Thesis (M.A.)--al-Jāmiʻah al-Urdunīyah, 1977. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-287).

This thesis examines the sedentarization of bedouin nomads in Saudi Arabia: partly in general, but mostly focussing on a particular region (Sajir) which was studied in the field. Our approach emphasizes that such bedouin communities were never self-contained, but rather an integral part of their regional and (latterly) national setting. Their integration has been crucially affected by broader processes: early political changes, development of the oil-based national economy, and recent rural policies (not all targeted specifically at bedouin). Moreover, we show how the bedouins themselves, far from being passively shaped by these pressures, have actively taken advantage of their opportunities and thus internalized these broader developments. Particular attention is paid to the settled agricultural alternative, with its associated land reforms and development programmes. More broadly, the heritage and shifting meanings of "bedouinism" are scrutinized in this context of rapid change. To these ends, the early chapters aim to: 1) Develop theoretical framework on nomads and sedentarization from the relevant literature (mostly authropological); 2) Review and evaluate previous studies of the sedentarization of Saudi nomads in particular; and 3) Give a comprehensive overview of the Saudi agricultural sector as a whole, thereby assessing its land reforms and development programmes. The latter four chapters report observations gathered from fieldwork in Sajir. These examine this comunity's sedentarization patterns, their present mix of agricultural and pastoral activities, and some of the specific socio-economic factors operative in the region. The main conclusions of the thesis emphasize: 1) The strength of bedouin integration (politically, socially, and economically) into the national context; 2) The unbalanced and differentiated nature and consequences for the bedouin of national land and agricultural policies; 3) The definitive impact of recent transformations of the rural econony on traditional bedouin occupations and livelihood; and 4) The continuing active (if changing) role of a specifically bedouin identity and ideology within the comunity.

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This thesis studies the relations between media image, online news design, and the framing of identity. It scrutinizes current images of Arab identity and their representation in Aljazeera Net in order to examine how Aljazeera Net constructs the 'reality' of Arabs. The dissertation begins by defining Arabness in terms of ethnic, cultural and postcolonial identities. It proposes and assesses the sources of Arab identity and examines Arab identity as a source of meanings for Arabs. Likewise, it evaluates the sources of Arab identity in the Arab diaspora. Through the lens of a remediation approach, the study explores newly emerging practices in the representation of news, and investigates how the design of Aljazeera Net alters the construction of meaning in news representation. The frames that govern the representation of Arab identity determine the complexity of the image of Arabness, and reveal the differences between the acknowledged perspectives and evolving identity of Aljazeera. The study conceives Aljazeera Net as a space for the reciprocal relationship between Aljazeera and Arabs in diaspora, and as a site for the overlapping between the local and the global in media representations. Finally, it considers how Arabs in the North American diaspora, particularly Arab media experts, academics and community leaders, perceive their identity, and how they evaluate Aljazeera as a Pan Arab media.

Palestinian poetry over the past one hundred years has been foremost a poetry of commitment. It is proposed in this thesis that the poetry of the Palestinian Uprising (Intifada), the major topic under discussion in this work, marks, what could possibly be, the culmination of Palestinian resistance literature. The poetry which has been chosen for this particular study comes from a collection which the author gathered, and subsequently translated, during the first six months of the Palestinian Uprising. All of the poetry included appeared in publications published in either Israel or in the Israeli-occupied territories during this period. Chapter one discusses the background behind the Intifada. The second chapter gives a brief history of Palestinian poetry in general. The main body of the paper, chapter three, includes a translation and analysis of the Intifada poetry. Finally, chapter four discusses some of the imagery and symbolism contained in the poetry.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- Universidad de Granada. / "Resumen de tesis doctoral." At head of title: Facultad de Derecho, Departamento de Historia del Derecho Español.

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