Mahdi Tarabeih
Biographic Data
| ID | 6188774 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mahdi Tarabeih |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mahdi |
| FAMILY NAME | Tarabeih |
| SIGNATURE | TARABEIH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9960-5709 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Between Faith, Family, and Moral Reasoning
Abortion is a contested issue in Islamic societies, shaped by religious and ethical norms. Scant attention has been given to women who continue pregnancies following diagnoses of severe fetal anomalies. This qualitative interpretative phenomenological study explored, through in-depth interviews, how 33 Sunni Muslim women in Israel make sense of such decisions. Six themes emerged: sanctity of life, sociofamilial pressures, guilt and meaning-making…
Jewish Perspectives on Porcine Xenotransplantation
Due to the shortage of human organs, this study explores the Jewish perspectives on the permissibility of using pig organs in transplantation. Despite the religious prohibition of consuming pork, Jewish law allows their use for life-saving medical procedures. Our study surveyed 916 Jewish participants, examining their knowledge of religious rulings and their attitudes toward six medical applications of pig-organ transplants. We found that the deg…
Who do you Prefer to Take Care of you
Perceptions and Attitudes of Muslims in Israel When Using Porcine-Based Organs in Transplantation Procedures
Porcine-derived organ transplants may arouse resistance due to Muslim religious prohibitions against consuming pork products. However, according to Sharia, pork is permitted for life-saving purposes. We performed a cross-sectional study among 884 Israeli Muslims aged 18–81 years with different levels of religious observance, socioeconomic status, and education to assess the knowledge and attitudes of Muslims regarding porcine xenotransplantation …
Prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy termination in Israeli-Arab women of families with a deaf child
Hearing loss, the most prevalent human sensory impairment, can be helped when detected early. This article examined 854 IsraeliArab Christian and Muslim women who had hearing impaired children as regards undergoing prenatal invasive examinations, considering pregnancy termination because of deafness. Women with children with non-genetic hearing loss opted more for prenatal invasive tests and pregnancy terminations in both categories. Christian wo…
Prenatal Testing and Pregnancy Termination Among Muslim Women Living in Israel Who Have Given Birth to a Child with a Genetic Disease
Prenatal Tests Undertaken by Muslim Women Who Underwent IVF Treatment, Secular Versus Religious
Prenatal Diagnosis and Pregnancy Termination in Jewish and Muslim Women with a Deaf Child in Israel
Deafness is the most common sensory disability in humans, influencing all aspects of life, However, early diagnosis of hearing impairment and initiating the rehabilitation process are of great importance to enable the development of language and communication as soon as possible. We examined the differences in attitudes towards performing prenatal invasive tests and pregnancy terminations in Jewish and Muslim women in Israel due to deafness. Over…
Posthumous Organ Donation in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
Evidence indicates that the religious beliefs of patients, potential donors, family members, and healthcare professionals play an important role in deciding to donate an organ. We aim to summarize the religious views of Christians, Muslims, and Jews on organ donation contributing to the decision-making process. Different approaches to this topic worldwide are presented, providing helpful information for medical professionals. A literature review …
Science and behavioral intentions among Israeli Jewish ultra-Orthodox males
The COVID-19 vaccine is a scientific breakthrough to end the pandemic. We explore perceptions underlying behavioral intentions toward the COVID-19 vaccine among ultra-Orthodox Jewish males in Israel upon rollout of the vaccine. Forty-two men aged 36–56 years participated in in-depth interviews. The theoretical anchor is Miller’s theory of scientific literacy. The research questions are “What perceptions shape rejection of the COVID-19 vaccine?” “…
The Ethical Standards of Sunni Muslim Physicians Regarding Fertility Technologies that are Religiously Forbidden
Differential Willingness to Pay for Kidney Transplantation From Living and Deceased Donors
Kidney transplantation has developed to the stage where it is currently the most cost-effective treatment for patients suffering from end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and, when available, offers them the highest quality of life. Yet, kidney transplantation is challenged by cultural and traditional beliefs; thus, this study sought to evaluate the willingness to pay for a kidney transplant in a culturally sensitive population. A self-administered su…
Death From Covid-19, Muslim Death Rituals and Disenfranchised Grief – A Patient-Centered Care Perspective
In Islam, religious directives regarding death are derived from the Quran and Islamic tradition, but there is a variety of death rituals and practices, lived by Muslims across contexts and geographies. This narrative study explored the dynamics of death and bereavement resulting from COVID-19 death among religious Muslims in Israel. Narrative interviews were conducted with 32 religious Muslims ages 73-85. Findings suggest several absent death rit…
