Advances in Sciences and Humanities

Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2020

  • The Light and Twilight of Zera Yaekob’s Philosophy for the Eminence of European Enlightenment

    Kahsu Abrha Belew

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2020
    Pages: 1-8
    Received: 09 October 2019
    Accepted: 04 November 2019
    Published: 06 January 2020
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    Abstract: The objective of this paper is to scrutinize the role of Zera Yaekob’s philosophy of the current existing European enlightenment period/age of reason which was claimed to be the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Zera Yaekob’s philosophy is systematically ignored and neglected by Euro-philosophers because of various reasons. Underscoring the following re... Show More
  • Interpreting Islam in the Jewish State: Muftis and Iftaʾ in Israel

    Muhammad Al-Atawneh

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2020
    Pages: 9-17
    Received: 03 October 2019
    Accepted: 14 November 2019
    Published: 13 January 2020
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    Abstract: Islam is the religion of the majority of Arab citizens in Israel. According to a report issued by Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, there are 1.2 million Muslims in Israel, comprising about 80% of the Arab population in the country. Over the past four decades, Islam has become an important factor in the political and socio-cultural identity of ... Show More
  • International Human Rights Regime as Instrument for Advancing National Interests: The US and Others Since the 20th Century

    Eze Malachy Chukwuemeka

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2020
    Pages: 18-29
    Received: 28 September 2019
    Accepted: 12 October 2019
    Published: 16 January 2020
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    Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between international human rights regimes and the pursuit of United Sates national interests in the 21st century. Archival research or literature survey, content analysis, and the realist theory of international human rights were adopted for the inquiry. The core objectives of the paper were to assess US human ... Show More
  • Relevance of Mother Tongue National Examinations to Mother Tongue Curriculum (Syllabus) and Textbooks: The Case of Wolaita Language in Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia

    Markos Mathewos Alaro, Abraham Kebede

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2020
    Pages: 30-35
    Received: 10 August 2019
    Accepted: 04 October 2019
    Published: 21 January 2020
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    Abstract: The objective of the study was to assess the relevance of mother tongue national examinations to MT curriculum, syllabus and textbooks. The participants of the study were teachers were 128. Three instruments were used to collect the data: questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion. Both qualitative and quantitative data analysis method wer... Show More
  • Assessment of Body Composition in Physical Education Female Students of University of Niš

    Ružena Popović, Aleksandra Aleksić-Veljković, Tijana Purenović-Ivanović, Aleksandra Popović

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2020
    Pages: 36-51
    Received: 16 January 2020
    Accepted: 12 February 2020
    Published: 21 February 2020
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    Abstract: This paper is based on the results of the cross-sectional experiment that was implemented in the school year 2015/2016, within the female students of the third year of undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education (FSPE), University of Nis. The study was for the first time realized in this school year, during the mandatory cu... Show More