NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN ARABS CULTURE The Arab world is a term to define all of the Arabic-speaking countries stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east‚ and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the southeast. It consists of 22 countries and territories with a combined population of some 325 million people spanning two continents. The Arabic language forms a unifying feature of the Arab World. Though different
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The controversy over whether Arab Americans can obtain the American dream erupted in 2001 after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. This wasn’t the first time that Arab Americans had felt unsafe in the U.S. hence the Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) along with other advocates. Arab Americans are Americans of Arab ethnic‚ identity or culture‚ who identify as Arab. Today‚ it is estimated that nearly 3.5 million Americans trace their roots to an Arab country. People of every color
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Diversity Muslims and Arabs Arab Americans and Muslim Americans are often confused as the same subordinate group but are in fact quite different. Many people do not realize that Muslims are considered a religious group and Arabs are an ethnic group. Muslim American and Arab American communities are among the most rapidly growing subordinate groups in the United States (Schaefer‚ 2006). Muslims and Arabs practice their own traditions and have their own beliefs. More than half of Arab Americans have
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The universally studied Arab-Israeli conflict‚ although an ongoing worldwide political issue‚ began to emerge in 1917. However‚ in addition to early 20th century political turmoil and notably British colonial policy‚ the roots of its causes date back as far as biblical times‚ as well as the 19th century. Although there is no sole cause for the instability in Palestine‚ we can assess several major significant factors‚ namely‚ the parallel growth of Zionism and Arab Nationalism‚ the impact of the first
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Diamond’s presentation explores the question of why there are no Arab democracies in the Middle East and North Africa. He shows us the relatively stagnant levels of democratic freedoms that have been the norm in the region for the past several decades. Diamond gives us a multitude of potential explanations for the absence of a sustainable democracy. His first explanation implicates that there must be something within the Islam or Arab culture or religion‚ that prevents the formation of a democratic
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Edward Said’s orientalism is a way of seeing middle east countries that emphasizes and distorts the differences of Arab cultures and their people compared to Europe and the U.S. When watching Arab Labor there is a sense of a cultural divide between the Palestinians and the Jewish population against Europe and U.S. Some of the characters are very stereotypical of what people think of when talking about Palestinians. One of the examples that is orientalist is the portrayal of the Alian family’s mechanic
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What makes a person an Arab? One may very quickly answer that an Arab is someone whose first language is Arabic. Another common answer would be that an Arab originates from the Middle East. Therefore‚ because there is an increasing trend in America to understand who Arabs truly are‚ Samhan describes the role of Arab Americans in shaping America. Samhan begins by stating that Arabs come from a highly diverse background. As a result‚ the immigrants that make up the Arab American population come from
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Trevisha Dixon World Geography Cultural Writing 2 3o October 2012 The Arab Culture Have you ever found yourself asking questions about another culture? I have been reading articles about the Arab culture. The articles that I have read‚ describes different types of races in the Arab culture. Now that you have more information about the different cultures you will begin to understand a whole lot more about the Arab people as a whole. Like other cultures‚” Arab’s have are a shared religion
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state of ISRAEL in 1948‚ there have been four major Arab-Israeli wars (1947-49‚ 1956‚ 1967‚ and 1973) and numerous intermittent battles. Although Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty in 1979‚ hostility between Israel and the rest of its Arab neighbors‚ complicated by the demands of Palestinian Arabs‚ continued into the 1980s.<br><br><b>THE FIRST PALESTINE WAR (1947-49)</b><br>The first war began as a civil conflict between Palestinian Jews and Arabs following the United Nations recommendation of Nov
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Marketing Giant of the Desert Palm Springs is a city in California mostly known for its great attractions and countless fun exciting things to do. In a way it’s more of a Vacation Resort than anything else. Palm Springs strives off tourism‚ it is the most important income in the whole city after sales taxes and property taxes. Tourists visit Palm Springs mostly in the winter when everything is open to the public. During the winter is when most events in Palm Springs occur aswell. It is a city of numerous
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