Almughrabi-Dissertation-2018
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL TURBULENCES IMPACT ON TRAVEL AND TOURISM by ABEER OMAR ALMUGHRABI Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Arlington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON August 2018 Copyright © by Abeer Almughrabi 2018 All Rights Reserved i Acknowledgements Praise is to Allah the almighty, the most generous and merciful for giving me strength, patience, determination, and wisdom to finish this extremely challenging milestone in my life. I would like to start with thanking my dissertation committee. I am thankful for my outstanding chair, Professor Barbara Becker, for her extraordinary supervision and dedication directing my path throughout this long journey and brighten my way with her words of wisdom. My sincere appreciation to my co-chair, Professor Ardeshir Anjomani, for his kindness, encouragement, and for helping me with his priceless experience to shape the dissertation work. I am most thankful for my committee member, Professor Rod Hissong, for dedicating countless hours and providing me with valuable guidance to ensure the ultimate modeling. My deepest respect to all my committee members! I would like to express my genuine gratitude to my wonderful family. Thanks to my parents, Omar Almughrabi and Asma Almomani, and siblings, for their unconditional love, help, and inspiration throughout my life. Also, I am extremely thankful for my children, Fares and Jude Alfayez, and nephew, Azad Alkurdi, for their patience, understanding, love, and most importantly for their astonishing cooperation. I am most indebted to my amazing husband and life partner for all his extraordinary assistance and exceptional support and care.
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