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    Holy Journey What would our world today be like without the Hijrah? The Hijrah‚ or also known as the Holy Journey‚ was the journey that Muhammad‚ the Islamic prophet and his followers‚ undertook from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D. He was known to be the messenger of God. This migration changed the lives of many people because it helped shape the modern world of today and it had an impact on worldwide civilizations. The Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in the year 570 A.D. He is the founder of the

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    point of view on the holy water. In this dream‚ Rudolfo Anaya uses vivid metaphor and rich symbolism to persuade Antonio that multiple aspects of identities‚ identify who a person is. The first use of metaphor is seen in page 120‚ when Antonio’s mom is describing how Antonio is “saved” because he was baptized in the holy water. Although she describes the holy water as “the water of the moon” (Anaya 120)‚ this use of metaphor denotes the water of the moon to the holy water. Anaya Rudolfo

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    Book: Holy Land by D.J. Waldie In 1897‚ William A. Clark of Montana bought 8‚139 acres of farmland (near Los Angeles‚ California) from the Bixby family. Clark was one of the 10 richest men in America. He had been an architect of Montana statehood‚ he owned a silver mine there‚ and he eventually “bought” the Montana state legislature and became a U.S. senator. Clark also owned the nation’s richest copper mines in Arizona (when he died in 1925 he left an estate worth $200 million dollars).

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    O Holy Night is a beloved Christmas carol that is almost 150 years old‚ and it is still sung widely around the world. It is a simple song with interesting origins. It originated as a poem. Then it was banned from the church only to be later revived on the radio and is now a song that many famous artists lend their voices to. O Holy Night was composed in Roquemaure‚ France in 1847 by writer‚ Placide Cappeau and composer Adolphe Adams. Placide Cappeau was asked by his parish priest to write a

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    In Peter Bergen’s Holy War‚ Inc‚ the reader is ushered through a head-spinning trip around the globe that serves to highlight the far-reaching effects of Al Qaeda‚ a terrorist organization that Bergen likens to a Multi-national holding company. While Bergen makes reference to similarities between the management of a Multi-national Corporation and that of al-Qaeda‚ it is seemingly not the primary focus of the book nor does it serve as a particularly suitable metaphor‚ especially in light of the events

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    College of Art and Design University of the Punjab‚ Lahore-Pakistan The holy Quran (Al-Kitab) Design and Decoration Submitted to: Dr. Kanwal Khalid By Syed Hammad Hassan MFA-Graphic Design Date: 06 March‚ 2015 ABSTRACT The art of “The holy Quran Design & Decoration” has a specific place in the arts that have been associated to the Muslims. Islam as a religion explained through ‘The Book; Quran’‚ precisely known

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    The paintings‚ School of Athens and Disputation of the Holy Sacrament‚ by Raphael are similar in style and other elements but also different from each other. These two paintings are both by Raphael the Italian Renaissance artist. Also both of these paintings are frescos. A fresco is large mural painting done directly onto the plaster. The painting becomes a part of the wall. Both are located in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City.These two paintings are actually in the same room‚ the Stanza

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    RUNNING HEADER: JEWISH HOLY DAYS PAPER 1 Jewish Holy Days Paper Alicia Zackery University of Phoenix

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    O Holy Night What would Christmas be like without our favorite Christmas Carols? As we kick off this holiday season we‚ the worship exposed team‚ wanted to dive a little further into these heartfelt and memory filled Christmas songs that have showered through our homes‚ churches and communities for decades. As I gathered details for this series‚ I battled with what Christmas Carol to write about. Between Hark the Herald‚ Silent Night and Joy to the Lord‚ it was a tough call‚ but ultimately I decided

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    The Ganga‚ especially‚ is the river of India‚ beloved of her people‚ round which are intertwined her memories‚ her hopes and fears‚ her songs of triumph‚ her victories and her defeats. She has been a symbol of India’s age-long culture and civilization‚ ever changing‚ ever flowing‚ and yet ever the same Ganga." - Jawaharlal Nehru‚ First Prime Minister of India‚ born in Allahabad on the Ganges Ganges (Hindi Ganga)‚ major river of the Indian subcontinent‚ formed in the southern ranges of the Himalaya

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