Search for dissertations about: "Kurdistan"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the word Kurdistan.

2. 1. Studies on mental health in Kurdistan - Iran

   Author : Naser Mofidi; Lars Jacobsson; Mehdi Ghazinour; Itzhac Levav; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Kurdistan; Psychiatric epidemiology; General mental health; PTSD; Suicide;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to carry out an epidemiological study on mental health related issues in the Kurdish population of Iran. This part of Iran suffered directly during the Iran-Iraq war 1980-1988. Iran is an Islamic republic with strict adherence to Islamic traditions, which has implications for the way of life and gender issues. READ MORE

4. 2. Seeking Middle-Classness : University Students in Iraqi Kurdistan

   Author : Katrine Scott; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; middle-classness; youth; universities; students; urban; post-conflict; war; narratives; stories; representations; figurations; normality; Middle East; Iraq; Iraqi Kurdistan; ethnography; autoethnography; feminist queer postcolonial epistemologies;

   Abstract : Narratives of middle-classness are often missing from Western representations of wartorn regions in the Global South more generally and from the Middle East in particular. This thesis is concerned with stories of desires for ordinary everyday middle-class lives among young adult university students in urban Iraqi Kurdistan. READ MORE

5. 3. Childhood trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder : A developmental and cross-cultural approach

   Author : Abdulbaghi Ahmad; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurosciences; Childhood Trauma; PTSD; Resilience; Cross-Cultural; Kurdistan; Neurovetenskap; Neurology; Neurologi; Child and Youth Psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to identify child-specific cross-cultural protecting and vulnerability factors regarding traumatic experiences and posttraumatic stress reactions. Children between 6-18 years were interviewed from three different socio-cultural backgrounds. READ MORE

6. 4. Parameters optimization of oil well drilling operation

   Author : Ali Darwesh; Thorkild Maack Rasmussen; Nadhir Al-Ansari; Daniel Ask; Bernt Sigve Aadnøy; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Bazian Block; Kurdistan; Iraq; Optimization; Drilling Parameters; Rate of Penetration; Wiper trips; Kicks; Pay zone; Bourgoyne and Young model; Exploration Geophysics; Prospekteringsgeofysik;

   Abstract : In the beginning of 2005, the ministry of natural resources in the Kurdistan region of Iraq dividedits territory into more than 50 oil blocks based on geological setting. These oil blocks were awardedlater to different international oil companies for oil investments based on Production SharingContracts (PSCs). READ MORE

7. 5. Nation and Novel : A Study of Persian and Kurdish narrative discourse

   Author : Hashem Ahmadzadeh; Martin van Bruinessen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Iranian languages; Modern Persian literature; modern Kurdish literature; novel; Persian novel; Kurdish novel; nationalism; nation; identity; modernity; Iran; Kurdistan; Iranska språk - allmänt; iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : The present work provides a description of the rise of the Persian and Kurdish novel, using as its background specific definitions and theories of the novel and its emergence. Considering the novel as an originally European genre, the study looks at the different prerequisites for its emergence, e.g. READ MORE