This research has contributed to an increased knowledge of the difficult circumstances Iraq’s Christians are undergoing on the humanitarian, political, socio-economic and social levels, whether in their homeland or in diaspora. Ten years after the 2003 United States-led invasion of Iraq, Christians continue to be targeted by a wave of violence, threats, and intimidations executed by extremist Islamist military groups. They also face religious discrimination, political underrepresentation, and infringement of their fundamental rights. The main theoretical orientation of this study is based on the ...

The purpose of the research was twofold: the first purpose was to discover if the teachers’ attitude towards technology influenced the use of technology in class. The second purpose was to detect if students found technology use motivating when teachers used the technology in the classroom. Quantitative research method was used of descriptive design to answer four of the research questions raised in the case study. Through the descriptive statistics, the teachers’ attitude, technology use, and students’ motivation were analyzed. The research was conducted in a Private Catholic School in the Metn ...

The aim of this study is to explore how Facebook’s platform is used in the grieving practices in Lebanon. In addition, it is supposed to reveal whether or not it soothes the five stages of grief, introduced by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross(1997): 1) Denial, 2) Anger, 3) Bargaining, 4) Depression, and 5) Acceptance, by incorporating the support of others. Results will show if a Lebanese virtual grieving outlet on Facebook is actually present and effective. Using variables such as feelings, the five stages of grief and gratification of human needs, two methods of research were used for this study, qualitative ...

In recent years, the food and beverage industry in Lebanon has viewed children and adolescents as a major market force. As a result, children and adolescents are now the target of intense and specialized food marketing and advertising efforts, especially fast food companies. The Lebanese society has witnessed an increase in overweight children and diabetic ones. This increase is due to several factors related to the types of food marketed to this category of people: - Food captures 12.5% of Lebanese consumer spending and so there is vigorous competition within this industry - Food is a repeat-purchase ...

The research paper aims to translate the first three chapters of the novel entitled Khirbet Masood and written by the contemporary novelist, Professor Mansour Eid (1944-2013), from Arabic to English. The translation process attempts to bridge both the Arabic and the English versions by rendering typically the same meaning knowing that the writer’s writing style is the “apparent ease” “السهل الممتنع” which is clear and flowing; nevertheless, it is inimitable. Moreover, this paper tackles the various difficulties the translator encountered during the translation process; these difficulties include ...

The focus of this study is basically exploring the concepts of advertising brainwash and the imagined reality, and how it has developed a gruesome threat that devours the children’s imagination. It also highlights how the Lebanese curriculum of Grades one to five ignores critical thinking that can be acquired by customized philosophy in the form of children stories, which in turn creates media literacy and equips kids to specify their own identities and shape their own world. Thus, the theoretical framework relies on mass communication theories: Propaganda (seven persuasive devices that convince ...

Nations have understood the importance of reliable branding strategies to promote themselves as unique touristic destination. Marketers around the world are now dealing with countries as if they are brands and use different kinds of strategies to promote them. This thesis went through the definition of branding and destination branding; it also discussed the branding process with the emphasis on the Lebanese case. Relying on persuasion theories, mainly Rank’s persuasion model, this thesis has analyzed the TV campaigns done by the Ministry of Tourism in Lebanon to determine their strengths and ...

This thesis explored women stereotyping in Lebanese TV commercials. Stereotyping concept was defined; international stereotypical images of women and global ads, global images were examined as well as the interpretation of Lebanese TV commercials in the literature review. In the theoretical framework, the Cultivation and the Social Expectation theories were drawn from the Mechanistic and Sociological framework of theories to best examine this subject. This thesis adopted the content analysis technique. Data were analyzed to verify the level to which women depicted in these TV commercials were ...

Many studies revealed that teaching was an extremely stressful professional, and that teacher stress being emotional and/or physical was an increasing problem. Therefore, the study used a quantitative survey design to investigate the main sources of stress among Lebanese elementary school teachers, and to determine whether there was a relationship between elementary teachers’ stressors and emotion-focused coping and whether there was a relationship between elementary teachers’ stressors and problem-focused coping strategies. The study involved 30 teachers who worked in a private school in Keserwen, ...

The study investigated the relation between the 5 components of leadership behaviors: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart, and the engagement level of 88 teachers in the shared decision-making process at 10 schools (5 public and 5 private) in Lebanon, at the level of planning, policy development, curriculum/instruction, student achievement, pupil personnel services, staff personnel, staff development, and budget management. The Leadership Practices Inventory LPI and Decision-making Questionnaire were used to measure the ...