In the country of men / by Matar, Hisham

Patriarchy, Subordination, and Rise of the Individual in Hisham Matar's In the Country of Men by Nevine Abraham

“…This article examines the narrative of resistance to social subordination and the manipulated notions of faithfulness and treason in Hisham Matar's In the Country of Men (2006) observed through the lens of the child narrator, 9-year-old Suleiman, who grows critical of the patriarchy and power hierarchy of Libyan society's private and public spheres. …”
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Trees as Safe Havens in Faqir’s 'Willow Trees Don’t Weep' and Matar’s In the Country of Men by Bouchra Sadouni, Yousef Abu Amrieh

“…The purpose of this study is to examine the portrayal of trees in Fadia Faqir’s 'Willow Trees Don’t Weep' (2014) and Hisham Matar’s 'In the Country of Men' (2006) in order to demonstrate the way these authors employ trees to reflect the exilic experiences of their characters. …”
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‘In the Country of Absences’: Ancient Roman and Italian Colonial Heritage in Hisham Matar’s In the Country of Men (2006) by Lorenzo Mari

“…L’esordio letterario dell’autore di origini libiche Hisham Matar, In the Country of Men(2006), appartiene a un corpus letterario diasporico e transnazionale che non è stato ancora adeguatamente approfondito nell’ambito della critica postcoloniale italiana. …”
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An Ubuntu-Christocentric Comparison of Gold Mine Companies and the Zama Zama Enterprise in the West Rand District Municipality by Dr Abraham Modisa Mkhondo Mzondi

“…The recent mass rape of eight women from a team shooting a music video on an unused gold mine dump near West Village, in Mogale City, in the West Rand District Municipality, of Gauteng Province, South Africa sparked a national outcry about Gender-based Violence (GBV) in the country. The men who gang-raped the women are called zama zamas (loosely translated ‘trying to attain luck’). …”
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Implementasi Metode Hazard Identification Risk Assessment And Risk Control Guna Peningkatan Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Karyawan di PT ABC by Alfina Fitri Damayanti, Nina Aini Mahbubah

“…This company is known to excellent electricity and instrument service providers across the country . Moreover, men’s power is used as a primary source to maintain  these kind  of services. …”
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FROM ERNEST HEMINGWAY TO HARUKI MURAKAMI: PRESENCE AND ABSENCE DICHOTOMY, IDENTITY CRISIS AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING THAT WOMEN CHARACTERS BRING ABOUT IN “IN ANOTHER COUNTRY” AND... by Zafer Şafak

“…The stories “In Another Country” in Men Without Women (1927) and “Kino” in Men Without Women (2014) are two different but profoundly related short stories written by Ernest Hemingway and Haruki Murakami respectively. …”
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Women in Academia and Research: An Overview of the Challenges Toward Gender Equality in Colombia and How to Move Forward by Carolina M. Franco-Orozco, Bárbara Franco-Orozco

“…Colombia should be a country where men and women are treated equally and with justice. …”
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Spatial pattern of risky health behavior in India: evidence from recent National Family Health Survey 2015 - 16 by Abhishek Kumar

“…Moreover, there is spatial clustering is tobacco consumption in tribal states (north-eastern states) of the country. Among men the prevalence varied from 27% in Andhra Pradesh to 80% in Mizoram. …”
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Classifying climate vulnerability and inequalities in India, Mexico, and Nigeria: a latent class analysis approach by Jessie Pinchoff, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Raman Mishra, Adebola Adedimeji, Sangram K Patel, Ricardo Regules

“…Characteristics associated with membership in each group varied by country. Overall, men from rural areas with lower incomes and reliant on agriculture experienced the highest levels of exposure and vulnerability, while urban women from higher-income households were the least affected. …”
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Importance of male partner’s involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta analysis until June 2021 by Shimeles Biru Zewude, Asrat Hailu Dagne, Tewodros Magegnet Ajebe

“…Abstract Background To promote the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS male partners play a significant role, especially in developing country were men’s are a decision maker in domestic activity. …”
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Prostate Cancer by Scott Eggener

“…Prostate cancer continues to be a significant public health issue worldwide, particularly in countries where men have life expectancies long enough to clinically manifest the disease. …”
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HLA-B27-ASSOCIATED UVEITIS: EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL PICTURE, AND COMPLICATIONS by T. V. Dubinina, A. B. Demina, Sh. F. Erdes

“…Emphasis is laid on a difference in the detection rate of uveitis in different countries, in men and women, as well as in different forms of SA. …”
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Current early diagnostic biomarkers of prostate cancer by Min Qu, Shan-Cheng Ren, Ying-Hao Sun

“…Prostate cancer (PCa) has become to have the highest incidence and the second mortality rate in western countries, affecting men's health to a large extent. Although prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was discovered to help diagnose the cancer in an early stage for decades, its specificity is relative low, resulting in unnecessary biopsy for healthy people and over-treatment for patients. …”
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Global Trends and Prostate Cancer: A Review of Incidence, Detection, and Mortality as Influenced by Race, Ethnicity, and Geographic Location by Harold Evelyn Taitt PhD

“…Although research has reported that prostate cancer (PCa) incidence and mortality rates are among the highest for African Americans, the data is inconclusive regarding PCa rates in native African men, Black men residing in other countries, and men in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Data reveals that prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing and disease incidence have risen significantly in developing and Asian countries, and PCa has become one of the leading male cancers in many of those nations. …”
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The Molecular Aspect of Nephrolithiasis Development by Paulina Wigner, Radosław Grębowski, Michal Bijak, Janusz Szemraj, Joanna Saluk-Bijak

“…The increase in the incidence of kidney stones observed in recent decades, is most likely caused by modifications in dietary habits (high content of protein, sodium and sugar diet) and lifestyle (reduced physical activity) in all industrialised countries. Moreover, men are more likely than women to be diagnosed with kidney stones. …”
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Family planning: attitudes and practices among postnatal women and their husbands in Obstetric and Gynecology Clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) by Baser, Nor Idzziana

“…These quantitative findings contrast with results from other research in other countries. Educated men and women's tend to practice family planning due to their knowledge to the use of contraceptives. …”
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Prevalence, risk awareness and health beliefs of behavioural risk factors for cardiovascular disease among university students in nine ASEAN countries by Karl Peltzer, Supa Pengpid

“…Results Results indicate that across all nine countries, among men and women, 27.5% and 16.9%, respectively, were overweight or obese, 39.0% and 53.0% engaged in low physical activity, 6.9% and 2.5% were current tobacco users, 10.1% and 4.2% had engaged in binge drinking in the past month and 62.7% and 58.2%, respectively, did not avoid eating fat and cholesterol. …”
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Fifty years of change updated: Cross-national gender convergence in housework by Evrim Altintas, Oriel Sullivan

“…Specifically, there was a slowing of gender convergence from the late 1980s in those countries where men and women's time in housework was already more equal, with steeper gender convergence continuing in those countries where the gender division of housework was less equal. …”
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Fifty years of change updated: Cross-national gender convergence in housework by Altintas, E, Sullivan, O

“…Specifically, there was a slowing of gender convergence from the late 1980s in those countries where men and women’s time in housework was already more equal, with steeper gender convergence continuing in those countries where the gender division of housework was less equal. …”