International Relations Instructor: Clifford Keenan July 29‚ 2013 Introduction Afghanistan is an Islamic republic that is located near Pakistan. Kabul is the capital city and the country’s Chief of State is President Hamid Karzai. The country bears a population of 33.609 million people. It has been in war for three decades making it one of the most dangerous countries in the world. The insecurity in the country has resulted in a large number of refugees. The current war
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The novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid‚ follows the protagonist Changez’ journey through American business fundamentalism. Hamid utilises a plethora of surroundings that convey specific feelings‚ throughout the novel to heighten the emotions felt by Changez. This is first evident through New York City’s drastic change from optimistic to hostile‚ following the 9/11 attacks‚ which correlates with Changez understanding himself. Further as Changez is through his travels exposed to difference
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writer Tayeb Salih (1929 – 2009) was an acclaimed author of the Arab world whose literary works were prominent during the 1960’s. His works are often set in context of colonialism in the Sudan. Throughout Salih’s short stories‚ “The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid” and “The Wedding of Zein” the importance of tradition and ceremony as aspects of culture are illuminated through the features of Islam‚ oral tradition‚ and the preservation of culture in contrast change and modernism. Salih uses language‚ narrator
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Matt Cameron’s play Ruby Moon addresses Australian cultural issues‚ as well as the characters’ personal issues and concerns. How are these issues and concerns made engaging and challenging for an audience? Refer to study and workshop Matt Cameron’s play Ruby Moon is an engaging and episodic play that employs Australian cultural issues as well as character issues and concerns. These techniques are used effectively through the freedom of practitioners in staging and characterisation
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Afghanistan Today: Jot-notes Involvement of Other Nations -4 dozen projects rebuilding the infrastructure of Afghanistan - Costing America over 60 billion dollars since 2001 - rebuilding/building of roads‚ schools‚ energy sources‚ plantations‚ jobs‚ etc. - difficulty of transformation due to people‚ location‚ expenses - what is being rebuilt or built – building and maintaining roads‚ -increase supply of reliable electricity‚ expand access to portable water‚ to design‚ construct and maintain
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derision. The traditional Afghan society has made life difficult for a number of Afghan women who are still living at their father’s house and are not married yet. “Girls who remain single at their parents’ house for a longer time find it shameful to face the people. It is painful for them seeing women of their age that are already married and are a mother. Families should not demand a lot of money from the suitors.” “Some families refuse to give their daughter’s hand‚ because the boy’s family cannot
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It is surprising that throughout recent decades‚ “conservative” religious values and practices have spread among many Muslims around the globe. In particular‚ the progress Muslim women have made in incorporating traditional practices into their daily lives by personal choice—particularly choosing to veil‚ is astonishing. Through looking at the works of Leila Ahmed’s A Quiet Revolution and Sadek Hamid’s “The Attraction of Authentic Islam‚” this spread of traditional values proves to be true and surprising
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policies‚ which attempted to strip away national in a time when nationalism was a central them in the region. The loss of Albania within the Balkans culminated in the Young Turk revolution‚ which brought an end to the Hamedian era. Sultan Abdul Hamid II is generally remembered as a pious ruler. The Hamedian agenda was multi-faceted. The Sultan sought to unify the Muslims under the banner of Islam to repel outside intruders. He also wanted complete authority in order to centralize his Empire. The
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The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid by angelakm Angela Matthews The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid serves as a bridge between two worlds‚ the modern and the untouched. Unfortunately untouched is not be the correct word to use as it becomes apparent that this village has in fact had its fair share of visitors. The story begins itself with one of these visitors being led through the village by a wise old man. The man speaks in a sincere tone and with a voice of experience that gives the sense that this isn’t the
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Season of Migration to the North the men and women exhibit gender roles that are established and enforced by the culture of the country they live in; Sudan‚ in particular the village of Wed Hamid where most of the story takes place. The culture of the village of Wed Hamid values traditional implications of gender roles. The woman must uphold her role as a passive‚ delicate‚ docile‚ motherly individual. On the other hand the man is dominating‚ respected‚
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