Laurence Michalak
Biographic Data
| ID | 90053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurence Michalak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurence |
| FAMILY NAME | Michalak |
| SIGNATURE | MICHALAK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
I Am a Muslim and My Dad is an Alcoholic—What Should I Do?” Internet-Based Advice for Muslims About Alcohol
This article analyzes 113 fatwas (pieces of advice from Muslim scholars) in response to Internet user-contributed questions about correct behavior in situations involving alcohol. The fatwas are from IslamOnline.net, a popular Islamic Web site. Most of the questions on the English site are submitted by individuals living in non-Muslim countries, who are more likely to confront difficult situations relating to alcohol. In spite of the general cond…
Religion and alcohol in the U.S. National Alcohol Survey: How important is religion for abstention and drinking?
Alcohol and Islam: An Overview
Alcohol and Islam is a relatively understudied topic, although alcohol abuse is a significant social problem both in Muslim majority countries and among Muslim minorities. Questions of religious identity as they relate to food and drink prescriptions and proscriptions also make alcohol and Islam a worthwhile topic. This article offers a general overview of alcohol and Islam. It briefly introduces alcohol and Islam in history; examines the main Is…
People of the Wind (Iran), 1976/1999. 110 min. Dir: Anthony Howarth. Prod.: Anthony Howarth, David Koff for an Elizabeth F. Rogers Publication. Distributed by Milestone Film and Video, 275 West 96 th …
People of the Wind (Iran), 1976/1999. 110 min. Dir.: Anthony Howarth. Prod.: Anthony Howarth, David Koff for an Elizabeth F. Rogers Publication. Distributed by Milestone Film and Video, 275 West 96th Street, Suite 28C, New York, NY 10025. Tel: 800/603-1104. Fax: 212/222-8952. Email: [email protected]. Farsi with English narration by James Mason - Volume 34 Issue 2
Monde Arabe: Le Retour du Local, edited by Marc Lavergne and Guy Duvigneau. (Peuples Méditerranéens, nos. 72–73) 337 pages, maps, figures, notes. Paris: Centre d’Études et de Recherches International,…
Monde Arabe: Le Retour du Local, edited by Marc Lavergne and Guy Duvigneau. (Peuples Méditerranéens, nos. 72–73) 337 pages, maps, figures, notes. Paris: Centre d’Études et de Recherches International, 1995. 145 Ffr (Paper) - Volume 32 Issue 1
The Effects of International Labor Migration on the Maghrib
International Labor migration has powerful consequences for Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Economically, migration affects Maghribi foreign currency earnings, balance of payments, employment rates, entrepreneurship and national economic development generally. Politically, it affects both Maghribi internal politics and relations with Europe. The sociocultural effects of migration are perhaps the most profound, touching aspects of North African life…
Middle East Division
Middle East Section
A. Reviews: General
THE CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST BEFORE THE EUROPEAN CHALLENGE. By JAROSLAV KREJCI. Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1990. 348 pp. .£37.50 (hb). THE ORIGINS OF ARAB NATIONALISM. Edited by RASHID KHALIDI, LISA ANDERSON, MUHAMMAD MUSLIH, and REEVA S. SIMON. 288 pp. + glossary, bibliography, index. New York, Columbia University Press, 1991. THE ARAB STATE. Edited by GIACOMO LUCIANI. London, Routledge, 1990. 454 pp., bibliography, index, tables. …
Romancing the Real: Folklore and Ethnographic Representation in North Africa
Zarda: A Nomadic Tribe's Feast Days . 1969 (released in U.S. 1990). A film by Sophie Ferchiou
Social Legislation in the Contemporary Middle East
Pierre-Robert Baduel. Societé et émigration temporaire au Nefzaoua (Sud-Tunisien). Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1980. 121 pages, map, tables, graphs, notes, index. …
Pierre-Robert Baduel. Societé et émigration temporaire au Nefzaoua (Sud-Tunisien). Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1980. 121 pages, map, tables, graphs, notes, index. 45 FF - Volume 16 Issue 2
Alcohol and Islam: An Overview
