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This newspaper column from 2003 examines how Indians in Trinidad and Tobago are misled, guided by so many fears, the encouragement of feelings of victimhood, and smallness of vision. There is an important contribution for Indians to make... more
Although scholars of Somali Studies have engaged themselves in examining the Somali society from several perspectives, colonial and early Somali writers mainly observed the Somali people as homogenous, egalitarian and nomadic pastoral.... more
The tribal people are often referred to as 'adivasi' which literally means " dwellers from the beginning. " The Mythologies and Epics of India or for that matter any place is considered to be the records of the very beginning of the... more
This paper looks at the effectiveness of the policy of non-discrimination towards minorities in the preservation of minority cultural heritage, constructing a case study within Albania. After defining the key terms used, this paper... more
Cruel Tormentor or Good Neighbour? Stereotype of the Turk and Bulgarian State Policy Towards the Muslim Minority in 1878–1912, „Slavonic Review”, 2017, no. 2, s. 261–284. I The paper presents the problem of the influence of positive and... more
Türkiye’deki azınlıklar üzerine araştırmalarıyla tanınan yazar Rıfat Bali, İstanbul musevileri için Adalar’ın önemini anlattı. Gençlerin artık yaz aylarında İstanbul gece hayatının cazibesine kapıldıklarını belirten Bali, buna rağmen... more
Mihail Vasiliadis, “Çünkü kökünü orada bulur” diye yanıtlıyor bu soruyu. Çocukluğunu Çengelköy’de geçiren Apoyevmatini Gazetesi Yayın Yönetmeni, 6 - 7 Eylül olaylarındaki Beyoğlu’nu anlatıyor
Galicia is inseparable from the experience of migration and exile, and as has been extensively examined, mobility has played a major role in Galician culture and society. Most studies have identified the Galician diaspora with Latin... more
A short overview on the Kurdish Movement/s in Iran
With this new conversational exercise, carried out within the framework of my writing residency at the Ateliers Médicis in Clichy-sous-Bois (a suburb of Paris), and echoeing a previous conversation with Joachim Ben Yacoub in 2019... more
In Hungary, the Roma emancipatory and cultural movement emerged in the 1970s and one of the most significant spaces of this start was a peripheral youth club in the 15th district of Budapest. This writing seeks to retrace the history of... more
It is a remarkable coincidence that the first major works to introduce postcolonialism to Translation Studies (Cheyfitz 1991, Niranjana 1992) were published at the very time when the last known world empire – the Soviet Union – collapsed.... more
Through Nicholas Al-Jeloo's exhibition, the general Fairfield community is able to witness the immense pride of the Assyrian people and the celebration of Persistence & Existence. The Assyrians are a key community in Fairfield. This... more
Paradoxical States (of Consciousness) ‒ This volume contains my writings dating from the period between 1990 and 1996. These texts are aimed at critically exploring and developing individual and collective awareness of the paradoxes of... more
Culture can play a significant role in creating, reinforcing and enhancing ethic community. The paper discusses that issue by focusing on use of a minor language in a literary translation. Use of a minor language – not only in public... more
Nation-state borders are a phenomenon became part of the international relations as well as the everyday lives of people. Even though borders, in theory, are constructed entities state borders directly or indirectly influence identity... more
Etiler’deki Maria'nın Bahçesi isimli restoranın sahibi Maria Ekmekçioğlu, İstanbullu bir Rum. Kıbrıs Harekatı’nın ardından Selanik’e göç etmek zorunda kalan ve suyun öteki tarafında özlemle dolu 20 yıl geçiren Ekmekçioğlu “Her akşam... more
One of the most pressing issues facing liberal democracies today is the politicisation of ethnocultural diversity. Minority cultures are demanding greater public recognition of their distinctive identities, and greater freedom and... more
The monograph is dedicated to the Bulgarian communities in Hungary - the Banat Bulgarians (until 1920), the Bulgarian market-gardeners (until 1960), the Bulgarian students (until 1944) and intellectuals (until 2000). It presents their... more
This paper is about the representation of minorities in mass media, and the tension between fully representing the diversity of that group and remaining accessible to the widest possible audience. The case study is the Welsh-language soap... more
Minority and majority have become very sensitive issues lately, in the life of the nation and the state, minority and majority issues are often misused to attack and corner a group, organization or religion. This study tries to highlight... more
Parmi des nombreuses minorités qui peuplent le Delta du Danube et la Dobrogea, nous rencontrons aujourd’hui des Lipovènes. Ces "vieux croyants", comme ils se définissent eux mêmes, ont fui la Russie à la fin du 17e siècle car ils... more
Paper presented at the III Colloquium about Macanese Identity of Associação dos Macaenses.
Macau Polytechnic Institution.
Macau Polytechnic Institution.
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Talking about the Sorbian history in Upper Sorbian. Dubbing into Czech
Talking about the Sorbian history in Upper Sorbian. Dubbing into Czech
Interviews conducted with leading actors in England asking a range of questions about religious diversity and the legal framework and, in particular, about reasonable accommodation, helped identify a number of areas of concern. There was... more
"Three short memos I wrote for the course Culture & Society at Emory University in Atlanta in 2009. Memo 1: I discuss the terms cultural capital, social reproduction and social mobility through examples in popular culture. Memo 2:... more
Una legge importante ed attuale, che ha permesso di conseguire alcuni risultati significativi, che deve essere applicata meglio e che rischia di non essere attuata affatto. A dieci anni dal 25 novembre 1999, quando fu definitivamente... more
Western and Muslim law. Muslim law is itself a complex, pluralistic amalgam of different legal ‘bricks’, and in the context of the struggle for Islam to be acknowledged as a legitimate source of value pluralism in the Western context, the... more