NURAZZURA MOHAMAD DIAH

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Lecturer at International Islamic University Malaysia

Dunia hari ini sedang mengalami perkembangan baharu yang mengakibatkan situasi empat dimensi, atau VUCA. Perkembangan dinamik ini telah menyebabkan transformasi yang ketara dalam banyak domain dan memaksa setiap individu untuk menghadapi pengalaman perubahan yang semakin meningkat setiap hari. Kehidupan di alaf VUCA amat sukar untuk belia masa kini...

Pendidikan merupakan proses berterusan, bermatlamat untuk mengangkat martabat dan kemuliaan insan (karamah insaniah) sebagai teras dalam pembinaan adab, akhlak dan integriti murid-murid di negara ini. Penglibatan atlet-murid, khususnya daripada kumpulan bermasalah penglihatan, dilihat kritikal dalam pelan pembangunan negara. Kejayaan mereka dalam a...

Women all over the world who love sports should remember the late Flo-Jo, Nicol Ann David, and Sevda Altunoluk for their outstanding representation in their respective sports. In the case of our first prominent sporting figure, we recall well the moment Flo-Jo (late Florence Griffith Joyner) won her 100 metres and then smashed the world record for...

In every culture, sports are vital. Sport unites people despite physical and cultural divides, promoting them through educational institutions and social platforms. Physical and mental health may be improved by these activities. However, many of these gatherings exclude Muslims. Like other physical cultures, sport has been secularised, a crucial te...

Dunia hari ini berdepan dengan satu perubahan yang baru yang menghasilkan satu situasi empat dimensi atau VUCA. Perubahan dinamik ini telah membawa satu transformasi besar dalam semua bidang yang mendorong setiap individu berdepan dengan satu pengalaman perubahan yang progresif setiap hari. Kehidupan di alaf VUCA terutamanya amat mencabar kepada be...

Penyertaan atlet-murid kelainan upaya, terutama bagi kategori bermasalah penglihatan dilihat penting dalam agenda pembangunan negara. Kejayaan mereka dalam aktiviti sukan terutama di persada antarbangsa kerap kali kedengaran dan menjadi contoh kepada tatapan umum. Penyertaan mereka memberi impak yang besar sekaligus membuktikan bahawa kehadiran (da...

Perubahan menuntut komitmen yang tidak berbelah bahagi dan penting dalam pengurusan sesuatu organisasi. Institusi masyarakat seperti masjid juga tidak terlepas daripada angin perubahan dan perlu belajar dan beradaptasi dengan perubahan tersebut selari dengan peranannya sebagai agen penyatuan umah dan pusat ibadah serta dakwah bagi orang-orang Islam...

A segment of Ph.D. findings presented virtually within 3 minutes. It highlights a motivation for conducting research, discoveries as well as conclusions.

Over the years, goalball sport has been played for rehabilitative purposes around the world. The inclusion of goalball into Paralympics has marked a significant appearance of this sport as one of the elite para-sports that played around the globe. As an elite para-sport, it has been the focus of scholars in coaching, biomechanics, and psychologists...

This presentation explains the prospects and challenges behind the making of goalball student-athletes in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Gender discrimination and disparity have been rampantly discussed at all levels of society, from household to education to government institutions. Without discounting the others' importance, this study is interested in discovering possible discrimination according to gender at the workplace. The authors believe this is an important area of study b...

The Maqāṣid al-Sharī'ah is one of the disciplines that has been given a unique space in various fields of study nowadays. Though a plethora of studies touched on Maqāṣid al-Sharī'ah, it rarely linked to the area of STEM education. This phenomenon is crucial in ensuring that the education world is in the mould of the Maqāṣid al-Sharī'ah while at the...

Women's involvement in sports continues to evolve over the years. This scenario has affected their socialization process and altered their life expectations. This paper examines the non-sport factors of sports participation among female student-athletes with disabilities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ten participants (N=10) were recruited using the pu...

Sport is viewed as a multidimensional phenomenon. Most countries, including Muslim nations, invest heavily in sports to ensure the participation of their citizens both for recreational and competitive purposes. Indeed, the involvement of Muslim countries in significant multi-sport events such as the Commonwealth, the Asian, and the Olympic Games ar...

