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    Chapter four starts out with an anecdote explaining how Malala’s grandfather did not help out financially with her Woma celebration because she was a girl‚ not a boy. (Woma being a traditional celebration on the seventh day of a child’s life.) Throughout the chapter she starts to notice and disagree with the divide between how women and men are treated‚ especially in rural areas‚ such as her family’s village. When Malala goes to the village‚ all of the women cook food for the men and take care of

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    Heritage Assessment Tool Samantha Rich Grand Canyon University May 21‚ 2013 The Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) is a way to asses an individual’s ethnic‚ religious‚ and cultural heritage as well as health traditions. Using this tool allows healthcare providers to deliver high quality patient care as well as develop a therapeutic relationship and healing approach. Being able to deliver high quality care to patients and families is of utmost importance for nurses. In order to be

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    Score: ______ / ______  Name: ________________________________  Student Number: ________________________ Directions: Answer the questions below. Use full sentences when applicable. 1. Give two examples of each of the following elements of fiction and nonfiction from the texts you’ve read in Units 1‚ 2‚ and 3. Characters:Fiction: James the teenager‚ Peggy the librarian and Astoria‚ Darla the one who placed the books on the shelves.. Non-Fiction: Desiderata by Elizabeth McCracken Plot:Fiction: Peggy

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    and I get up early and go to church. After church we enjoy a nice lunch before driving home. Auburn is special to me because it is my second home. I have grown up going to football games and spending weeks at my aunt’s house in the summer. My grandfather played basketball and my dad played baseball for Auburn University. As a result of them being so heavily involved in Auburn‚ my whole family supports the school in whatever we can. We attend football‚ basketball‚ and baseball games; we occasionally

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    festivals. In fact‚ most festival days in the world come from religion. In Saudi Arabia‚ Saudi people celebrate in Eid Al-Fitr‚ which comes after month of Ramadan‚ which is the Muslims fasting. Indeed‚ people usually dress new clothes‚ do some celebration in the morning‚ and eat special food. First of all‚ as every festival in the world ‚people wear traditional clothes .For example‚ in Saudi Arabia men wear thoub which is white length‚ loose garment with long sleeved

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    Whale Rider By: Witi Ihimaera SUMMARY The Whangara tribe (a Maori tribe in New Zealand) is traditionally led by a male. However‚ this tradition is put under threat when first-born great grandchild‚ Kahu‚ is a girl. Koro Apirana‚ her great grandfather‚ and chief of the tribe is disappointed‚ and rejects the loving attention of Kahu. He wants a male heir to inherit the title of chief‚ the tradition since the first whale rider arrived in New Zealand. The Whangara tribe are proud of their traditions

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    on the grand celebrations and festivities that they oh‚ so enjoy. And then there was me‚ peering out the window to catch a glimpse of the quickly turning world outside the walls of my home. Occasionally‚ I would turn to the door and greet another one of my relatives‚ some even from the farthest leaves of the farthest branch of our family tree. Some of who have even traversed great distances and braved harsh weather just to come to our place to partake in our annual celebrations. But I couldn’t

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    information. I received no information from the men and minimal information from the females. Much of my information I had to remember from what my grandmother told me which had to be pieced together with information from cousins and my brother. My grandfather is the only one of my grandparents still alive today. He is from Stony Creek‚ Virginia‚ and his father is from North Carolina though he grew up in Sussex‚ Virginia. His mother was a slave descendent and his father was a landowner. I could not retrieve

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    History Paper on Caribbean Diaspora Decendents of the Caribbean Diaspora are located in the United States‚ Canada‚ United Kingdom and countries that were previously colonial empires. The inhabited islands that are in the Caribbean are not only geographical regions‚ but also regions of the imagination‚ lived cultural experiences and are an interesting study in religious identity as well (Harry:2).” Colonized by European powers from the sixteenth century‚ the Caribbean islands have become a mixture

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    It’s an honor to be here today to address HBS’s distinguished faculty‚ proud parents‚ patient guests‚ and most important the class of 2012. Today was supposed to be a day of unbridled celebration‚ and I know that’s no longer true. I join all of you in grieving for your classmate….today still marks a distinct and impressive achievement for this class‚ so please join me in giving our warmest congratulations to the class…. As a kid‚ I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas

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