Are Refugees more important than Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)? In 2013‚ conflict first broke out between rebel forces and government-backed forces in South Sudan. This conflict has intensified since and resulted in the forced displacement of many nationals of South Sudan. While some South Sudan nationals fled their homes to countries like Kenya‚ some fled their homes but remained within South Sudan borders and are currently being sheltered by various camps across the country. Thus‚ according
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Women of the Middle East and Their Rights Women of the Middle East have experienced the abuse of women’s rights. Middle Eastern women’s rights have been abused in different ways. They are looked down as the inferior to men in the Middle East. They are becoming stronger and rising up to equality to men. People involved in particular situations may have different opinions on rights of Middle Eastern women. Women are human; therefore no human rights should be restricted from them. In the Middle
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Reel Bad Arabs--Discussion Prompt--50 Minutes Current Word Count: 214. Required Word count: 514 1. Shaheen’s research has led him to view over 1000 films in which Arabs are represented. He argues that Arabs are “the most maligned group in the history of Hollywood.” Would you agree with this claim? And why? 2. Shaheen identifies what he terms the mythical location “arabland.” From where did this image first come? It first came from the European travel writers and artist about
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MTV Networks – The Arabian Challenge Case Study Question 1: Experts felt that one of the biggest challenges faces by MTV while launching MTV Arabia was the prevalent culture in the Arab world. Discuss the Arab culture. What challenges does the culture pose to MTV? When talking about Arab it must be clear that there is not just “one” culture or society; it is full of different and various communities‚ groups and cultures. It can be said that each of these Arab countries have different thinking and
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Al-Quds University Faculty of Art Department of English Writing III Section (10) Third Assignment The Israeli Occupation of Palestine Alaa’ Waleed Sbitan #21112289 Dr.Hasan Hamad First Semester 2013/2014 Writing III Dr.Hasan Hamad Essay Skeleton Outline Topic: The Israeli Occupation of Palestine Style: Conventional Mode: Global Description Macro:
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War in Syria DBQ Essay For 6 years Syria has been at war with itself. In these 5-6 years many people have died. And many towns and cities left and ruined. The beginning of the fifth year of the war half a quarter million people have been killed. And over 10 million have been forced to leave their homes. And it all began with the actions of peaceful protestors. Which has cost the lives of 100‚000 people and forced over two million to flee to the relative safety of neighboring countries. This conflict
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Israel has been committing crimes in the Middle East‚ and the United States has done little to stop it. Ever since Israel’s founding the United States has supported them‚ that being in times of war and in times of peace. The US was even the first major country to recognize the state of Israel as an Independent country. Israel even has the support of the United States during some of their crimes against the Palestinians. This is because of the US foreign policy against Israel is biased. The United
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Is protest and resistance the only valid reponse to injustice? Protest and resistance is the only valid response to injustice and oppression. This is because through a non-violent means‚ protest can stimulate a universal fight by contesting social perspectives and revealing hypocrisies. This is clearly demonstrated by Rafeef Ziadah in her protest poem "Shades of Anger". She is a Palestinian activist‚ academic and spoken word artist who is currently a PhD candidate at York University in Canada.
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Cultural and National identity play a crucial role on our lives everyday. It exercises influences on how we perceive the world around us‚ on the decisions we make and on how we view ourselves. Culture is a way of life of a group of people‚ it is the behaviors‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and language that they accept and are passed along by generations. On that note‚ cultural identity is belonging to a group that shares the same beliefs and religion. Meanwhile‚ national identity is one’s identity of sense of
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IS genocide of Assyrians Imagine being driven from your house and on the way out‚ anything of value that you own is taken from you. As you are leaving your sister is kidnapped as a slave and the neighbors down the street have been shot. This is the plight of the Assyrian Christians‚ who are descendants of the Assyrian empire and the only native group in northern Iraq‚ and the Yazidis who believe in an ancient religion and live in southern Syria. They are being persecuted by the Islamic State (IS)
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