Topic: Gender Inequality in the Middle East Working Title: Oppression of Women in Saudi Arabia 2 critical readings: - “The Complexity of Identity: Who Am I?”‚ Beverly Tatum (1997) - “The Politics of Recognition”‚ Charles Taylor (1994) Thesis Statement: Despite the celebration of women climbing up the social hierarchy in our modern society‚ unequal treatment and oppression towards women still persist in Saudi Arabia largely due to the internalization of their position as subordinates and victims
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Women’s rights in the Middle East This is focused on women in the middle east‚ in places such as China‚ Egypt‚ Turkey‚ Afghanistan‚ etc. Women’s rights in this part of the world is very different than in the United States. Women are forced to live by the men’s rules. In China they throw little girls on the streets‚ leaving them starving to death because they think that there are too many women already‚ it’s part of their culture. Or they make the women abort the baby if it’s a girl‚ that’s
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Religion and Women in the Middle East Religion goes hand in hand with culture‚ and in the Muslim countries this is very apparent. The cultural importance of men over women may have stemmed from religion‚ however it was further recognized when imperialist countries introduced capitalism and class divides. “Islam must combat the wrenching impact of alien forces whose influence in economic‚ political‚ and cultural permutations continues to prevail” (Stowasser 1994‚ 5). Now‚ instead of an agrarian
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Doing Business in the Middle East The western businesses that try to succeed in the Middle East face a lot of disappointments in each aspect of business. The main reason is that Western business leaders do not understand that the Middle East is different from the Western business environment in every single way. There are cultural differences that cannot be neglected. In order to start doing business successfully the Western businesses need to stop looking at business from the Western point of
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Hasan Chapter Three-the Cold War in the Middle East Questions 6-11 6. How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet influences/ threats in Greece and Turkey‚ and why? What is the Truman Doctrine? 62-64. United Stated responded to the Soviet influences in Greece and Turkey by issuing a new policy called Truman Doctrine. This doctrine was issued by US president Harry Truman in 1947 to assist Greece and Turkey economically as well as militarily in order to prevent them from falling into Soviet control
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Assignment I Identify what you think is the single most important factor—political‚ economic‚ cultural‚ or environmental--in the Middle East prior to 1948 that has influenced today’s world. Explain and discuss this factor and its influences today in the Middle East using detailed and specific examples to support your argument. Without equivocation oil in the Middle East has been the biggest factor to influence today’s world. With the exception of food‚ no commodity is more widely in demand than
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Air Cargo in the Middle East Abstract This paper is a study about the recent development of the Middle Eastern Airlines with a special focus on their air cargo carriers. These Airlines have been establishing a new dynamic on the way passengers and goods are transported around the world. Through a process of creating and developing new demands and new routes‚ these airlines along with the governments of Middle Eastern countries have been developing new infra-structure facilities such as airports
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sporadically throughout the Middle East‚ can now be found virtually anywhere in the world. Also‚ these sporadic persecutions in the Middle East have also turned into what seems like a mass execution of the religion. The persecution of Christians in the Middle East‚ a persecution much like the Holocaust‚ has become a problem in a world today as it is exploding into an epidemic that is much like a genocide that is being blamed on the Christians themselves. Christians in the Middle East weren’t always
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Women Rights in the Middle East In the past five years‚ women rights in the Middle East have been close to non-existent. Most of the female population around the world has increased their rights as a woman‚ but as for the Middle Eastern women‚ not so much. These women‚ still to this day‚ continue to suffer from an unfair lack of human rights. In this specific area of the world‚ any freedom at all is extremely scarce. Freedom House’s ‘Freedom in the World 2010’ report that in 2009‚ civil liberties
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Middle East Water Shortage Due to geography and population growth‚ the Middle East nations are faced with a growing demand for a shrinking water supply. Throughout most of the Middle East region rainfall is irregular and the rainy season is very short. The World Bank reports that this area (including North Africa) has 5% of the world’s population‚ but only 1% of the world’s water. Droughts have been occurring more frequently and lasting longer‚ warning of a bleaker future. Man himself has
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