The revolution in the Arab world unfolded exquisitely but with dramatic repercussions. High unemployment rates‚ the oppression of political freedoms‚ and the overwhelming presence of corruption led to a rise in unrest amongst many in the Arab world -- which set off a domino effect amongst states in a fight for democracy at home. It all began in Tunisia in December 2010‚ and quickly escalated into a campaign for change that would reach across the region‚ and move the world. By the time the conflict
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Jesus as a child untouched by sin and Mary is able to rest‚ shaking the palm to allow as many dates to fall as she pleases. The Arab-Islamic influences make themselves plain here in the form of the date-bearing palm‚ a traditional fruit in the Arab Gulf region that fails to appear in the Christian Gospels’ accounts of the birth of Jesus. It provides an example of the Arab influences on the Quran and the selective editing of the Christological narrative so as to better fit a story which aligns with
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Reel Bad Arabs--Discussion Prompt--50 Minutes Current Word Count: 214. Required Word count: 514 1. Shaheen’s research has led him to view over 1000 films in which Arabs are represented. He argues that Arabs are “the most maligned group in the history of Hollywood.” Would you agree with this claim? And why? 2. Shaheen identifies what he terms the mythical location “arabland.” From where did this image first come? It first came from the European travel writers and artist about
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Pro War in Iraq I do not subscribe to the fashionable notion of moral equivalence between all deeply-held beliefs. I believe in the rights of the individual over the collective. I believe democracy is better than dictatorship‚ both morally and practically. Not necessarily democracy as we or the Americans or the French practice it‚ but the idea that in every possible practical way‚ you should let people make their own decisions‚ and if these decisions need to be circumscribed in any way‚ then you
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SEXISM AMONGST ARAB AMERICANS LEANNA HAMDAN FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY ABSTRACT In America‚ we deal with sexism everyday. In the work place‚ at home‚ in our cultures‚ at school‚ etc.‚ but my main focus in this research paper is sexism among Arab Americans. Being an Arab American myself‚ I have dealt with this brutal issue all my life. Not being able to go to prom‚ to the movies on a Friday night with my friends‚ to hang out in gender-mixed functions all due to the simple fact that I am
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that was generally based on experiences restricted to few cases‚ which were inherited from the Sheikhs and old men of the tribe. They tried to have a medical system but they didn’t own the means and didn’t have enough plants in the peninsula. * Arabs did not live in an isolated and closed circle. They were in touch with many civilizations around‚ especially the Greek civilization‚ which influenced and left its fingerprints on the Arabic civilization. * Medical science began in the days of
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and coping with the prevalent culture of the Arab world‚ it is important to explain what issues may be difficult for them to deal with. Since the Arab world has many different types of societal and economic issues that relate to their various national people‚ their entertainment tastes and budgets must be catered to. The Arab culture is often much more conservative and based on traditional customs than MTV’s very westernized cultural foundation. The Arab world is an ancient civilization founded thousands
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channel to Middle East or to the Arab countries. Even tough MTV had spread almost through the whole world they had this challenge as one of biggest challenge they could face due to the Arab closed‚ classic and conservative culture. MTV feared that the Arab’s would not accept the channel due to their religious and cultural traditions‚ and there was the challenge. They had to adopt measurements that would make Arabs watch their channel instead of continue watching the 54 Arab music channels that they were
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Case #4 * From my point of view‚ I think that the example of Maktoob can be found again in the Arab world especially that we have the resources along with hard working and innovative developers. Investment from the western region also is important for the developers to reach new limits. Maktoob was very successful innovative story of excellence that aimed to bring Arabic used in the internet to new ages and make it available for more users. At that time‚ the number of the Arabic users was sharply
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Morality by Ahmed Amin Mohamed Hadia Hamdy January 2008 Abstract Wasta is an Arabic word that means the use of social connections to obtain benefits that otherwise would not be provided. Wasta plays a very important role in securing of employment in Arab countries. This paper attempts to study the attribution effects of wasta on perceptions of competence and morality. The main hypotheses is that those that use wasta to obtain employment will be perceived as incompetent and immoral irrespective of their
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