Sports and physical activities are not something new to human race. Since the creation of Adam, man is subjected to various physical movements that required physical strength and energy. The outlook of sports and physical activities have evolved throughout the years from different civilizations, cultures and manifestations. In this article, we exam...

Muslim participation in sports activities is undoubtedly inevitable. In every segment of human life, sport is considered as a tool for bringing people together; as a mechanism to educate people, especially in educational institutions and as a platform for the socializing process. From the medical perspective, sports activities could promote physica...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how Palestinian refugee families in Malaysia cope with the challenges they face during their transitional destination. These families have recently fled from conflict zones in various Arab countries and moved to Malaysia where they registered in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for R...

The presentation focused on the participation of female student-athletes with disabilities in Paralympic sport

Each year, many countries from developed world publishes reports on early cancer detection; which is absolutely absent in most developing countries like Bangladesh.Very limited evidence is found on the role and acceptance of Pap test among the women of Bangladesh in determining cervical cancer. More research and updates are needed relating Pap test...

The contribution of students with vision disabilities particularly in sport is essential. Unlike their able-bodied peers in the mainstream system, their participation in education is exclusive. For many years, the trend of schools and disability research focuses more on adapted physical education rather than the sport related aspect. Therefore, thi...

Sports and physical activities are not something new to human race. Since the creation of Adam, man is subjected to various physical movements that required physical strength and energy. The outlook of sports and physical activities have evolved throughout the years from different civilizations, cultures and manifestations. In this article, we exam...

In a multi ethnic society such as Malaysia, to internalize the idea of integration is eminently indispensable, as indicated by Ross (2015) on the role of sport in bringing people together. Indeed, it triggers equal opportunities and rights, and promotes prosperity for every ethnic group and individual. Indeed, this is the key to stability and peace...

Social science disciplines like anthropology, sociology, political sciences, economics, education and so on often work with vulnerable groups in an attempt to understand their live experiences. Qualitative methodology and ethnography in particular helps a researcher to identify the behavior that contradicts beliefs, opinions and emotions from the p...

Aim/Purpose: Education is vital as it is a major investment in human capital. Tertiary education, in particular, contributes to the growth of knowledge and advances skills, which helps in the development of a country. This paper aims to look at the research and technological output at the tertiary level in Saudi Arabia and Iran. Background: Saudi A...

Since 1960s, the involvement of people with disabilities in sport has increased significantly. However, their participation in sports is considered tough compared to their able-bodied peers. Previous studies indicated that limited access to facilities and lack of opportunities were among the challenges faced by this group. Hence, the researchers fe...

Today, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the main causes of death around the world, including countries under the banner of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The surge in the prevalence of CVDs is predominantly contributed by demographic changes and adoption of sedentary lifestyles together with deficient in physical activity....

This paper examines the experiences of refugee athletes in pursuing their ultimate dream to compete in the Olympics, and explores the challenges and prospects they faced. Relevant data were obtained from secondary sources, such as sports articles and biographies on websites, about refugee athletes competing in the Rio Olympics in 2016. Eleven sport...

International migration has drawn much attention from social scientists in recent decades and large-scale migration has become a permanent and substantive part of global socio-economic development. There are many kinds of migration, from refugees to skilled migrants. The migration of highly skilled people from developing to developed countries is k...

This study aims to examine the life of the Palestinian refugees which started in 1948 during the Israeli occupation in Palestine. This historical event, commonly known as the Nakba, transformed them from native citizens into refugees, struggling with instability and uncertainty in refugee camps. The study also presents how recent political conflict...

Objective: To identify the psychosocial problems faced by thalassemia major patients in District Multan, Pakistan. Study design: A Cross sectional study Place & duration: The study was carried out at the four thalassemia Centers (i) Amina Blood Foundation (ii) Fatimid blood foundation (iii) Minhaj ul Quran (iv) Thalassemia Centre, CH&ICH Multan, Pa...

Objective: To identify the psychosocial problems faced by thalassemia major patients in District Multan, Pakistan. Study design: A Cross sectional study Place & duration: The study was carried out at the four thalassemia Centers (i) Amina Blood Foundation (ii) Fatimid blood foundation (iii) Minhaj ul Quran (iv) Thalassemia Centre, CH&ICH Multan, Pa...

