Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings Volume 2014 Issue 1

كان من المفترض أن تقوم وسائل الإعلام - ومن بينها الشبكات الاجتماعية - باستكمال دورها في مرحلة إعادة البناء واستكمال مكتسبات واستحقاقات الثورات العربية من إقرار الدساتير واستكمال الأنظمة النيابية والتشريعية التي تساعد في إقرار الأمن وتحقيق العدالة الاجتماعية والكرامة الإنسانية التي قامت من اجلها تلك الثورات ولكن - ومع استثناء جزئي لتونس - حصل العكس وخاصة في التجربة المصرية وقامت وسائل الإعلام والشبكات الاجتماعية خاصة بتجسيد وتأكيد التحزب والتشرذم والاستقطاب السياسي مستخدم Read More

Food is an integral part of our lives, cultures, and well-being, and is of major interest to public health. According to the International Diabetes Federation, 23% of adults in Qatar had diabetes in 2013, being third most affected country in the Middle East and North Africa region. Diet, as a major cause of such diseases, is thus an important subject of study both on personal and societal levels. However, the collection of daily Read More

By the end of 2013, the Qatar Genome Project (QGP) was launched by HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. Similar initiatives in the Gulf region usher new age for genomics in the Arab world. Previous experience in this field has demonstrated that mapping and sequencing human genomes always have profound ethical and social implications. This explains the establishment of the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Pro Read More

Female engagement and participation in the Middle East and in the Arab Gulf in particular—especially among ordinary women interacting within their societies—have been largely overlooked in social science literature until quite recently (e.g., Sonbol 2012; Krause 2008). Too often, the Western and global mindset emphasizes social and cultural exclusion and segregation of women, particularly in the Arab Gulf, to argue t Read More

Cyberbullying is a worldwide problem affecting mental health, education, safety and general well-being for individuals across the globe. Despite the widespread availability of the Internet, research into prevalence rates of cyberbullying in Qatar is lacking and legislating for cyberbullying in Qatar has been slow to develop. However, recently there have been some positive initiatives in the country such as the development of a Nati Read More

The presentation will explore the historical development of Doha and Qatar through historical sources, archaeological excavations and ethnographic research (oral histories), through the work of the QNRF-funded Origins of Doha and Qatar project (NPRP 5-421-6-010). The historical perspective will encompass Qatar's involvement in 19th-20th century globalization, when Doha and other Qatari and Gulf towns were dr Read More

This research focuses on the modeling of the causality of sustainable tourism in Qatar. The existing literature illustrates that there is no such model available in context of economy of Qatar. The research follows the procedure of identifying the variables which influence sustainability and seeking the links between them through the contemporary literature. The hypotheses are built to study the significance of relationship between Read More

Background & Objectives The idea that individuals on the Autistic Spectrum struggle in social situations is as old as the conceptualization of Autism itself. Correspondingly, it is known that individuals with High Functioning Autism also struggle to achieve satisfying experiences within education. What is less well known are the specific facets of social cognition that result in this decrease in fulfillment. With this in mind, this study in Read More

Abstract The objective of the thesis is to investigate the role of SMEs in the economic development of Qatar, as these organizations may provide the appropriate knowledge, experience and type of training that can produce innovative, inspired, productive and nascent entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs ultimately share in the building of a highly productive and innovative manufacturing sector, and can help to fulfil the goal Read More