The term boat people came into the political lexicon in the 1970s with the Vietnamese escaping communism to settle in other New book Sivan about Ethiopian refugees heading to Yemen countries. Then the term started to be used in other spots of the world‚ including the Caribbean in the 1980s when Cubans and Haitians flocked to the United States fleeing political and economic downturns. In the past couple of years Ethiopians and Somalis are joining this group in leaps and bounds; Somalis fleeing chaos
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Adan‚ an FGM victim herself‚ stood up against it and later on established an organization that works towards its elimination. Ms. Adan is a truly inspiring person. She worked at the United Nations (one of which was being the WHO representative of Djibouti) and used all her lifelong earnings and retirement benefits to build a hospital in her home country‚ the Somaliland. She narrated how she cashed up all her savings and available resources to start an office under a tree next to the present site
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Iraq‚ Syria‚ Jordan‚ the Arabian Peninsula states‚ and Turkey. India also has one of the world ’s largest Muslim populations‚ although Islam is not the principal religion there. In Africa‚ Islam is the principal religion in Egypt‚ Algeria‚ Tunisia‚ Djibouti‚ Gambia‚ Guinea‚ Libya‚ Mali‚ Mauritania‚ Morocco‚ Niger‚ Senegal‚ Somalia‚ and Sudan‚ with sizable populations also in Chad‚ Eritrea‚ Ethiopia‚ Ghana‚ Tanzania (where the island of Zanzibar is predominantly Muslim)‚ and Nigeria. In Europe‚ Albania
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Janelle Mae C. Margallo III-Sodium Asia There are 27 countries in Asia; Asia stretches from former "stans" of the USSR to the Pacific Ocean. Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kyrgyzstan Laos Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Middle East‚ North Africa‚ and Greater Arabia The 23 countries of the Middle East
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caravans to the port of Massawa. The Afar people who also represent 5% of the Eritrean population are commonly known as the Danakil‚ believed to be descendants of Noah. They are found in East African Countries that stretch from the Gulf of Zula into Djibouti. Also farmers‚ the Afar diet consists of milk and meat. Their camps are surrounded by thorn barricades to offer protection against attacks from wild animals and enemies at large resulting in divided territories into kingdoms ruled by individual
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Sam Harris AP European History Mrs. Fabich 24 February 2015 Key Terms Chapter 25 1. Extraterritoriality: the state of being exempt from the jurisdiction of local law. This occurred in China in treaty ports where foreigners were exempted from Chinese law enforcement and could only be judged by officials of their own countries. This example of extraterritoriality represented a distrust of Chinese legal procedures and a cultural arrogance on the superiority of Western institutions. 2. Geopolitics:
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The Impact of Globalization on Somali Culture Abstract Since its inception in 1960 when it gained independence from Britain and Italy respectively after the merger of former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland into what came to be known as the republic of Somalia‚ the impact of globalization on Somali culture has evidently been beneficial and detrimental in many aspects. The idea that a nation cannot progress economically without a strong central government does not coincide with the current
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The Somali Republic is the easternmost extension of the African continent and is bordered by Djibouti‚ Ethiopia‚ Kenya‚ the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. The Somali are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. More than eight million Somalis live in a territory stretching north from northern Kenya to Djibouti and west from the Indian Ocean to the Ogaden in Ethiopia. Although Somalis are often seen as one of the few ethnic groups that define a nation‚ the country of Somalia does contain small
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centuries followed the outline of Arabic and Andalusian classical music: its popular contemporary genres include the Algerian Raï. With these may be grouped the music of Sudan and of the Horn of Africa‚ including the music of Eritrea‚ Ethiopia‚ Djibouti and Somalia. Sub-Saharan Africa[edit source | editbeta] Main articles: Sub-Saharan African music traditions and Rhythm in Sub-Saharan African music Geo-political map of Africa divided for ethnomusicological purposes‚ after Alan P. Merriam
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Short Speech on Corruption in India : Corruption in India is one of the most menacing threats that our economy has been battling with ever since the independence. At all levels of Indian bureaucracy corruption has seemingly taken its toll and has been corroding the structure of our nation. Be it private sector or public sector‚ Indian people have a tendency of misusing the public position/power in their favor to fulfill their motives and gain personal benefits. All these “allegations” are not solely
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