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...never agreed whether it should be a relaxed country whose citizens happen to be Muslims or an austere Islamic state adhering to Shari'a law. This ambiguity is responsible for the ongoing tug-of-war between the country's religious extremists and Westernized moderates; Karachi embodies these contradictions. As sociologist Arif Hassan of the nongovernmental organization Urban Resource Center puts it, "For Karachi's youth, there are two choices: go to America or join the jihad...
Such a view is supported by Research Associate in Physics Gerhard Sonnert, a sociologist who published a 1995 book based on his extensive study on the factors keeping women out of the natural sciences...
...Jazeera and rival satellite channels did cover the celebrations that broke out once Saddam's regime crumbled, but TV watchers were not interpreting it as viewers did in the West. "The people don't really know what they're doing," says Amman sociologist Sari Nasir, explaining away the joy. "It's collective behavior." Others expressed humiliation at the walloping defeat of the Iraqi forces, as well as scorn for those who welcomed foreign tanks into the city. "To see our dignity wiped out like that, I am ashamed to be an Arab," says Cairo physician Khaled Ragab...
...coalition was wide enough this year for Sigma Chi to get in on the action, co-sponsoring a talk on men and masculinity by sociologist Michael Kimmel, and manning tables at the Science Center...
...Irving Louis Horowitz—renowned sociologist, co-editor of the book Cuban Communism and a veritable expert on Cuban affairs—wrote in the Spring 2002 issue of the National Interest: “Training and arming Palestinians from the PLO forces is ongoing” in Cuba...