23 IX. Appendix 25 I. Introduction: Whenever you walk at the campus of the American University of Sharjah‚ you will definitely find the young Arab girls wear trendy Western dresses as well as the Arab boys wear stylish Western clothes. And even students with more conservative dresses seem more Western than Eastern. No matter how young Arab people wear or look like nowadays‚ they even tend to be different in the language they use in typing and communicating. There is a widespread linguistic
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misunderstand you since they have other meanings for gestures. Therefore‚ gestures are the same as languages. They are different from culture to another. First‚ to hold two fingers like a V letter has different meanings from culture to another. It means in Arab countries victory‚ or it can show superiority and power that we will win. An example of this gesture is during football matches where young people do it with big smiles when their team wins. On the contrary‚ it means peace in the United States of America
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This led to a split within the Arabs which sparked hostility and is still significant today. During the Abbasid Era‚ there were again internal disputes over succession to the throne. After third caliph al-Mahdi died‚ he failed to determine which of his older sons would take his place‚ and the eldest sons resorted to fighting each other for the throne. This was a precedent to wars breaking out between the sons whenever the time came for a new caliph. Over time‚ Arab princes formed slave armies in
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Question 1) The Arab culture: The Arab communication is unspoken and interwoven in the context of the conversations. Basically‚ it can be hard from someone from another culture to interpret the Arab culture since meanings and opinions are not outspoken and rather interweaved in the context. Arabs are usually warm people with a lot of emotions and they can quickly explode over things they feel strongly about. Their language of communication allows for exaggerations and loaded words to emphasize
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they used the Arabs’ ideas to compensate for the lost Greek knowledge. Overall‚ the Italian merchant class flourished with wealth from the new exotic spices and goods‚ and trade only became stronger there. On the other hand‚ the IOT was dominated by many Arab traders. One advantage was that Arabs were able to access many ports such as Calicut or the Swahili City-States‚ resulting in more cultural and economic influence. Since many spices especially pepper originated in India‚ Arab merchants were
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Maryam Ishak February 22‚ 2012 Arabic Poetry from Nizar Qabbani Nizar Qabbani is one of the most popular and bestselling poets in the Arab world. He was born March 21‚ 1923 in Damascus‚ Syria and died April 30‚ 1998 in London England. He studied law at the University of Damascus in 1945 then started his career as a diplomat. He served in the Syrian embassies in Egypt‚ Turkey‚ Lebanon‚ Britain‚ China and Spain then retired in 1966 and finally‚ moved to Beirut‚ Lebanon where he founded a publishing
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Paper 2 Reading: “Homo Religiosus” by Karen Armstrong AND “On Becoming an Arab” by Leila Ahmed Rough Draft Due: Sept. 27th (four copies in class‚ uploaded to Sakai) Final Draft Due: Oct. 4th (one copy in class‚ uploaded to Sakai) In both “On Becoming an Arab” and “Homo Religiosus‚” identities are influenced by interaction with a society at large‚ whether through coming of age rituals and religion as Armstrong describes or through nationalist ideology as Ahmed recounts. Carefully considering the
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While today we feel that we are an advanced and unbiased society‚ in actuality there are still clear and present separations between men and women; mostly which degrade and pigeonhole women in terms of their looks‚ sexuality‚ and role in society. It is granted that gender inequalities are bound to happen considering the genders do have Karl Marx put it best‚ “Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.” . This is where they will learn that the line they can walk on
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Is Disney actually hutting our children? In the years growing up as a child it is practically impossible to find children that did not watch or claim to have a favorite Disney movie of their own. With young children being so easily influenced by what they see on TV this could be a problem. One major cause could be parents working more hours than they have in the past. The result of working is parents having less time to spend with their children. And because parents don’t have the extra time
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“remote control” the remote was handed in to him. This issue‚ Arabizi penetrating the Arab world‚ gave rise to Dalia al Kury to film the documentary‚ Arabizi. The production company O3 filmed the documentary in Jordan‚ Kuwait and Egypt. These specific countries were chosen; as Jordan represents the Sham countries‚ Kuwait‚ the GCC and Egypt‚ the African Arabic countries. Arabizi is the mixing of Arabic with English; as Arabs claim that they can express themselves more clearly. To be more specific as mentioned
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