-Ali, and Kathryn Spellman Poots
Analyses the links between gender and governance in contemporary Muslim majority countries and diaspora contexts.
Following a period of rapid political change, both globally and in relation to the Middle East and South Asia, this collection sets new terms of reference for an analysis of the intersections between global, state, non-state and popular actors and their contradictory effects on the politics of gender.
The volume charts the shifts in academic discourse and global development practice that shape our understanding of gender both as an object of policy and as a terrain for activism. Nine individual case studies systematically explore how struggles for political control and legitimacy determine both the ways in which dominant gender orders are safeguarded and the diverse forms of resistance against them.
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Education in Tanzania in the era of globalisation: Challenges and opportunities
Joe Lugalla and Marriote Ngwaru
Education in Tanzania in the Era of Globalisation Challenges and Opportunities is a product of papers presented at a National Education Conference held in Dodoma, Tanzania in November 2016 and organised by the Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development, East Africa (AKU-IED-EA). The individual chapters in this publication, and their collective thrust, discuss the challenges in the education system in good faith and in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration guided by the belief that it is not the responsibility of the Government alone to see how these can be addressed. The various authors of Education in Tanzania in the Era of Globalisation Challenges and Opportunities discuss issues within the context of the Tanzanian political economy against the effects of globalization and seek to initiate a new kind of debate that is long overdue; a debate aimed at charting out appropriate strategies whose objective is to improve the quality of education in Tanzania so that it becomes a useful vehicle in enhancing processes of social change, transformation and development.
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Political kinship in Pakistan: Descent, marriage and government stability
Stephen M. Lyon
In Political Kinship in Pakistan, Stephen M. Lyon illustrates how contemporary politics in Pakistan are built on complex kinship networks created through marriage and descent relations. Lyon points to kinship as a critical mechanism for understanding both Pakistan’s continued inability to develop strong and stable governments, and its incredible durability in the face of pressures that have led to the collapse and failure of other states around the world.
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Determinants and outcome of esophageal caustic stricture interventions
Dunya Moghul, Mohammad Tareq Rahimi, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
This book is based on the research which is done by one the first female pediatric surgeons of a war torn country and her tireless struggles in giving hope of life to the society specially the children and trying to provide high stranded treatment in-spite of limited resources provided. Children makes one third our populations today, and our all future.Thinking about health of children today, will give us a healthy population tomorrow. Afghanistan has been in 40 years of unwanted wars, and counts as one of five young developing countries, beside researching the conflicts and outcomes of war, we need to study silent killers such as caustic ingestion. As we know,we can prevent from mortality and morbidity of caustic ingestion by taking very ordinary measures but unfortunately no such measures are being taking care of, and the incidence are significant, so we are hoping this study be the first step for start to work in such area and create general awareness.*
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America & Islam: Soundbites, suicide bombs and the road to Donald Trump
Lawrence Pintak
Donald Trump's first term as the 45th President of the United States of America has shocked the world. His attitudes towards Islam became a key point of contention on the campaign trail, and in power Trump has continued his war of divisive words and deeds. Here, acclaimed journalist Lawrence Pintak scrutinizes America's relationship with Islam since its foundation. Casting Donald Trump as a symptom of decades of misunderstanding and demonization of the Islamic world, as well as a cause of future tensions, Pintak shows how and why America's relationship with the world's largest religion has been so fractious, damaging and self-defeating.
Featuring unique interviews with victims and perpetrators of Trump's policies, as well as analysis of the media's role in inflaming debate, America & Islam seeks to provide a complete guide to the twin challenges of terrorism and the polarizing rhetoric that fuels it, and sketches out a future based on co-operation and the reassertion of democratic values. -
La collection d’armes orientales de Pierre Loti
Stephane Pradines
BOOK author, with the participation of Claude StefaniLa collection d’armes orientales de Pierre Loti, Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Rochefort, Indes Savantes, 159 p.