Invalidating the Leadership of Muslim Spiritual Leaders in Death From Covid-And Shaping the Grief Journey – A Narrative Inquiry
This narrative study voices the perspectives of a hidden population, spiritual leaders of the Muslim minority in Israel whose leadership in attending to deaths throughout COVID-19 was invalidated. Findings elucidate their dilemmas as being responsible for protecting the community from infection on one hand, and for guiding religious death rituals and preventing disenfranchised grief of families and the community on the other hand. Denying religio…
Violating Religious Prohibitions to Preserve Family Harmony and Lineage among Sunni Muslims
This qualitative study draws on the ecological theory and the context-informed perspective to explore the experience of being in a situation where there is a contradiction between the societal expectations of childbearing and the wish to obey Islamic ruling that prohibits third-party gamete donation. We conducted face-to-face interviews with twenty-five Sunni Muslim women who underwent third-party gamete donation treatments in two Middle Eastern …
Moral distress and moral residue experienced by transplant coordinators
Transplant coordinators play a pivotal role in the process of obtaining consent for live or dead donation of organs. The objective of the project is to unveil emotional experiences and ethical conduct of transplant coordinators using a qualitative research methodology. Ten transplant coordinators who have worked for more than 20 years in this job were recruited by using a purposive sampling technique. The transplant coordinators spoke of negative…
Underground Gamete Donation in Sunni Muslim Patients
Underground Covid-19 Home Hospitals for Haredim
This thematic study analyzed the experiences of Jewish Haredi (Lithuanian) patients in underground home hospitals during the second wave of COVID-19 in Israel. This minority comprises 12.6% of the Israeli population. Participants were 30 members of this hidden population, ages 59-78. Haredi complied with community directives rather than with the national directive of hospitalizing COVID-19 patient only at public hospitals. Compliance with communi…
Health-related quality of life of transplant recipients
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and unwillingness to donate organs post-mortem
Willingness to donate organs is contingent upon knowledge about and attitude toward organ donation. In order to explore differences between members of the three monotheistic religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, a nation-wide survey was conducted in Israel. Members of all three religions expressed a very low willingness to donate organs postmortem. They had similar levels of knowledge regarding organ donation and similar negative attitudes…
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Health-related quality of life of transplant recipients
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and unwillingness to donate organs post-mortem
Willingness to donate organs is contingent upon knowledge about and attitude toward organ donation. In order to explore differences between members of the three monotheistic religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, a nation-wide survey was conducted in Israel. Members of all three religions expressed a very low willingness to donate organs postmortem. They had similar levels of knowledge regarding organ donation and similar negative attitudes…
Moral distress and moral residue experienced by transplant coordinators
Transplant coordinators play a pivotal role in the process of obtaining consent for live or dead donation of organs. The objective of the project is to unveil emotional experiences and ethical conduct of transplant coordinators using a qualitative research methodology. Ten transplant coordinators who have worked for more than 20 years in this job were recruited by using a purposive sampling technique. The transplant coordinators spoke of negative…
Underground Gamete Donation in Sunni Muslim Patients
Underground Covid-19 Home Hospitals for Haredim
This thematic study analyzed the experiences of Jewish Haredi (Lithuanian) patients in underground home hospitals during the second wave of COVID-19 in Israel. This minority comprises 12.6% of the Israeli population. Participants were 30 members of this hidden population, ages 59-78. Haredi complied with community directives rather than with the national directive of hospitalizing COVID-19 patient only at public hospitals. Compliance with communi…
Science and behavioral intentions among Israeli Jewish ultra-Orthodox males
The COVID-19 vaccine is a scientific breakthrough to end the pandemic. We explore perceptions underlying behavioral intentions toward the COVID-19 vaccine among ultra-Orthodox Jewish males in Israel upon rollout of the vaccine. Forty-two men aged 36–56 years participated in in-depth interviews. The theoretical anchor is Miller’s theory of scientific literacy. The research questions are “What perceptions shape rejection of the COVID-19 vaccine?” “…
The Ethical Standards of Sunni Muslim Physicians Regarding Fertility Technologies that are Religiously Forbidden
Differential Willingness to Pay for Kidney Transplantation From Living and Deceased Donors
Kidney transplantation has developed to the stage where it is currently the most cost-effective treatment for patients suffering from end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and, when available, offers them the highest quality of life. Yet, kidney transplantation is challenged by cultural and traditional beliefs; thus, this study sought to evaluate the willingness to pay for a kidney transplant in a culturally sensitive population. A self-administered su…
