This paper addresses the narrative of a Muslim woman who struggles to negotiate her rights, identity and sense of belonging in an American diaspora space. Despite the difficulties and obstacles of being regarded as an “other” in her adopted homeland, Khadra Shamy, the protagonist in Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, chooses to mai

The central focus of this work is on the importance of worldview, that is, why a worldview is needed and why it is important to be understood. There are several reasons why a person should understand worldview. The main argument in this paper is that, to explain people‘s knowledge, deeds, perceptions and beliefs about the existence and nature of

The third-person effect theory postulates that respondents would deny media’s direct effect on themselves but would perceive the same media as having a greater effect on others. A “reverse” third-person effect happens when the intended influence is perceived to be desirable or intelligent on oneself. This perception is sometimes referred to a

What is liberalism? In what ways does liberalism differ from conservatism? These are important and interesting questions, worthy of further discussions. This paper addressed the first question; it described liberalism as a secular worldview in two sections. Section one delineated the meaning, history and objective of liberalism. Section two provide

Health and illness are culturally shaped concepts through which they are perceived, experienced and managed. With diverse cultural background, patients commonly bring different stories to a similar ill-health condition. Among patients suffering from chronic illness like breast cancer, understanding how these concepts are perceived is significant in

The world is changing rapidly due to technology, which is becoming an increasing necessity in the daily lives of people. Mobile Money Transfer Service (MMTS) is an alternative form of cash money that demonstrates the concept of electronic payment. Dahabshiil Bank International and Salam Somali Bank adopted MMTS in Somalia in partnership with a tele

This paper evaluates the Kajang by-election held in 2014 from the perspective of the third person effect. The state seat of Kajang was considered important given the poor results obtained by the ruling party, Barisan Nasional, then, a party that lost for the second successive time its two-third parliamentary strength. The Kajang by-election was hel

The writing of history on the development of public relations has been attributed to specific personalities or events of particular countries that have been made universal and hence ignorant of the position in most of the other countries like Malaysia. The PR history in the US identifies specific personalities like Ivy Lee, Edward Bernays and Arthu

This study discusses credibility of both the traditional and social media from the audience perspective. Numerous definitions and conceptualisations of media credibility are either source or medium based but there are also numerous measurements made on the concept that gave rise to varied findings. An attempt was made to associate the concept of cr

Introduction: Patient’s expectation can profoundly affect the satisfaction towards a new denture construction. Previous studies have stated that, prosthetic treatment failures occur not because of clinical and technical problem but due to unrealistic expectation of the patient who expect the denture to be comparable to the natural dentition funct