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Guerre et paix dans le Proche-Orient médiéval, Xe-XVe siècles. Histoire, archéologie et anthropologie
Stephane Pradines, Mathieu Eychenne, and Abbès Zouache
War and peace are deemed as inseparable and in pertinent interactivity in this multidisciplinary work, which brings together European, American and Arab historians and archaeologists. The papers published in this book show that this interactivity was particularly salient in the Arab and Muslim Middle East of the 10th-16th centuries, where a class of non-Arab warriors created new political regimes characterized by a strong militarization of power. These warriors used war and peace as means to manage territories and men in order to consolidate and entrench their power.
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If stones could speak : Echoes from the past
Iftikhar Salahuddin and Naseem Salahuddin
The most compressed and visually stunning pictorial tour of ancient civilizations and historical landmarks of the past. ‘If Stones Could Speak’ takes the readers on a fascinating journey in the form of 4 splendid sections, and every one of them retells the history through a dimension of power utilized by the religious rulers of these sites. These images show the shared commonalities between us and our ancestors, the complexities of societies and more captivating attributes which transcends the reader to a realm of pure mysticism. A preaching scholar’s dream journal and a history fanatic’s treasure, this book greatly captures the beauty and remarkability of famous locations with helpful descriptions and subtexts on the sides. The duo writers of this book ‘Iftikhar and Naseem Salahuddin’ elevate each other in terms of visual storytelling and it’s ever so transparent in this universal truth of a journey through history’s timeless monuments.
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Safe anaesthesia in resource-limited situations
Aliya Ahmed and Robyna Irshad Khan
In the extensive field of medicine, Anaesthesiology has established itself as an essential, life-saving specialty. Multiple states of the art textbooks and guidelines are available on the subject of anesthesiology. However, reports from resource-limited healthcare settings keep highlighting the enormous burden of morbidity and mortality related to less-than-ideal anesthesia services. This book describes the management of patients for anaesthesiologists working in such circumstances and striving to provide safe and effective care. Provision of examples of typically encountered cases has led to a comprehensive coverage of the topic. Description of the management options available in the developed world enhances the usefulness of the information provided since available healthcare facilities within the same country may differ vastly.
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The Sorrowful Muslim's Guide
Hussein Ahmad Amin, Yasmin Amin, and Nesrin Amin
Explores the interaction between pre-Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in Muslim communities
Published as Dalīl al-Muslim al-ḥazīn ilā muqtada-l-sulūk fī’l-qarn al-ʿishrīn in 1983, this book remains a timely and important read today. Both the resurgence of Islamist politics and the political, social and intellectual upheaval which accompanied the Arab Spring challenge us to re-examine the interaction between the pre-modern Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in Muslim communities.
This book does exactly that, raising questions regarding issues about which other Muslim intellectuals and thinkers have been silent. These include – among others – current religious practice vs the Islamic ideal; the many additions to the original revelation; the veracity of the Prophet’s biography and his sayings; the development of Sufism; and historical and ideological influences on Islamic thought.
Key Features
- Makes available in English an important contribution to modern Muslim thought from a prominent Egyptian thinker
- Looks at how current religious practice conforms (or not) to the Islamic ideal when Islam was first revealed
- Explores the relationship between core, inner religious values and ritualistic practices
- Engages critically with the sources by using historical, literal and logical criticism
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Hematology and oncology: Handbook of cancer chemotherapy protocols
Arifa Aziz
This Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy Protocols was written to make it a clinically relevant source of knowledge for chemotherapy protocols and safe administration of cytotoxic drugs. It provides a quick reference to chemotherapy protocols their doses calculation, common side effects, dilution and the duration of administration of cytotoxic drugs. It also includes molecular targeted therapy.This is the only chemotherapy protocols book which was written and introduced in Pakistan in 2017. This book is available in library of all reputable oncology centres like The Aga Khan University Hospital at Karachi, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer and Reseach Center at Lahore, Sind Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT). The reader friendly format of this book, with its comprehensive review of management of cancers with treatment regimens including dosing and schedule will make this book unique and useful. Also, that this publication will continue to find interest of national and international audience and will provide medical oncologists, hematologists, oncology surgeons and radiation oncologists with most recent available information required for the therapy of adult cancer.