Alcohol and Islam is a relatively understudied topic, although alcohol abuse is a significant social problem both in Muslim majority countries and among Muslim minorities. Questions of religious identity as they relate to food and drink prescriptions and proscriptions also make alcohol and Islam a worthwhile topic. This article offers a general overview of alcohol and Islam. It briefly introduces alcohol and Islam in history; examines the main Is…
Romancing the Real: Folklore and Ethnographic Representation in North Africa
Pierre-Robert Baduel. Societé et émigration temporaire au Nefzaoua (Sud-Tunisien). Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1980. 121 pages, map, tables, graphs, notes, index. …
Pierre-Robert Baduel. Societé et émigration temporaire au Nefzaoua (Sud-Tunisien). Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1980. 121 pages, map, tables, graphs, notes, index. 45 FF - Volume 16 Issue 2
Social Legislation in the Contemporary Middle East
Zarda: A Nomadic Tribe's Feast Days . 1969 (released in U.S. 1990). A film by Sophie Ferchiou
A. Reviews: General
THE CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST BEFORE THE EUROPEAN CHALLENGE. By JAROSLAV KREJCI. Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1990. 348 pp. .£37.50 (hb). THE ORIGINS OF ARAB NATIONALISM. Edited by RASHID KHALIDI, LISA ANDERSON, MUHAMMAD MUSLIH, and REEVA S. SIMON. 288 pp. + glossary, bibliography, index. New York, Columbia University Press, 1991. THE ARAB STATE. Edited by GIACOMO LUCIANI. London, Routledge, 1990. 454 pp., bibliography, index, tables. …
Romancing the Real: Folklore and Ethnographic Representation in North Africa
Middle East Section
The Effects of International Labor Migration on the Maghrib
International Labor migration has powerful consequences for Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Economically, migration affects Maghribi foreign currency earnings, balance of payments, employment rates, entrepreneurship and national economic development generally. Politically, it affects both Maghribi internal politics and relations with Europe. The sociocultural effects of migration are perhaps the most profound, touching aspects of North African life…
Middle East Division
Monde Arabe: Le Retour du Local, edited by Marc Lavergne and Guy Duvigneau. (Peuples Méditerranéens, nos. 72–73) 337 pages, maps, figures, notes. Paris: Centre d’Études et de Recherches International,…
Monde Arabe: Le Retour du Local, edited by Marc Lavergne and Guy Duvigneau. (Peuples Méditerranéens, nos. 72–73) 337 pages, maps, figures, notes. Paris: Centre d’Études et de Recherches International, 1995. 145 Ffr (Paper) - Volume 32 Issue 1
People of the Wind (Iran), 1976/1999. 110 min. Dir: Anthony Howarth. Prod.: Anthony Howarth, David Koff for an Elizabeth F. Rogers Publication. Distributed by Milestone Film and Video, 275 West 96 th …
People of the Wind (Iran), 1976/1999. 110 min. Dir.: Anthony Howarth. Prod.: Anthony Howarth, David Koff for an Elizabeth F. Rogers Publication. Distributed by Milestone Film and Video, 275 West 96th Street, Suite 28C, New York, NY 10025. Tel: 800/603-1104. Fax: 212/222-8952. Email: [email protected]. Farsi with English narration by James Mason - Volume 34 Issue 2
Alcohol and Islam: An Overview
Alcohol and Islam is a relatively understudied topic, although alcohol abuse is a significant social problem both in Muslim majority countries and among Muslim minorities. Questions of religious identity as they relate to food and drink prescriptions and proscriptions also make alcohol and Islam a worthwhile topic. This article offers a general overview of alcohol and Islam. It briefly introduces alcohol and Islam in history; examines the main Is…
Religion and alcohol in the U.S. National Alcohol Survey: How important is religion for abstention and drinking?
I Am a Muslim and My Dad is an Alcoholic—What Should I Do?” Internet-Based Advice for Muslims About Alcohol
This article analyzes 113 fatwas (pieces of advice from Muslim scholars) in response to Internet user-contributed questions about correct behavior in situations involving alcohol. The fatwas are from IslamOnline.net, a popular Islamic Web site. Most of the questions on the English site are submitted by individuals living in non-Muslim countries, who are more likely to confront difficult situations relating to alcohol. In spite of the general cond…
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