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Hyperfixations — on specific activities, interests and, yes, meals — are a common experience among people with ADHD. They may also hyperfocus on a particular topic, Adler says.
U.S. Marines on guard duty in April 2003 near a burning oil well in the Rumaila oil field of Basra, Iraq, following the 2003 U.S. invasion and during the Iraq War.. United States foreign policy in the Middle East has its roots in the early 19th-century Tripolitan War that occurred shortly after the 1776 establishment of the United States as an independent sovereign state, but became much more ...
Haleh Esfandiari, Middle East scholar and former director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is an expert on contemporary Iranian intellectual currents and politics, as well as women's issues and democratic developments in the Middle East .
Special interests are sometimes confused with hyperfixations. [11] Hyperfixations are short-lived periods of strong interest in a subject over a few days to months which can occur in anyone (although are especially common in people with ADHD), [12] while special interests are an autistic trait and usually last years. [13]
Globalization was ushered into the Middle East by a war [which?] which gave the Western victors excessive power over the region [3] and created a violent anti-globalization struggle. As some authors argue, it has strengthened Islamic fundamentalism [ 4 ] and, due to its ambiguity created a contradictory and tension filled situation. [ 5 ]
The Power in the title refers to the United States' military, diplomatic and financial strength to pursue its interests in the Middle East. [1] Faith , in the words of Oren, refers to "impact of religion in the shaping of American attitudes and policies toward the Middle East."
The sometimes-violent creation of protectorates in Iraq and Palestine, and the proposed division of Syria along communal lines, is thought to have been a part of the larger strategy of ensuring tension in the Middle East, thus necessitating the role of Western colonial powers (at that time Britain, France and Italy) as peace brokers and arms ...
Stereotypes that the west has of the Middle East have made their way into the film industry, including that Muslims are terrorists, that all Muslims and Arabs look alike, and that the women are oppressed and abused, are only housewives and don't work. [23] The TV series Homeland portrays a Palestinian as a terrorist. In the show Arabs are shown ...