Este trabalho trata de mostrar que nem todos os árabes eram nômades e que mesmo estes desempenharam um importante papel no desenvolvimento social, cultural e artístico da antiguidade pré-islâmica, pois foram eles os responsáveis pela transmissão e conhecimentos existentes na época, e que colocaram em contato os pontos mais distantes desta vasta região. Também os árabes sedentários participaram ativamente do processo político desta área durante o império romano, parta, e mais tarde sassânida e bizantino. A pesquisa acentua o fato da arquitetura do Islão ter sido formada a partir das tradições regionais das populações islamizadas e de sua obediência e entendimento de um livro religioso, o Alcorão, que regulou a sociedade, e em decorrência a sua maneira de ver o mundo e de se relacionar com o espaço e com as expressões artísticas. A análise dos eventos históricos, das técnicas construtivas e dos edifícios da região estudada [os paises do norte da África, e do Oriente Médio (península arábica, crescente fértil, Irã) tratou de demonstrar o desdobramento que teve na construção do edifício escolhido como representativo da arquitetura árabe e que foi o objeto de análise, a mesquita de Ibn Tülün. Além disso, mostra que durante o primeiro período da expansão islâmica, houve uma intensa fusão de culturas. Esta situação fez com que toda esta região sob a expansão mulçumana se comportasse de maneira similar a da Antigüidade, ou seja, como uma ponte onde trafegaram correntes de pensamento e cultura entre os extremos, o Ocidente e o Oriente Médio. Esta foi uma época de intensa urbanização e fundação de novas cidades e é dentro deste processo de fusão de culturas, que as cidades vão se construindo e dentro delas, os seus principais edifícios, no caso da cidade muçulmana, a mesquita. / This work shows that nor all the Arabs were nomadic and even they had played an important role in the social development, cultural and artistic of pre-Islamic antiquity, because they had been responsible for the transmission and knowledge at this time, and that they had put in contact the points most distant of this vast region. Also the sedentary Arabs had participated actively of the politic process of this area during the Roman empire, Parthian, and later Sassanid and Byzantine. The research points out the fact of the Islamic architecture have been formed from the regional traditions of the muslim populations and their obedience and agreement of a religious book, the Quran, that dictated directions for the society, and so its way of seeing the world and dealing with the space and the artistic expressions. The analysis of the historical events, the building techniques of the studied region [the north African countries, and the Middle East (Arabian peninsula, the Fertile Crescent, Iran) it demonstrated the unfolding that it had in the construction of the chosen building as representative of the Arab architecture and it was the analysis object, the Ibn Tülün mosque. Moreover, it shows that during the first moment of the islamic expansion, there had been an intense fusing of cultures. This situation did with this whole area under the Muslim expansion behaved itself in a similar way of the Antiquity, that is, like a bridge where thought and culture crossed from a point to another, the Western and the Middle East. This was a time of intense urbanization and foundation of new cities and it is inside of this process of fusion of cultures, the cities are building and within them, their main building, in the case of the Muslim city, the Mosque.

Analyzing the effect of military expenditure on economic growth has been an essential task for U.S economists. This thesis analyzed macroeconomic components for the last 70 years by estimating the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression model and vector autoregressive model. To interpret the empirical analysis, historical analysis of the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Wars in the Middle East, was made. One found the negative effect of military spending during wartime on the economic growth of the United States. This thesis suggests that the policymakers and military commanders should focus on shortening the state of war to minimize economic damage to the United States. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2020. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

