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Analyzes recent political developments in Algeria, focusing on the rise of the Islamic Salvation Front; internal and external implications; 4 articles.

Argues that the Arabic nations, particularly those of the Magreb, limited their modernization following liberation from European colonialism to science, technology, & economics. In an attempt to retain their non-Western identity, they embraced an ideological form of Islam that does not reflect the religion's humanism & tolerance. This has produced totalitarian, nonsecular states that suppress the social expression of tolerant forms of Islam by the majority of their citizens. This political phenomenon, combined with Western leaders' misrepresentation of Islam as an inherently fundamentalist & violent religion, eclipses the genuine Islamic religion defined by brotherhood, faith, & charity. The irony is that Islam, perhaps more than any other world religion, embraces democratic values. It is concluded that Arabic nations could politically modernize if they drew on the traditional Islamic values that revolve around tolerance & diversity. Adapted from the source document.

In the article I present a reflection around the radical democratic project proposed by Chantal Mouffe & Ernesto Laclau. Specifically, I examine the application of the project in the context of the 'new social movements' & especially, of feminist movement. I state the need of drawing attention to universalism & essentialism as the main obstacles to generate a collective proposal without margins. Nevertheless, doubts remind about the possibility of building up a feminism tailored by the radical democratic project, in a stage in which the political action of such a movement is characterized by categories that are closed & crystallized.

In this research, the nation-state forces certain archaic cultural forms and practices on the current youth population. This is a result of the lack of adequate communication between the state and the Moroccan youth. Thus, Morocco continues to press on teaching abstinence-only sex programs since 2005. This research attempts to Bridge the gap of communication through articulating Moroccan youth's perceptions and their relation with globalization and religion. The first part of the Analysis argues that globalization shapes sexual education is received. The positive perception of sexual education is due to glocality since the individual youth identifies with the western culture he or she witnesses on media and the internet. This leads to an urge to experiencing sex outside of marriage. The negative perception of sexual education is due to grobality, yet this is a minority within the sample. In the second part, participants perceive Islam to be for sexual education. Then, there is a need for sexual safety especially since youth are already engaging in premarital intercourses. Sexual education would keep them away from STDs and pregnancies out of wedlock. Thus, the Moroccan youth's perception favors sexual education and seeks to implement it as a means of dealing with premarital relationships.

Examines results of the conference on national reconciliation with the Islamic Salvation Front and other political movements, aimed at consolidating a political democracy; called by President Liamine Zéroual, Sept. 14-15, 1996; Algeria. Summary in English p. 207.

Nuevas subjetividades y formas de comportamiento emergen de y se vinculan con condiciones sociales contemporáneas que cuestionan las fronteras entre "lo propio" de los hombres y "lo propio" de las mujeres. En este marco, se multiplican y ganan visibilidad social algunas modificaciones a los mandatos tradicionales de la feminidad y de la masculinidad. De las nuevas tecnologías del género, entretejidas con la actividad económica y cultural, emergen nuevas expresiones de la feminidad, arropadas en un discurso político contra el machismo y sobre la equidad, y un número cada vez mayor de mujeres incorpora la aspiración igualitaria y desafía ciertos límites a su ingreso al mundo político y laboral. ¿Cómo se expresan en México esos cambios que las condiciones sociohistóricas producen en las prácticas y los sentimientos? ¿Cómo construyen hoy en día su praxis mujeres que habitan zonas geohistóricamente marginadas? ¿Cuál es la relación de la reconfiguración del mandato de la feminidad que hoy es patente entre ciertas mujeres con el pensamiento feminista? Para responder estas interrogantes se analiza el caso de cuatro mujeres del estado de Guerrero (una de las entidades más violentas de México) que han luchado y luchan contra el machismo, el abuso militar y el poder fáctico del narco.

This paper examines the roles of culture and virtues in medical ethics. It argues that principlism, which is the general approach to medical ethics in Western societies, is not comprehensive enough to fully understand how medical moral dilemmas are resolved in Western and non-Western societies. This is because principlism overlooks the importance of culture and virtues in the medical profession. To fully understand the nature of medico-ethical decision-making, we need to shift focus from principles to the virtues of the medical profession itself and the cultures of the societies within which medicine is practiced. I illustrate these claims with the example of abortion in Islamic ethics.

Examines prospects for a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict in light of ideological and political developments in the Arab world; 5 articles.