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Emerging trends in metabolic syndrome
Syeda Sadia Fatima
This book covers key features of metabolic syndrome which are usually not addressed while considering overall health status. The goal of writing this book is generally aimed at clarifying this concept and spreading awareness regarding the rising obesity epidemic worldwide. The book covers the spectrum of obesity from pathophysiology to related disorders such as infertility, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and epilepsy, etc. The general flow of the book begins from introduction of the concept and moving to more advanced areas such as intricate relationship of metabolic syndrome and obesity with overall health, reproductive health, unorthodox etiological factors and challenges for management.
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Obstetric anesthesia for co-morbid conditions
Berrin Gunaydin and Samina Ismail
This book presents general measures and offers a comprehensive overview of anesthetic considerations for specific serious medical problems in pregnant patients, with a focus on the anesthetic management of non-obstetric disorders during pregnancy and pregnancy-induced diseases. Although many books on this topic are available, this unique volume addresses specific disorders that may be encountered in daily obstetric anesthesia practice and discusses in detail serious medical problems during pregnancy. As such it is a valuable tool, providing targeted information particularly on the anesthetic considerations and management of not only non-obstetric diseases during pregnancy but also pregnancy- induced diseases.
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Enhancing primary science teaching through school-based mentors: A study from Pakistan
Nelofer Halai
Aiming to develop a model in understanding key strategies, the author indicates existing gaps and exposes the readers to logistical components of workshops, while at the same time, places special emphasis on conceptualization of ideas for preparing and using appropriate materials to teach science to adult teachers. In addition to this, the book also provides teachers’ insights on how to develop themselves into mentors or teacher educators and thus enhance their impact in schools by not only teaching students, but also other teachers. Halai aims at aiding teachers away from conventional and towards new tutoring techniques by providing a broad context of study.
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AKU-IED reflecting on the past journeying into the future
Anil Khamis and Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta
This Commemorative Edition, with its 12 engaging chapters written by AKU-IED graduates, exemplifies the depth and scale of the educational challenges to be confronted. The chapters provide insights into how different discourses and educational practices are envisaged by the students themselves, which in turn is a reflection of their experiences as post-graduate students at the Institute, leading to changes they chart — both of themselves in developing their research capabilities and the impact of their studies in each of the particular projects. The chapters provide compelling insight and evidence of the AKU-IED Master of Education programme effect, with its two specialisation strands of teacher education and educational leadership and management, and the influence of the MEd on its graduates' personal and professional lives, their enhanced capabilities and capacities as pedagogues and critical thinkers, their vision for real and potential change to impact their home institutions and more broadly in the educational arenas they study. The graduates' biographical snapshots presented along with their chapters convey a powerful perennial message: the journey and creation and re-creation of individuals and institutions is a personal and public narrative that needs to be acknowledged, critically examined, and recast in the pursuit of producing new knowledge and sustainable approaches particularly for the Global South.
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Mobile technologies and socio-economic development in emerging nations
Fredrick Mtenzi, George Oreku, Dennis Lupiana, and Jim Yonazi
As technology advances, mobile devices have become more affordable and useful to countries around the world. As a result, mobile evolution has become an essential part of economic and social advancement. This book provides emerging research on the role of mobile devices as an important aspect of social and economic growth in developing countries. While highlighting topics, such as device authentication, mobile data management, and sensor services, this book explores how mobile devices have evolved to become an extremely useful tool. This book is a vital resource for academicians, researchers, students, practitioners, politicians, and professionals seeking current research on the uses, applications, and advantages of mobile services in increasing economic growth.
