SPRING 2013 Under the Supervision of: Dr. Louis Hobeika International Economics - ECN 431 PROJECT: Role of the Middle Class in shaping economic development in MENA? Identify it? Impact of urbanization‚ trade and the balance between transition and modernity Submitted by: Stephanie Boustany Zahi Chammaa Christian Chbeir Mark Hourany David Naccour Abstract The "middle class" is an elusive concept. And it is likely to be‚ in common speech‚ even perhaps in the political discourse
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Arabization The concept of Arabization : Arabization is used in the literature in four different senses: 1) It could be used to mean borrowing foreign words without changing them like أكسجين and نانو. These words are described as دخيلة . Sometimes these words are adapted to the phonological and morphological systems of Arabic; e.g.‚ تلفزيون and they are described as معربة. (linguistic dimension) 2) It could be used to mean translating from other languages into Arabic. In this sense‚ Arabization
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How significant was the presence of foreign powers as an influence on the nature and growth of Arab nationalism in the years 1900-2001? During the years 1900-2001 a number of significant interventions occurred which affected the growth and nature of Arab nationalism. Several key pressures considerably influenced a change in the nature of nationalism; including‚ economic levers‚ agreements and military presenses in the Middle East. Arab nationalism arose out of the fear of the possibility and later
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Necessary Money Barbara Ehrenreich sought to prove wages for low class workers are too low for them to provide for themselves or families. She also tried to prove low wage jobs require a lot of effort that was not worth the amount of money they received per hour. In my opinion‚ Barbara Ehrenreich proved her two points in her story Nickel and Dimed. She showed wages were too low to provide for themselves or families and she proved the amount of effort put into the job was not worth the money they
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The British Government’s Principal Motives for Issuing the Balfour Declaration. Introduction Passed in 1917‚ the Balfour Declaration promised European Jewry a national home in Palestine. Though perceived by some as the first major step taken in creating the state of Israel‚ the Balfour Declaration was much more than the product of Zionist lobbying and sympathies from British politicians. While Zionism gained influence in British circles‚ the notion of a Jewish state was not the primary inspiration
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Arab Spring’s Effect on Region’s Society “Why does every nation on Earth move to change their conditions except for us? Why do we always submit to the batons of the rulers and their repression? How long will Arabs wait for foreign saviors?" said Faisal al-Qassem (Mark Lynch). Many Middle Easterners were tired of waiting for something to happen. To them‚ every year was just another pass time for talking‚ debating‚ and absolutely no action; however it took the courage of one man to start something
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Report on Business Culture in Saudi Arabia Executive summary: With the globalization of world business‚ Saudi Arabia has become an appealing market for foreign investors. But there has long been belief that the market of Saudi Arabia is difficult to develop and the culture there is inconsistent with the world. The problem of cross-cultural management arises as the cooperation between Saudi Arabia and its world partners continue to increase at an unprecedented rate. This paper analyses commercial
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The Arabs and the Latinos Introduction This paper is an in depth cross cultural analysis between two races and cultures of people that share the bounty of nature and planet earth. As we look at the different groups of people on this planet‚ we would be surprised to find out sets of commonalities and differences. These factors give us the idea that each group of people must have come from an ethnic orientation before human civilization crept in. It is truly interesting to delve on a study such
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Darien J. Dawson Owen Cantrell ENGL 1101 07/14/2013 Critical Review Analysis: Nickel and Dimed Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich is a mentally challenging read in more ways than one. In this book‚ Ms. Ehrenreich guides us through her adventure into starting over from the bottom of the social barrel. Her experiment with poverty begins with an agenda‚ a few amenities‚ some rules‚ and a lot of ambition to dive into her new lifestyle. The overall take from this book I received is one
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the book of Nickel and Dimed‚ the author Barbara Ehrenreich‚ decided to go undercover as a low wage worker. She wanted to find out how non-skilled workers made ends meet. Barbara’s goal was to find if she would be able to live off the money she earned‚ and by also having enough money to pay the monthly rent. This was not going to be an easy task for her; she was used to having a home‚ a companion‚ reputation‚ and of course an ATM card. In June 1998‚ Barbara left behind everything that was either meaningful
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