Full Description
Interdisciplinary insights on disability in the MENA region
According to the World Health Organization, around 16% of the world's population lives with a disability, and it is estimated that approximately 80% of them reside in the Global South. Nevertheless, research on persons with disabilities is typically limited to the Global North. This interdisciplinary volume, with contributions from psychology, sociology, history, linguistics, and development studies, addresses this discrepancy by providing new insights into disability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. While recognizing the significance of the medical approach, the authors seek to expand existing frameworks by including social, cultural and human rights perspectives. Engaging with both historical and contemporary contexts, Disability in the Arab World addresses issues such as the transmission and circulation of information in conventional and new media, and the colonial and postcolonial legacies affecting the study of disability.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Monika Baar
Chapter 1. Islamic Psychology: A Religious Perspective on Human Nature Based on the Theories of Ibn Sīnā and Al-Ġazālī
Bouchra Yahia
Chapter 2. A Sociological Understanding of Intralingual Translations of the Concept of Disability on Twitter in Egypt
Heba Fawzy El-Masry
Chapter 3. Into Arabic: UNCRPD'S Rights Discourse and the Politics of Interpretation
Riham Debian
Chapter 4. Exploring the Inclusivity of Disability Related Language in a Multilingual Research Context: A Case Study of the Algerian Context
Imene Zoulikha Kassous
Chapter 5. The Transformations of Policies for the Blind in Algeria and Tunisia in the Twentieth Century (1918-1987)
Gildas Brégain
Chapter 6. Disability, Humanitarian Diplomacy, and the Roman Catholic Church in Modern Palestine
Maria Chiara Rioli
Chapter 7. Challenges and Opportunities for the Implementation of CRPD in the MENA Region: Insights from Iraq and Qatar
Majid Turmusani
Conclusion: Pan-Arab Engagements with Disability from the 1980s until Recent Times
Amany Soliman and Monika Baar
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