How does ‘Lyndiee England at Abu Ghraib’ help us to understand why good people to bad things? Lyndiee‚ before being posted in Iraq‚ was an innocent soldier or a ‘good person’. However‚ when she tortured the prisoners in Abu Ghraib to the extent the actions were deemed to be an example of dehumanisation‚ she was labelled a bad person by society. When I watched the video I became aware that she was still a good person but she had just done bad things because of the situation she was in and
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information about dramatic issues that are considered "newsworthy" in order to trigger the audience’s attention. This information leaves the audience with obscure knowledge about what is really happening behind the scenes. Wayne Hunt‚ the author of "Baghdad Burning: The Blogosphere‚ Literature and the Art of War‚” talks about a certain type of media he refers to as the "new media‚” blogging in this case‚ that gives valuable information regarding what is happening globally. This paper discusses two case
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the Umayyads in 750‚ the topic of Islamic political and cultural life shifted eastward from Syria to Iraq‚ where Baghdad‚ the circular City of Peace‚ was founded as the new capital. The Abbasids later built another city north of Baghdad‚ called Samarra meaning “He who sees it rejoices”‚ which replaced the capital for about 40 years. Three centuries of Abbasid rule were a golden age in which Baghdad and Samarra’ functioned as the cultural capitals of the Islamic world. During this time‚ a style emerged and
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calligraphy and they used this art to decorate everything from buildings to swords and armor. They also picked up paper making from the Chinese. Once the Abbasids were able to make actual paper‚ they used it for their bookmaking which then lead to Baghdad becoming a major papermaking center. They made their own forms of literature such as stories and poetry. Muslim scholars borrowed ideas for their astronomy and mathematics which they built upon from ancient Greeks‚ Egyptians‚ and Indians. For example
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there was a merchant in baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions‚ and in a little while the servant come back‚ white and trembling‚ and said‚"master‚ just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a women in the crowd‚ and when I turned I saw it was Death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture;now‚ lend me your horse‚ and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra‚ and there death will not find me." The merchant lent
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individuals review their growth and development in light of experiences which challenges and inspires them. More than anything else‚ inner journeys are about the challenge of self-reflection. The following texts ‘We All Fall Down’ by Robert Cormier‚ ‘Baghdad Wedding’ by Hassan Abdulrazzak and ‘Things have changed’ by Bob Dylan emphasise how one reflects on the ways an inner journey provides new insight and an understanding of the world and themselves. Robert Cormier’s thriller novel ‘We All Fall Down’
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arguments about the Mongols and their conquest of the Muslim world. The biggest calamity that the Mongols brought was not only the capturing of Baghdad but also the death of Caliph Abbasid‚ that came as a big shocker to the Muslims. One author argues about the destruction brought by the Mongols‚ while the other gives more details about the capture of Baghdad‚ and the death of Caliph Abbasid. Ibn al-Athir and Rashid al-Din have described the same situations but with different perspectives‚ both have
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his brother Ahmed with a Sufi. Al-Ghazali was educated at the Nizamayyah School in Baghdad and also in Tus‚ Persia‚ at the Nishapur School. At these schools‚ he followed the standard curriculum of “Islamic Science” which was an emphasis on the study of the Qur’an and Traditions. The second period of Al-Ghazali’s life was his time in his career as a very important orthodox doctor of the Islamic community in Baghdad. Although this was a short period‚ it was very significant. Throughout this time‚
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Sinbad the Porter and Sinbad the Sailor Like the 1001 Nights the Sinbad story-cycle has a frame story‚ which goes as follows: in the days of Haroun al-Rashid‚ Caliph of Baghdad‚ a poor porter (one who carries goods for others in the market and throughout the city) pauses to rest on a bench outside the gate of a rich merchant’s house‚ where he complains to Allah about the injustice of a world which allows the rich to live in ease while he must toil and yet remain poor. The owner of the house hears
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The name of Abbasid is derived from Abbas‚ who was Mohammad’s uncle. It was one of the greatest of the Muslim empires‚ which was known as the golden age of Islamic culture. They ruled from 750 to 1258 AD. Their capital city was Baghdad. There were many caliphates who ruled Abbasid dynasty. the last caliph was killed by the Mongol when they invaded the city and took over. The Abbasids were known for their achievements such as trading routes with countries‚ education system‚ building new styles that
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