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Dust-climate interaction over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has long been studied, as it is the "dustiest" region on earth. However, the quantitative and qualitative understanding of the role of dust direct radiative effect on MENA climate is still rudimentary. The present dissertation investigates dust direct radiative effect on MENA climate during summer with a special emphasis on the sensitivity of climate response to dust shortwave absorption, which is one of the most uncertain components of dust direct radiative effect. Simulations are conducted with and without dust radiative effect, to differentiate the effect of dust on climate. To elucidate the sensitivity of climate response to dust shortwave absorption, simulations with dust assume three different cases of dust shortwave absorption, representing dust as a very efficient, standard and inefficient shortwave absorber. The non-uniformly distributed dust perturb circulations at various scales. Therefore, the present study takes advantage of the high spatial resolution capabilities of an Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCM), High Resolution Atmospheric Model (HiRAM), which incorporates global and regional circulations. AMIP-style global high-resolution simulations are conducted at a spatial resolution of 25 km. A significant response in the strength and position of the local Hadley circulation is predicted in response to meridionally asymmetric distribution of dust and the corresponding radiative effects. Significant responses are also found in regional circulation features such as African Easterly Jet and West African Monsoon circulation. Consistent with these dynamic responses at various scales, the tropical rainbelt across MENA strengthens and shifts northward. Similarly, the temperature under rainbelt cools and that over subtropical deserts warms. Inter-comparison of various dust shortwave absorption cases shows that the response of the MENA tropical rainbelt is extremely sensitive to the strength of shortwave absorption. Further analyses reveal that the sensitivity of the rainbelt stems from the sensitivity of the multi-scale circulations that define the rainbelt. Importantly, the summer precipitation over the semi-arid strip south of Sahara, including Sahel, increases in response to dust radiative effect. The maximum response and sensitivity are predicted over this region. The sensitivity of the responses over Sahel, especially that of precipitation, is comparable to the mean state. Locally, the precipitation increase reaches up to 50% of the mean, while dust is assumed to be a very efficient absorber. As the region is characterized by the "Sahel drought", the predicted precipitation sensitivity to the dust loading over this region has a wide-range of socioeconomic implications. The present study, therefore, suggests the importance of reducing uncertainty in dust shortwave absorption for a better simulation and interpretation of the MENA climate in general, and of Sahel in particular.

Cette recherche est consacrée à la plus grande demeure privée du site d'Europos-Doura en Syrie, la résidence du gouverneur Lysias, stratège et épistate de la ville. Ce bâtiment, entièrement dégagé dans les années trente par la mission américano-française de l'Université de Yale, est resté à l'abandon durant un demi-siècle. En reprenant les travaux sur le site, la Mission Franco-Syrienne d'Europos-Doura a fait de la publication de cette résidence l'un de ses objectifs scientifiques. Le cadre historique de cette étude s'étend sur quatre siècles depuis la création de la ville vers 150 av. n. è. jusqu'à la prise de celle-ci par les Sassanides vers 256 de n. è. Première partie : l'histoire, les méthodes et les résultats de l'exploration archéologique du bâtiment par la Mission de Yale, puis la reprise de l'étude, à partir de 2006, en présentant les différents éléments d'analyse mis en place au cours de cette recherche. Deuxième partie : l'étude architecturale de la résidence de Lysias dans son dernier état présente les différents espaces et les éléments architecturaux qui la composent et permet également de déterminer des ensembles aux caractéristiques spécifiques. Troisième partie : l'évolution architecturale de la résidence à travers les différents états qu'elle a connus et la chronologie relative du bâtiment. Quatrième partie : comparaisons avec d'autres monuments semblables du site d'Europos-Doura et les grandes demeures de même période dans l'Orient hellénisé. Conclusion : la résidence de Lysias illustre le caractère particulier de l'architecture de prestige qui s'est développée à Europos-Doura, reflet d'une inspiration locale et de traditions gréco-mésopotamiennes. / This research is dedicated to the largest private house of Europos-Dura in Syria, the Residence of the Governor Lysias, strategos and epistates of the city. This building has been excavated in the Thirties by the American-French expedition of Yale University and has remained abandoned during a half century. lt has never been published. The resumption of work by the French-Syrian expedition in Europos-Dura has made it as one of its scientific objectives. The historical context of this study spans four centuries since the creation of the city around 150 B. C. to the Sasanian siege and the death of the city circa 256 A. D. First part : history, methods and results of the archaeological excavations ofthis building by the Yale expedition and the resumption of the work since 2006, presenting the various elements and orientations of the study set up during this research. Second part : the architectural study of Lysias' Residence in its final state. A description of the different spaces and architectural elements that compose it allows us to identify sectors that have specific functions. Third part : the architectural evolution of the residence through the different states it has known and the relative chronology of the building. Fourth part : comparisons with other similar monuments of Europos-Dura and with other large dwellings of same period in the hellenized Orient. Conclusion : Lysias' Residence shows the uniqueness of the prestigious architecture that developed in Europos-Dura, which is a picture of a local inspiration and of Greco-Mesopotamian traditions.

