Arab nationalism was a movement striving for Arab political unity in the Middle East. There was undoubtedly a huge increase in an Arab sense of nationalism between the years 1948 and 1973. One major reason for this was the creation of the State of Israel in 1948‚ which gave the Arab powers something to unite against‚ because not a single Arab nation recognised Israel as a legitimate state. There were other reasons‚ however‚ most notably the continuing struggle of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian
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The film “The Crusades: An Arab Perspective” is a TV series that was produced by Al Jazeera English which emphasizes the history of the holy war between crusaders and Islam. In the first place‚ the western European we know today was not the same in the 11th century. Europeans had no title of land and they were serfs who worked in agricultural lands. Most knights would rob people just to accumulate income. The church who had the power to govern wanted to conquer the Islam region. It was their calling
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On November 10th‚ 1898‚ Wilmington‚ North Carolina became the site of the only coup d’état in American history. The uprising of 1898 was complicated‚ with deep roots and lasting effects‚ yet this momentous event has gone largely ignored‚ relegated to an obscure corner of history where it is remembered only as a petty riot. It is rarely acknowledged as the incident that led to the overthrow of North Carolinian Reconstruction governments in favor of the Democratic assemblies that instituted the infamous
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SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY Counseling Arab Americans Jay C Coleman Amridge University Abstract The belief‚ common among non-Arab Americans‚ that Arabic families are oppressive and dominated by violent fathers who mistreat their wives and children‚ has been documented in numerous sources (e.g. Suleiman‚ 1988‚ Al-Mughni‚ 1993). This is probably not unexpected given the struggle to fit traditional Islam with expanding women’s rights throughout the Muslim world (Al-Mughni‚ 1993). Despite
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In Arab in America and Monster what it means to be American is defined by race‚ in The Walking Dead racial biased is less of an issue. When Tyrcee and his daughter and her boyfriend come upon Rick and there group‚ Rick is immediately welcoming to the outsiders and even says “we could make some room in the RV for you if you and your kids want to stick around”(13) as though he were inviting neighbors over. Rick is as welcoming to the strangers as Glenn and the rest of the group was to him when he
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U.S. Involvement in Syrian Uprising The Syrian civil war‚ also known as the Syrian uprising‚ began on March 15‚ 2011. Ever since‚ it has been a growing armed conflict between supporters of the Ba’ath government‚ and rebel groups wishing to abolish it. It all began when protesters demanded the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Because the Syrian President declined the demand of resignation of the Syrian people‚ an enormous‚ uncontrolled peaceful uprising began. In April of 2011 the
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Introduction The Arab-Israeli conflict was a result of the two populations fighting over whose land Israel rightfully was. The Arabs believed that the land was rightfully theirs and saw the Jews as intruder’s .The Jews that were migrating there from various different countries believed that Israel was the Holy Land and that it was their homeland. After 1900‚ more and more Jews began to arrive in Palestine because of the increase in Zionism among the Jewish population. The increase was slow but after
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This video shows the different aspects of the Arab Spring from the viewpoints of Mary Jane Deeb‚ Tarek Masoud‚ and Hisham Melhem. Mary Jane Deeb believes that because of the uniqueness of every country’s situation there is bound to be unique outcomes. She explains that Libya is a fairly new state and therefore is not as progressed as other countries. However she adds that Egypt’s army takes up a big portion of control in the area and are very influential. She sees that most countries are taking after
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Spain is a very well-known country‚ and one of its aspects that makes it different from other countries is that it contains a rich presence of Arab influences on Spanish culture and tradition. The Arab influences in Spain can be dated back to a time before it was one country and under the name of Spain. From 711 to 1492‚ the Moors‚ or the Arab Muslims from northern Africa‚ occupied an area in southern Spain called Al-Andalus‚ now known as Andalucía. The 800-year period that they occupied this land
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The Arab and Israeli conflict began when the Israelis colonized in Palestine. The Jews colonized in Palestine because they claimed that the land was a promise from Abraham and his descendants. So they colonized there in a religious promise. They also claimed that the land was a historical site of the ancient Jewish Kingdoms of Israel and Judea. So the Israelis colonized in Palestine based on a promise from Abraham and claimed that is was an ancient kingdom of the Jews. The Palestinians‚ the owners
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