Fatima Al-Fihri Fatima Al Fihri was the daughter of wealthy trade merchant Mohammad Al-Fihri. Her birth date is unknown‚ though she died in 880 A.D. Her family migrated from Kairoun‚ Tunisia to Fes‚ Morocco. She was born into a very prestigious‚ well-known family‚ and was well educated and rich. She and her sister Mariam Al-Fihri inherited a large fortune from her father. Both girls vowed to spend their inheritance to benefit the community. While her sister decided to build the grand mosque
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However‚ this equilibrium could be disturbed‚ for instance‚ by hoarding‚ meeting the rider on his way to the market (talaqqi al-rukban)‚18 monopolies‚ underselling‚ and collusion among otherwise competitive firms. These practices allow market players to manipulate prices and introduce a degree of artificiality into the market. They act as hindrances to the natural functioning of the market‚ distort the existing equilibrium and spoil markets. Interference is therefore necessitated in order
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l “Chainsaw Al Dunlap”: A New Breed of Manager? West Point graduate Albert J. Dunlap‚ former chairman and CEO of Scott Paper Company‚ claims that the U.S. Military Academy made him “tenacious and very organized”. Others say his experience gave him an “inyour-face attitude rare among executives” and made him a valuable hired gun for straightening out troubled companies. Dunlap is known to attack and challenge nearly every premise and person that gets in his sight. Those who interfere with his efforts
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Running head: HENDRICK HUDSON DISTRICT BOE‚ et al. V. ROWLEY Case Study: Hendrick Hudson District Board of Education‚ et al‚ v. Rowley Case Study: Hendrick Hudson District Board of Education‚ et al‚ v. Rowley In the landmark case of Hendrick Hudson District Board of Education v. Rowley‚ I believe the Supreme Court’s decision to deny Amy the assistance of an interpreter was fair for several reasons. First of all‚ she was previously given the services of an interpreter
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people I dislike bugs. Actually I really hate them! Just thinking about them gets me all itchy and uncomfortable‚ and yet one summer evening I would find myself sticking my hands right into their dark slimy lair. I swear God has a weird sense of humor at times. But I guess he knew me well enough to know that I hate dead kittens more than those nasty creepy crawly slimy BUGS! This is my story about the night I became a life saver and was able to overcome my fear of creepy nasty bugs….at least for a
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INTRODUCTION Abu al-Hasan Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Habib al-Mawardi was born in Basrah. in 972 A.D. He was educated at first in Basrah where‚ after completion of his basic education‚ he learned Fiqah (Islamic jurisprudence) from the jurist Abu al-Wahid al-Simari. He then went to Baghdad for advanced studies under Sheikh Abd al-Hamid and Abdallah al-Baqi. His proficiency in jurisprudence Ethics‚ Political science and literature proved useful in securing a respectable career for him. Al-Mawardi died in
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corporations?Certainly not.A company is not an instrument of shareholders‚ but a coalition between various resource suppliers‚ with the intention of increasing their common wealth and hence is contradictory to Mr Al Dunlaps view of share holder primancy. Through out his tenure at Sunbeam‚Al Dunlap’s advocated profit by firing many employees and shutting down many factories.If we look at it in the short term ‚this approach seems very attractive as it brings in quick short term gains.In the long term
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oppressive regimes to communicate their hatred of Western values‚ such as the Al-Qaeda. When comparing the actions and ideologies of Al-Qaeda to the term ‘freedom fighter‚’ overall‚ the connection is not as strong. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines this term as ‘a person who takes part in a resistance movement against an oppressive political or social establishment’ (Merriam-Webster Incorporated‚ 2015). Although the Al-Qaeda is a resistance movement fighting to impose a new form of leadership‚
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The Gentle Gender of Al –Andalus Women made important achievements that helped Muslim Spain‚ referred to as Al-Andalus‚ flourish. Some will disagree with my statement‚ however according to my knowledge of this topic; Muslim women of Al- Andalus achieved many effects that other women from different religions have not. They had equal rights‚ just as men did; they had the freedom that people have not admitted they had. They helped society in giving Muslim women a higher level of status. These
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ALS Research Paper ALS is a disease that prevents muscles to work by attacking the nerve cells. Patients that have ALS live for about 2 to 5 years after they get diagnosed; 8% of ALS patients survived for more than 10 years. This disease can strike anyone‚ but is not contagious. 10% of the patients across U.S. that have ALS were inherited. The gene chromosomes’ are 21 neurons that send a message from the brain to the nerves and muscles. The prevention or cause of this disease as not been discovered
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