East is East We’ve been looking at East is East; it’s a film about a Muslim family (although the mother is English) living in Manchester. The Khan family are an untypical of a Muslim family because Ella‚ the mother‚ I white and an atheist. George the father tries to arrange marriages for his three sons but they rebel against his strict Muslim upbringing preferring Ella’s non-religious way of life. George is the boss in their relationship; he makes all their decisions. He controls the family
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East is East is a film about a Half-Pakistani family lives in England. The father‚ George/Jahangir Khan is from Pakistan and wants his children to feel connected to his home country. Ella Khan however is the mother of the family and is from England. Because of this there is a struggle for the seven children to find their identity. Mr. Khan expects his children to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways‚ but the children does not really feel like they belong to Pakistan. After having lived their whole
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problem of personal identity I must admit I was more stumped with every option. Whether it is the continuity of your body‚ the continuity of your mind‚ or continuity of your memory‚ to me they all made sense in one way or another. When it comes to continuity of the body‚ the body can change drastically in many ways and I honestly can’t say I don’t believe in reincarnation. When addressing continuity of the mind‚ what if you were to develop schizophrenia or bi-polar and there were many personalities
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The movie East is East takes place in Salford‚ Manchester in the early seventies. The family Kahn owns a fish and chips shop on the corner. The father George Kahn‚ tries to raise his 7 children as good Muslims. But the job is not easy when he has to please both his British wife Ella and the Pakistani community. When his oldest son rejects to get married and leaves the bride at the altar‚ Georges world seems to collapse‚ but then he gets an idea. He can marry off two of his other sons and get
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On 711 a group called the Moors conquered the southern part of the peninsula of modern day Spain. The invasion of the peninsula resulted from a help call from one group of visigoths‚ the Witizans. The place where the Muslim groups established their region is called al-Andalus‚ now day the region of Andalucía. One important place on this region was called the Caliphate of Córdoba where different cultural advances occurred. A cultural combination between the Hispano-Roman and Moorish happened due to
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Trade has been practiced since the beginning of time and is traced back to the early civilizations of Earth. It is a method of buying and selling to gain wealth and resources necessary for survival. When trade caused European pioneers to explore the rest of the world around them‚ they found the Americas. Then‚ they realized that the indigenous people of the New World had resources that the settlers needed so together the two communities bartered. Later on‚ trade branched out and became a system between
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The world has experienced many changes in past generations; this paper will briefly outline different stages in life between 1500 and 1800 according to Blainey (2002) and will conclude with my reflection on how life has changed since 1800. According to Blainey” life in 1800 was spent by most families scavenging and hunting for food‚ living off grains in the form of damper‚ cereal‚ and soup” ( 2000‚ p 410).Gathering food including bird eggs and wild berries would be how daily life revolved (Blainey
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interrupts the normal flow of business. Disaster recovery and business continuity planning are two key processes that allow organizations to continue normal business functions in the event of an interruption. When business is disrupted‚ it can cost an organization a lot of money. Potential lost revenues‚ in addition to extra expenses‚ means a reduction in profits. Even though insurance is
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Continuity of care model v standard Through Australia‚ the models of care are highly varied. The research suggests that when comparing continuity of care to standard care‚ continuity of care allows for women and midwives to gain rapport and thus an increase in the overall satisfaction of care (Aune; (Yelland; Schmied‚ 2007; Brown‚ 2005; Jenkins‚ 2013; McLacklan‚ 2006). Women are more likely to develop confidence in skills with a known midwife and‚ therefore‚ an increase in self esteem and maternal
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In America‚ social achievements between 1800 and 1840 were more significant than political achievements because their effects dramatically shaped American culture. The Second Great Awakening brought about many of these changes; the spiritual revival brought attention to the need for social reform. People grew more concerned with the welfare of others‚ and movements were made to promote temperance‚ women’s rights‚ public education‚ and improved prisons. In 1826‚ the American Temperance Society was
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