Cette thèse exploite une nouvelle source de données longitudinales sur les niveaux et les conditions de vie des ménages marocains en vue d’éclaircir les liens existants entre santé, protection sociale, et pauvreté, dans le cas du Maroc. Dans un premier temps, nous évaluons l’impact d’un programme national de gratuité des soins sur le recours aux soins et le poids financier des dépenses liées à la santé. En deuxième lieu, nous examinons comment les chocs de santé se répercutent sur la répartition de l’offre de santé au sein du ménage. Enfin, nous analysons les déterminants du sentiment de pauvreté au sein de la population marocaine, avec une attention particulière portée aux effets de comparaison. Les principaux résultats de ce travail sont que le programme de gratuité des soins a eu un impact positif de taille modérée sur l’accès aux soins en milieu rural, mais pas d’effet décelable en milieu urbain, ni sur les dépenses de santé. Nous montrons que les ménages marocains utilisent une gamme variée de mécanismes informels pour se protéger contre le risque financier lié à la santé ; en particulier, l’offre de travail féminine en milieu urbain réagit positivement à la maladie du chef de ménage. Enfin, nous trouvons que le sentiment de pauvreté est lié au niveau de vie moyen du groupe de référence du ménage, mais que cet effet varie en fonction de l’échelle géographique de ce groupe : le revenu moyen des voisins proches est lié négativement au sentiment de propre pauvreté, tandis que celui de la province de résidence est lié positivement à la pauvreté subjective. / This dissertation exploits a new nationally representative panel survey of household conditions in order to investigate different aspects of the health-social protection-poverty nexus in present-day Morocco. First, we assess the impact of a policy of `free health care' on access to public hospitals and health-related expenditures. Second, we investigate how shocks related to ill health are related to various coping mechanisms, in particular to the reallocation of labor within the household. Third, we analyze the determinants of the feeling of being poor in the Moroccan population, with a focus on comparison effects. We find that the free health care policy had a moderate, but positive, impact on access to health care among rural households, but a limited impact on health expenditures and no impact on consultation rates for urban household. Moroccan families use a variety of coping mechanisms to cover themselves against the financial shocks linked to illness; in particular, we show that in urban areas, female labor supply reacts positively to illness of the household head, which suggests that low female labor force participation is driven by supply-side reasons. Finally, we find that the feelings of being poor is influenced by the income of various comparison groups, albeit in different directions according to the geographical scale: the income of the comparison group at the neighborhood or village level is negatively associated with the feeling of poverty, while the income at the province level is positively correlated with one's own poverty perception.

This paper focuses on understanding and explaining the change of Turkish foreign policy,particularly in the last decade. Many observers have expressed a suspicion that Turkey is abandoning its Western-centric alignment and gradually shifting its axis. The thesis argues that rather than a shift, Turkey is taking an independent position. It maintains that the end of the Cold War and the change in the international structure from bipolarity to unipolarity has provided incentives for countries with some degree of material capabilities to pursue independence from the U.S. policy preferences. This study analyses structural effects on the behavior of Turkey. Later it associates the observed change in Turkey’s foreign policy as the outcomes of taking an independent position to maximize its objectives. Finally, it presents empirical research to prove the argument.

The intention of this doctoral thesis is to present a comprehensive account of the evolution of the way sex and sexuality are portrayed in modern Arabic novel and put it in the context of given era, culture and religion. On a selected sample of 30 novels printed between 1934 and 2009 we can trace clear evolution of the central themes, all of which are constantly present throughout the hundred-years-existence of modern Arabic novel. For the sake of greater comprehensibility the thesis is split in two big parts, i.e. female and male sexuality, and further arranged into thematic subchapters all of which discuss specific issues related either to male or female sexuality. Furthermore, individual chapters deal with the topic in general, put it in proper cultural-religious framework and fill in all available historical and statistical data. Next comes the part dedicated to analysis of selected novels portraying sex a sexuality with excerpts translated directly from primary sources. Aside from peculiar themes typical for Arabic culture such as honor, virginity and related issue of honor killings this thesis discusses the way modern Arabic novels deals with both female and male homosexuality, discovering one's body and masturbation, abortion, sexual violence, impotence, infertility and prostitution. Also it...

The diploma thesis deals with the rise of Turkey as a regional power in the Middle East since the end of the Cold War until the present. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the country's position in the region during the period 1990-2017 and to examine factors that contributed to the growth of Turkey's power. The thoretical framework discusses important concepts and different approaches within the international relations literature to the analysis of regional powers and subsequently defines criteria for assessing whether to consider Turkey as a Middle Eastern power. The study follows chronological evolution of Turkey and its foreign policy, examining the country's material capacities as well as strategies and instruments used by Turkish governments to promote Turkey's influence at the regional level. In view of the growing power potential, ambitions and engagement in the region, the thesis has come to the conclusion that Turkey has achieved the status of one of the regional powers of the Middle East during the 1990s. The end of the bipolar international system was a factor that allowed Turkey to act more independently in the new global order. Subsequently, thanks to Turkey's economic growth, the Turkish leadership could increase the volume of funds spent on active foreign policy and thus strengthen...