Maryam Ishak February 22‚ 2012 Arabic Poetry from Nizar Qabbani Nizar Qabbani is one of the most popular and bestselling poets in the Arab world. He was born March 21‚ 1923 in Damascus‚ Syria and died April 30‚ 1998 in London England. He studied law at the University of Damascus in 1945 then started his career as a diplomat. He served in the Syrian embassies in Egypt‚ Turkey‚ Lebanon‚ Britain‚ China and Spain then retired in 1966 and finally‚ moved to Beirut‚ Lebanon where he founded a publishing
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composition of music‚ art and drama‚ and the greatest and most elegant art that British people own(Jefferson‚ 1976). Because the status of opera is changing‚ opera is becoming a characteristic of cultural life that opens to public. In recent years‚ watching opera has become popular entertainment activity for the leisure time of people in the UK(Storey‚ 2000). According to Jefferson‚ one factor of opera which attracts british people is its ability to produce various sensations and meanings for different
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The rise of British Imperialism within India took place in the 17th century‚ when the first fleet of European ships landed on the shores of South Asia. Before British imperialism‚ India was separated into groups of independent and semi-independent kingdoms and territories‚ with British intentions to unite India as one; one language‚ one God‚ and one ruler (Bradley‚ 2001). On December 31st 1600‚ Queen Elizabeth of England established trade between the East India Company and the British‚ which overtime
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WE tend to forget that our lifestyle and mindset have largely been influenced by our colonial past. The British influence has changed the way we look at ourselves and has stripped us of a confidence that comes naturally to a people belonging to an ancient and great civilisation. Colonisation coerces people from subordinated culture to denigrate themselves. A kind of a virtual reality is created to expedite this attitude of self-hate among the native population. An alternate reality is created
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Most of us used to think that there is just one important difference between British and American culture‚ that is accent of English language. However‚ experience of the american exchange students shows that is not true.There are a lot of others cultural‚ social and economical aspects differing USA and Great Britain‚ but still they have got some things in common‚ probably because English culture used to be considered as mother- culture for American. I would like to start with such an interesting
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Lyrical Ballads‚ and the objects originally proposed--Preface to the second edition--The ensuing controversy‚ its causes and acrimony--Philosophic definitions of a Poem and Poetry with scholia. During the first year that Mr. Wordsworth and I were neighbours‚ our conversations turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry‚ the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature‚ and the power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours
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Sphinx demolished or stone lion worn away. They call her a young country‚ but they lie: She is the last of lands‚ the emptiest‚ A woman beyond her change of life‚ a breast Still tender but within the womb is dry.Without songs‚ architecture‚ history: The emotions and superstitions of younger lands‚ Her rivers of water drown among inland sands‚ The river of her immense stupidity Floods her monotonous tribes from Cairns to Perth. In them at last the ultimate men arrive Whose boast is not:
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Brett Fields World History II Section 003 Professor Haug India was a British colony in the 18th century between 1858 and 1947‚ the Indian solders assisted the British to conquer India‚ and they were however mistreated at the hands of their colonizers and denied higher positions which they were qualified for. This was a strategy used by the colonizers to ensure that they maintain control and power over the natives. Moreover Indians were traded as slaves to other British colonies where they provided
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HY1101E Article: Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): On Empire and Education http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1833macaulay-india.asp In the early 19th century‚ India was colonised by the British and many social and political reforms were made during this period. These reforms brought about both positive and negative effects. One of the greatest reforms during this period was the implementation of the western education system in 1835. On the surface it seems like the western education system
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sure some information is not released to the public. For safety‚ well-being‚ and the greater good in general‚ censorship is a very vital part of society. As the British censorship in WWI and the Chinese censorship of the press demonstrate‚ censorship is justified. The way the British government altered or deleted some news on the British army in WWI was actually very necessary. In order to keep the morale high back in Britain‚ the government ordered the newspapers and reporters to only release positive
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