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Education and extremisms: Rethinking liberal pedagogies in the contemporary world
Farid Panjwani, Lynn Revell, Reza Gholami, and Mike Diboll
Education and Extremisms addresses one of the most pressing questions facing societies today: how is education to respond to the challenge of extremism? It argues that the implementation of new teaching techniques, curricular reforms or top-down changes to education policy alone cannot solve the problem of extremism in educational establishments across the world. Instead, the authors of this thought-provoking volume argue that there is a need for those concerned with radicalisation to reconsider the relationship between instrumentalist ideologies shaping education and the multiple forms of extremisms that exist. Beginning with a detailed discussion of the complicated and contested nature of different forms of extremism, including extremism of both a religious and secular nature, the authors show that common assumptions in contemporary discourses on education and extremism are problematic. Chapters in the book provide a careful selection of pertinent and topical case studies, policy analysis and insightful critique of extremist discourses. Taken together, the chapters in the book make a powerful case for re-engaging with liberal education in order to foster values of individual and social enrichment, intellectual freedom, criticality, open-mindedness, flexibility and reflection as antidotes to extremist ideologies. Recognising recent criticisms of liberalism and liberal education, the authors argue for a new understanding of liberal education that is suitable for multicultural societies in a rapidly globalising world. This book is essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students with an interest in religion, citizenship education, liberalism, secularism, counter-terrorism, social policy, Muslim education, youth studies and extremism. It is also relevant to teacher educators, teachers and policymakers.
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Earthen Architecture in Muslim Cultures: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives
Stephane Pradines
This edited volume follows the panel “Earth in Islamic Architecture” organised for the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) in Ankara, on the 19th of August 2014.
Earthen architecture is well-known among archaeologists and anthropologists whose work extends from Central Asia to Spain, including Africa. However, little collective attention has been paid to earthen architecture within Muslim cultures. This book endeavours to share knowledge and methods of different disciplines such as history, anthropology, archaeology and architecture. Its objective is to establish a link between historical and archaeological studies given that Muslim cultures cannot be dissociated from social history. -
Lessons from implementation of educational reforms in Pakistan: Implications for policy and practice
Takbir Ali and Sarfaroz Niyozov
A resourceful insight for stakeholders and reformers on the future of education in Pakistan, Lessons from Implementation of Educational Reforms in Pakistan: Implications for Policy and Practice offers challenging research-grounded accounts from a selection of distinct research studies, carried out by AKU-IED faculty. These studies originated from two major multi-year international and donor-funded education improvement projects in Pakistan—the Strengthening Teacher Education in Pakistan (STEP), and the Educational Development and Improvement Programme (EDIP).
Providing a blend of qualitative and quantitative accounts of practices, attitudes, and challenges of integrating local and international experiences and ideas around educational reform and professional development at micro-levels, and these projects’ promising implications at macro-levels, the book provides a distinct understanding of the processes of educational reforms in Pakistan. It delves into issues involved in understanding the nexus of theory and practice in the context of large-scale education reforms. While providing a conceptual base for reflections, it raises such critical questions on how local and global successful practices and experiences can be merged into new quality and sustainable projects and frameworks for educational change in Pakistan and other developing countries.
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Educational policies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan: Contested terrain in the twenty-first century
Dilshad Ashraf, Mir Afzal Tajik, and Sarfaroz Niyozov
In the mountains of the Northern Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan School and schooling are both symbolic of wider ranging cultural and political battles over morals, modernity, development, gender and the rule of law. Educational Policies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan: Contested Terrain in the Twenty-First Century is about both the normative battles over the purpose of education, as well as about the structural impediments to providing instruction in those remote and challenging locations where it is attempted. The analytical frames in this collection come primarily from the social sciences and comparative education. Contributors examine education, policy, processes and structures in the broader socio-cultural, religious and economic context of three countries sharing somewhat similar colonial and post- colonial legacy and current uprising of extreme religious positions and a drive to social-cohesion.
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