Social science disciplines like anthropology, sociology, political sciences, economics, education and so on often work with vulnerable groups in an attempt to understand their live experiences. Qualitative methodology and ethnography in particular helps a researcher to identify the behavior that contradicts beliefs, opinions and emotions from the p...

The participation of minority students in national educational agenda is indispensable. Previous research shows that their presence and participation in schooling activities is importance particularly in the multi-ethnic environment. This scenario applies in sports activities too, where their participation is undeniably essential. This paper attemp...

The number of minority students who attend mainstream school in Malaysia is substantial. Like the majority students, minority students are required to embrace the agenda of the Malaysian educational system through various programme in order to foster cooperation and unity among students and the school authority. Previous studies have revealed that...

The study aims to explore the relationship between the perceptions and the practices of folk medicines among youths in Pakistan. The quantitative research method was adopted to achieve its objectives. Structured questionnaires were distributed to respondents to collect data. The respondents are youths whose ages ranged from 18 to 25 years and they...

Information and communication technology (ICT) skills have become basic requirements to compete in the labour market. However, persons with disabilities (PWDs) face financial, social and environmental difficulties which form barriers to acquiring these skills. Thus, it contributes to the weakening of their competitiveness in the labour market. The...

The subject of disability has risen to be a topic of importance for these few decades. Various agencies and world bodies have gone into looking into this issue with keenness. One of the subjects taken into consideration within disability is disability entrepreneurship. The idea of disability entrepreneurship arises due to the fact that employabilit...

In December 2014, the north-eastern monsoon flood of Malaysia had hit 11 states in the country, displacing thousands of people and simultaneously damaging huge amounts of properties rendering them in an extremely vulnerable situation. This research is an attempt to explore the socio-economic vulnerabilities of those affected by floods in Kelantan a...

Magazine is one of the main sources of information on health-related issues, including menopause. Due to its format and writing style, a magazine can be regarded as an easy reading. Considered to be a taboo or non-spoken topic in some societies, menopause does not receive similar amount of coverage by the magazines as compared to business, educatio...

The presentation highlights the multifaceted roles of sport to Orang Asli Jakun students in Pekan Pahang Malaysia

Background: Recently, there have been an increasing number of literatures on health seeking behavior of different segments of society in the urban and non-urban regions but rarely have these studies emphasized the health care issues related to migrant workers. With this paucity of investigation, this research focuses on the needs and assessment of...

This study examines the contribution of the corporate sector in the healthcare sector of a developing economy-Bangladesh. In order to fulfil this objective, the researchers focused on the contribution of the banking sector through six case studies. The annual reports of the banks were taken as the sources of data. Content analysis of these annual r...

High requirements of job market inclined universities of today to make internship training as part of theirgraduation pre-requisite. This study attempts to investigate the outcome of internship programme in the Sociology and Anthropology department (IIUM). Findings from this study explicitly show that internship among students from this discipline...

Malaysia is perhaps one of the most unique countries of the world, being strategically situated on the gate-way location of global routes with a wonderful eco-environmental setting. Being a pluralistic society, Malaysia inherits its own traditional culture with harmonious integration of the diverse ethnic groups living in a very peaceful and politi...

Sports activity is substantial for the wellbeing of students in schools. Sports activity has many social benefits. With special reference to minority students' participation, sports are seen as a tool of social integration, especially in a multi-ethnic environment. This development has augured well and supported the idea of 1Malaysia as it nurtures...

Sports activity is substantial for the wellbeing of students in schools. Sports activity has many social benefits. With special reference to minority students' participation, sports are seen as a tool of social integration, especially in a multi-ethnic environment. This development has augured well and supported the idea of 1Malaysia as it nurtures...

Menopause is a time of life where women make the transition from a reproductive stage to a non-reproductive stage. Although it is biologically universal, menopausal experiences are not homogeneous in nature and there have been significant differences reported by women within and across cultures. The objective of this study is twofold: to investigat...

Academic poster presentation showcased during IRIIE 2013, IIUM Gombak Selangor