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Mohammad Al-Momani

Bio: Mohammad Al-Momani is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Democratization & Corruption. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 58 citations.

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TL;DR: A major cause to the political unrest can be identified in the large number of unemployed youth in Arab nations, whose political frustrations were aggravated by their inability to express themselves in a tightly controlled police state, political corruption, and the incapability of the state to deal with social and economic problems as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Th e Arab Spring has advanced the prospects for democracy in the region. After years during which any democratic transition seemed implausible in the Arab World, masses across the region have risen to challenge the political status quo, inspired by the successful revolution in Tunisia. A major cause to the political unrest can be identifi ed in the large number of unemployed youth in Arab nations, whose political frustrations were aggravated by their inability to express themselves in a tightly controlled police state, political corruption, and the incapability of the state to deal with social and economic problems. In addition, social media was a vital vehicle in both sustaining reform movements within single countries, and spreading the wave of demonstrations across the region. Yet, the events of the Arab Spring have challenged the stability of countries undergoing these transitions. Th e possibility for the creation of failed states or international interventions, and the necessity of governments to deal with large numbers of refugees, sectarian tensions, and deeply rooted economic problems threaten to derail the recent political transformations. In spite of these challenges, however, the recent political changes do provide encouraging opportunities for creating peace in the region and moderating Islamic parties.

63 citations

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TL;DR: The results show that SVPWM contributes to reducing the rate of change of frequency (RoCoF) which enhances the system inertia and reduces the complexity and the cost of the used filter.
Abstract: This paper explores the use of Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) instead of Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM) to evaluate dynamic response of the synchronous inverter (synchronverter). The paper presents a comprehensive comparison between the SVPWM and SPWM for the dynamic response of synchronverter. This comparison aspects contain: the grid frequency, the active and reactive power, line current and its THD and rate of change of frequency (RoCoF) in case of using both modulation techniques. Despite the complexity of using SVPWM, it has several advantages over SPWM. With the increased penetration of renewable energy sources in power systems, the system inertia is reduced, and the frequency deviations becomes greater and faster. The results of this paper show that SVPWM contributes to reducing the rate of change of frequency (RoCoF) which enhances the system inertia. The results show a more stable behavior of SVPWM than the SPWM. Moreover, SVPWM reduces the total harmonics distortion (THD) of the current by 7% as compared to SPWM. Furthermore, the use of SVPWM reduces the complexity and the cost of the used filter. Matlab/Simulink is used for results validation.

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TL;DR: The authors argue that contention spread so quickly because many people in a wide range of countries drew rash inferences from the downfall of Tunisia's dictator, and overrated the significance of the Tunisian success, overestimated the similarities with the political situation in their own country, and jumped to the conclusion that they could successfully challenge their own autocrats.
Abstract: Prominent scholars have highlighted important similarities between the Arab Spring of 2011 and the “revolutions” of 1848: Both waves of contention swept with dramatic speed across whole regions, but ended up yielding rather limited advances toward political liberalism and democracy. I seek to uncover the causal mechanisms that help account for these striking parallels. Drawing on my recent analysis of 1848, I argue that contention spread so quickly because many people in a wide range of countries drew rash inferences from the downfall of Tunisia's dictator. Applying cognitive heuristics that psychologists have documented, they overrated the significance of the Tunisian success, overestimated the similarities with the political situation in their own country, and jumped to the conclusion that they could successfully challenge their own autocrats. This precipitation prompted protests in many settings that actually were much less propitious; therefore problems abounded. Cognitive shortcuts held such sway because Arab societies were weakly organized and repressed and thus lacked leaders from whom common people could take authoritative cues. The decision whether to engage in emulative contention fell to ordinary citizens, who—due to limited information access and scarce experience—were especially susceptible to the simple inferences suggested by cognitive heuristics.

171 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between population growth and a plethora of investment indicators: public, private, foreign and domestic investments, and found a long-run positive causal linkage from population growth to only public investment.
Abstract: Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting concern over rising unemployment and depleting per capita income accruing there-from. We look at the issue in this paper from a long run perspective by examining the nature of the relationship between population growth and a plethora of investment indicators: public, private, foreign and domestic investments. Using asymmetric panels on data spanning from 1977 to 2007, we investigate effects of population growth on investment from Granger causality models. Our findings reveal a long-run positive causal linkage from population growth to only public investment. But for domestic investment, permanent fluctuations in human capital affect changes in other forms of investments. Not unexpected, no significant short-run causal relationship is found. For economic implications, sampled countries should take family planning and birth control policies seriously. Though growth in population may appear not to have an impact on investment in the short spell, in the distant future, it strangles public finances. Therefore measures should be adopted such that, rising unemployment rate resulting from population growth be accommodated by private sector investments. Seemingly, structural adjustments policies implemented by sampled countries have not had the desired investment effects.

105 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors build upon recent scholarship on the globalization of youth culture and sport to examine the growing popularity of action sports in the Middle East and focus on the development of...
Abstract: In this paper we build upon recent scholarship on the globalization of youth culture and sport to examine the growing popularity of action sports in the Middle East. We focus on the development of ...

73 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze a form of diasporic activism that breaks the seeming duality between diaspora imaginaries and colonial realities, i.e., diasPORas and refugees.
Abstract: This article analyses a form of diasporic activism that breaks the seeming duality between diasporic imaginaries and colonial realities, diasporas and refugees. By focusing on the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) it analyses a diasporic standpoint which is not confined to identity politics, nor to the Palestinian nationalist struggle of territorial liberation, but conceives of Palestine as one of the most visible, present-day materializations of Western colonial modernity. The condition of this diasporic political subjectivity lies in what we call here an “intersectional ‘space of appearance’”: an affective multi-sited political space that exposes and makes visible the continuum of systems of subjugation and expropriation across liberal democracies and settler-colonial regimes, and the whiteness of mainstream activist spaces. This space encompasses key sites of Black, Indigenous, Arab and Muslim mobilization: from Ferguson to Standing Rock, from the Mexico-US border to Palestine and Palestinian camps, from Tunis to Paris.

44 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a nationally representative sample from the Survey of Young People in Egypt to disaggregate patterns of access by both demographic group and university sector, finding that access in the public sector is governed strongly by performance on exit exams and is growing most rapidly for women, rural youth, and middle-class Egyptians.
Abstract: Access to higher education in Egypt is expanding in both the public and private sectors. Using a nationally representative sample from the Survey of Young People in Egypt, this article is able to disaggregate patterns of access by both demographic group and university sector. Findings suggest that access in the public sector is governed strongly by performance on exit exams and is growing most rapidly for women, rural youth, and middle-class Egyptians. In contrast, access to private universities is growing most rapidly for males, youth in Cairo, and the top wealth quintile. Although far from equal, continued expansion of the public sector will likely promote greater inclusiveness, while expansion of the private sector may exacerbate wealth and regional inequalities.

40 citations