Chabros International Group: A World Of Wood As many other companies Chabros International Group faced a financial crisis after the global economic crisis in 2009. The decision from Chami of investing $ 11 million in his Serbian sawmill was taking right before the beginning of the crisis and may have been crucial. Why did Chabros operate internationally? In order to understand Chami’s decision we have to take into account which reasons he argued for expanding his business outside of Lebanon. First
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Almost everything Saddam Hussein did for the world wasn’t good‚ when the Gulf War ended in 1991‚ the United Nations resolved that the economic embargo on Iraq would be lifted if Iraq destroyed its chemical‚ biological and nuclear weapons programs within six months. Iraq refused to do so. So it made oil soar high in price. He made oil and gas prices soar throughout the whole world and made everyone suffer from high gas prices and us Americans and Canadians were and are now seeing it at the pumps.
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spelled Husayn or Hussain; Arabic صدام حسين عبدالمجيد التكريتي; born April 28‚ 1937 1) was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. A rising star in the revolutionary Ba’ath Party‚ which espoused secular pan-Arabism‚ economic modernization‚ and socialism‚ Saddam (see 2 regarding names) played a key role in the bloodless 1968 coup that brought the party to power
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This was the case in Iraq before the ouster of Saddam Hussein in 2003‚ when the Sunni-led Baathists ruled the country even though their numbers were fewer than that of Shias in the country. While the Sunnis are a numerical minority‚ the Shias constituted a cultural minority‚ as their influence over state affairs was largely limited. After the ouster‚ the new Iraqi government became Shia-controlled‚ making the Sunnis a cultural minority as well a numerical minority in Iraq (Haddad 39). Syria is another
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Hussein was the dictator of Iraq‚ he himself was a Sunni‚ who suppressed the Shia in his country. This became a problem when the United States invaded Iraq. Believing the Sunni would pose a threat; they insured the Shia controlled the majority of the government. This became the main reason for the violence attributed to civilian deaths in Iraq. After the US departed Iraq‚ the Iranian government‚ a Shia government‚ became very involved in Iraqi politics. Iranian involvement in Iraq has been very stressful
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Art‚ in its simplest definition‚ is the creation of images or objects. Islamic art has throughout history been mainly abstract and floral‚ portraying geometric shapes or Arabesque and calligraphic designs because of the strict injunctions against the depiction of living things. Islamic Art as a whole is comprised of visual arts produced 7th century onwards. This term not only describes art made in the service of Islam or by Muslim artists‚ but also secular art originating from those lands which
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religious differences and speak their own language‚ Kurdish. This goes all the way back to World War I and the breaking up of the Ottoman Empire. The Kurdish people are instead spread out between four different states where they are a minority; Iran‚ Iraq‚ Syria‚ and Turkey. The Kurdish people have been pushing for an independent Kurdistan ever since they were promised on after World War I. They have tried to accomplish this through a few different ways (Who are the Kurds‚ 2016). One of the biggest
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US to review its foreign policy in Persian Gulf. This change in policy brought about a change in US naval strategy. The implementation of Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force brought a larger naval presence into the Gulf[10]. In 1980‟s‚ during Iran – Iraq war‚ US further increased its naval presence in the area to
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Compare the social‚ political‚ and economic characteristics of societies that either inhibit or promote collective violence. How does violence affect society? Give specific examples. Collective violence is almost an inevitable part of every society. It exists in different forms such as conflicts between nations‚ groups‚ group terrorism‚ and gang warfare. Everyday‚ thousands of people fall victims to these different forms of collective violence. Collective violence is defined as use of violence
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representation in the Parliament of Saudi Arabia. Women in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan were not allowed to be educated or work and faced public flogging. Islamic revolution in Iraq gave women a wide range of rights. Yet Iraq provides women with more civil rights than any other Muslim country. About 60% of university students in Iraq are female. Muslim women‚ like women all over the world‚ continuously struggled against inequality. Feminists in the Muslim world continue defending their rights and striving
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