Death From Covid-19, Muslim Death Rituals and Disenfranchised Grief – A Patient-Centered Care Perspective
In Islam, religious directives regarding death are derived from the Quran and Islamic tradition, but there is a variety of death rituals and practices, lived by Muslims across contexts and geographies. This narrative study explored the dynamics of death and bereavement resulting from COVID-19 death among religious Muslims in Israel. Narrative interviews were conducted with 32 religious Muslims ages 73-85. Findings suggest several absent death rit…
Invalidating the Leadership of Muslim Spiritual Leaders in Death From Covid-And Shaping the Grief Journey – A Narrative Inquiry
This narrative study voices the perspectives of a hidden population, spiritual leaders of the Muslim minority in Israel whose leadership in attending to deaths throughout COVID-19 was invalidated. Findings elucidate their dilemmas as being responsible for protecting the community from infection on one hand, and for guiding religious death rituals and preventing disenfranchised grief of families and the community on the other hand. Denying religio…
Violating Religious Prohibitions to Preserve Family Harmony and Lineage among Sunni Muslims
This qualitative study draws on the ecological theory and the context-informed perspective to explore the experience of being in a situation where there is a contradiction between the societal expectations of childbearing and the wish to obey Islamic ruling that prohibits third-party gamete donation. We conducted face-to-face interviews with twenty-five Sunni Muslim women who underwent third-party gamete donation treatments in two Middle Eastern …
Prenatal Testing and Pregnancy Termination Among Muslim Women Living in Israel Who Have Given Birth to a Child with a Genetic Disease
Prenatal Tests Undertaken by Muslim Women Who Underwent IVF Treatment, Secular Versus Religious
Prenatal Diagnosis and Pregnancy Termination in Jewish and Muslim Women with a Deaf Child in Israel
Deafness is the most common sensory disability in humans, influencing all aspects of life, However, early diagnosis of hearing impairment and initiating the rehabilitation process are of great importance to enable the development of language and communication as soon as possible. We examined the differences in attitudes towards performing prenatal invasive tests and pregnancy terminations in Jewish and Muslim women in Israel due to deafness. Over…
Posthumous Organ Donation in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
Evidence indicates that the religious beliefs of patients, potential donors, family members, and healthcare professionals play an important role in deciding to donate an organ. We aim to summarize the religious views of Christians, Muslims, and Jews on organ donation contributing to the decision-making process. Different approaches to this topic worldwide are presented, providing helpful information for medical professionals. A literature review …
Prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy termination in Israeli-Arab women of families with a deaf child
Hearing loss, the most prevalent human sensory impairment, can be helped when detected early. This article examined 854 IsraeliArab Christian and Muslim women who had hearing impaired children as regards undergoing prenatal invasive examinations, considering pregnancy termination because of deafness. Women with children with non-genetic hearing loss opted more for prenatal invasive tests and pregnancy terminations in both categories. Christian wo…
Who do you Prefer to Take Care of you
Perceptions and Attitudes of Muslims in Israel When Using Porcine-Based Organs in Transplantation Procedures
Porcine-derived organ transplants may arouse resistance due to Muslim religious prohibitions against consuming pork products. However, according to Sharia, pork is permitted for life-saving purposes. We performed a cross-sectional study among 884 Israeli Muslims aged 18–81 years with different levels of religious observance, socioeconomic status, and education to assess the knowledge and attitudes of Muslims regarding porcine xenotransplantation …
Between Faith, Family, and Moral Reasoning
Abortion is a contested issue in Islamic societies, shaped by religious and ethical norms. Scant attention has been given to women who continue pregnancies following diagnoses of severe fetal anomalies. This qualitative interpretative phenomenological study explored, through in-depth interviews, how 33 Sunni Muslim women in Israel make sense of such decisions. Six themes emerged: sanctity of life, sociofamilial pressures, guilt and meaning-making…
Jewish Perspectives on Porcine Xenotransplantation
Due to the shortage of human organs, this study explores the Jewish perspectives on the permissibility of using pig organs in transplantation. Despite the religious prohibition of consuming pork, Jewish law allows their use for life-saving medical procedures. Our study surveyed 916 Jewish participants, examining their knowledge of religious rulings and their attitudes toward six medical applications of pig-organ transplants. We found that the deg…
Medicine (17 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Islam (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Donation (6 works) · Judaism (6 works) · Nursing (6 works)