A Journey To The Kingdom of Spain In the summer of 2010 when final exams were over and the holiday had just started‚ my friends and I planned a ten-day-trip to Spain‚ which we were all excited about. A dream was finally fulfilled after having such a wonderful trip; however‚ we also encountered some terrible and scary phases. This adventure was the most memorable‚ for me‚ and one which we all learned from. I think everyone could learn from our bad experiences to prevent experiencing what we faced
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In the book butterfly mosque this book is about a twenty year old American woman who falls in love with a religion‚ she was undecided what path to choose stay as an atheist or as a Muslim‚ she falls in love with an Egyptian culture but as well in a Egyptian man. Though her book she devotes many of her pages to a discussion of women and Islam. The author begins with the concept‚ Is Islam really in conflict with Western values? She explores the many dimension of this topic. The author’s language is
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Muslim Spain (Al-Andalus) has been a subject of much discussion among scholars‚ due to its unique history‚ cultural and intellectual achievements and values it espoused from 711 – 1492. However‚ what is usually overlooked is the contribution that Al-Andalus made to the Western world/New World and its bearing on it. As a result of which the history of this New World is viewed in isolation to that of Islamic Iberia’s and in doing so‚ the link and the movement of culture‚ ideas‚ values and knowledge
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Spain is a very well-known country‚ and one of its aspects that makes it different from other countries is that it contains a rich presence of Arab influences on Spanish culture and tradition. The Arab influences in Spain can be dated back to a time before it was one country and under the name of Spain. From 711 to 1492‚ the Moors‚ or the Arab Muslims from northern Africa‚ occupied an area in southern Spain called Al-Andalus‚ now known as Andalucía. The 800-year period that they occupied this land
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Unemployment April 1‚ 2014 Spain has led a legacy as a significant world power in Europe and at some moments in History‚ the world. Spain conquered the oceans with Christopher Columbus’s travels‚ started dynasties that created Charles IV’s Holy Roman Empire. Although‚ like all great dynasties have been fated to do‚ the Empire fell from the leading Empire of the world and eventually in Europe. It wasn’t until after the Dictator Francisco Franco’s death in 1975‚ when Spain was again able to resume its
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IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM IN SPAIN Subject: How is the national and international tourism helping Spain overcome the economic crisis? Introduction Spain is one of the countries in the world that has been severely affected by the global economic crisis originated in 2008. It is the country with the greatest number of unemployed citizens in all Europe. Its rate of unemployment reached an all time high of 26.9% in May 2013. The European Union is worried about this situation‚ and has therefore
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MCOM3 “Ibiza‚ Spain: the party destination Vegas doesn’t want you to know about” By: Kirsten Hudson Imagine Las Vegas as a beautiful beachfront island‚ with no rules or inhibitions; Perfect weather‚ more accessible and better variety of nightlife‚ where the freaks come out harder and later at night. Imagine landing in your destination‚ and everyone on the plane begins cheering‚ laughing‚ and taking shots; then you have Ibiza. Ibiza‚ Spain is a Balearic Island located just off of Valencia‚ in
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Unification of Spain: the Good‚ the Bad‚ and the Really Ugly | Alexis Wilson | The Europeans wanted to expand their minds and their wealth with what the “unknown” world had to “offer”. When I say offer‚ I mean what they could take and run with without consequence. The Europeans wanted to “expose” and “enlighten” the new world people with their religion. When I say “expose” and “enlighten”‚ I mean force the new world people to convert to Christianity or they would be slowly tortured
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Notes on diseases in Spain Legionnaires Disease Legionnaires Disease broke out in July 2001‚ in Murcia‚ Spain. They had more than 800 suspected cases‚ 449 cases were confirmed to be Legionnaires. This was the world’s largest out break‚ with 16‚000 infected‚ back in this century. Before 2001 no one in Spain knew what Legionnaires Disease was. More recent was in August 2013‚ in Spain‚ when 18 people were infected‚ and 4 became fatal. Spain has shut down many touristy hotels because of this ongoing
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In medieval Spain the Umayyad’s existed with faiths that sprung from Jewish‚ Christian and Arabic backgrounds as well as many smaller faiths and focused on religion as a life path. In ancient Rome‚ the empire was focused on religion as knowledge and only had a religion that would contribute to the overall knowledge that Rome required. If a religion worked against this principle then the Romans would eradicate it from the empire. This was the way the Umayyad Empire in medieval Spain thought of religion
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