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Nangyalai Attal; Bjorn Harald Nordtveit – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2024
This paper uses critical discourse analysis and critical literacy to analyze the first in a series of literacy primers developed with US support for children in Afghanistan in the 1980s, called 'Jihad literacy'. The text is analyzed for its ideological content as related to the themes of religion, violence, and martyrdom in the historical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Literacy Education, Textbook Publication
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Blackmore, Tim – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2012
This article examines 50 films produced and released between the years 2001 and 2012 that are concerned with the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Using Jacques Ellul's theories set out in his book "Propaganda," the article argues that while the films have failed at the box office, they were intended to function as integration…
Descriptors: Films, Propaganda, War, Foreign Countries
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Kingston, John; Katsaros, Jennifer; Vu, Yurika; Goodrich, Gregory L. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have been notable for the high rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that have been incurred by the troops. Visual impairments often occur following TBI and present new challenges for rehabilitation. We describe a neurological vision rehabilitation therapy that addresses the unique needs of patients with vision…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Head Injuries, Vision, Patients