1982 Lebanon War After the 1948 Arab-Israeli war‚ Lebanon became home to more than 110‚000 Palestinian refugees‚ after their settlements in Palestine and Israel had been depopulated as a result of the war. The large influx of Palestinians from Jordan after "Black September" caused an additional demographic imbalance within Lebanon. By 1975‚ the refugees numbered more than 300‚000 and the PLO in effect created an unofficial state-within-a-state‚ particularly in Southern Lebanon. These rapid demographic
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this revolt‚ a huge breakout of violent Islamic groups began going around many parts of the country and gained power. Furthermore‚ many Syrians have been displaced all around and brought into refugees into certain countries such as Lebanon‚ Turkey‚ Jordan‚ the Kurdistan region of Iraq and Egypt‚ holding a total of four million Syrian refugees altogether. Although struggling with their well needed sanitation system and water‚ these countries still managed to provide an education and health care for
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person who decided the family needed to live in Israel. Mr. Shelby decides he doesn’t want his daughter growing up as a spoiled uncaring princess. Mustapha‚ other important character‚ is an Arab boy who Lesley watches abuse his donkey across the Jordan River. All the Jews are not supposed to hate Arabs‚ but Lesley however comes in contact with Mustapha by the river and talks to him as a person not as an enemy. Mustapha made Lesley a more understanding person towards different kinds of people.
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that began on 18 December 2010. This movement also known as ’Islamist Spring’ and ’Islamist Winter’‚ has forced leaders and rulers from power in Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ Yemen‚ Libya. It has also resulted in civil uprisings in Bahrain‚ Syria‚ Algeria‚ Iraq‚ Jordan‚ Kuwait‚ Oman and other Arab states. This revolutionary upsurge‚ has been different from many of its predecessors in the Arab world. This is due to the apparent distinction of being largely peaceful‚ if compared with the Arab risings in the past
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Women’s rights in the Arab world Critical reflection Back in the day women were not considered human. They weren’t allowed to vote‚ work or have a say whatsoever in the community. A Women’s one and only job was to be a house wife‚ raise the children and make food to please her husband. One would think that this has changed‚ that 21st century women are much more involved in society‚ business and politics. All the up heat and recognition women’s rights movements and feminist actions are getting
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4 Arab is a nationality or ethnicity. This means anyone born in an Arab county is Arabic‚ regardless of their religion. Arabs originate in the Middle East – countries such as Saudi Arabia‚ Kuwait‚ United Arab Emirates‚ Iraq‚ Libya‚ Syria‚ Jordan‚ Palestine‚ Sudan‚ Qatar‚ Algeria‚ Oman‚ Egypt‚ Lebanon‚ Yemen‚ etc. Muslim is a religion‚ not an ethnicity. Muslim people accept Islam as their religion. Therefore‚ if a Muslim was of Arabic descent‚ they would be a “Arab-Muslim”. If they were American
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The following example demonstrates the use of probability and statistics to navigate through a genealogical bottle neck or what is sometimes called a ’brick wall’. I take the case of the hermit Thomas Baker and to find him in the 1891 census and earlier. I could not solve this case till the release of the 1921 census in 2011. The calculation: First is to note the variance in the timing of Thomas’ birth which is all too common an occurrence. To accommodate this we will
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Starting in the late nineteenth century and moving on to the twentieth century‚ the Middle East has been mostly an Arabic country. Research shows that Between 1800 and 1914‚ the Muslim population had a yearly average increase in the order of magnitude of roughly 6-7 per thousand. This can be compared to the very crude estimate of about 4 per thousand for the "less developed countries" of the world (in Asia‚ Africa‚ and Latin America) between 1800 and 1910. It is possible that part of the growth
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Introduction/ Thesis Statement In 1973 the Arab countries of Egypt and Syria‚ who were still upset over their humiliating defeat by in Israeli forces during the Six Day War in 1967 planned a military attack on Israel. While their intent was not to destroy the country of Israel‚ they did want to weaken Israel’s power and reclaim the lands that they had lost during the Six Days War. The lands that the Arabs wished to reclaim were the Suez Peninsula and Golan Heights. Israel had stated that they would
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Essay about the Conflict in Syria Foreign Affairs April 12th‚ 2012. Syria‚ a Middle Eastern country‚ is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bounded by Turkey to the north‚ by Iraq to the east and southeast‚ by Jordan to the south‚ and by Lebanon and Israel to the southwest. Syria has an area of 185‚180 square kilometers (71‚500 square miles)‚ including 1‚295 square kilometers (500 square miles) of territory in the Golan Heights captured by Israel in the Six Day War of 1967
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