Introduction The Israeli-Palestinian struggle‚ “the world’s most intractable conflict”‚ is complex to interpret and analyze in the field of international relations. The conflict began in 1948 after Israel’s establishment and massive Jewish immigration from Europe to the Middle East. Since then‚ the conflict has escalated into intense hostilities between the Arab community and Israel‚ the huge displacement of Palestinians‚ the involvement of the international community‚ particularly the United States
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Ghosts from the Past: Colonial Legacy and the Middle East A century ago‚ the British Diplomat Sir Marks Sykes‚ pointing to a map in front of him‚ is said to have remarked‚ “I should like to draw a line from the ‘e’ in Acre to the last “’k’ in Kirkuk.” This seemingly uncomplicated straight line on the map would be the line in the sand along which the then colonial powers of France and Britain would decide to partition the Ottoman Empire among themselves after its fall. Most of the territory to the
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Al Nakba is a term often denoted to the 1948 incident where the Palestinians were casted out from their homeland as the consequence in establishing the “new state of Israel” (Oxford Dictionaries‚ 2015). The term Nakba is also referred to as “catastrophe”. The documentary “Al Nakba”‚ and its series of episodes‚ tells and elaborates the events that transpired in 1948 where thousands of Palestinians were ejected from their native land and it tends to evaluate the events that had happened during
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Dakhla Oasis is located in the western desert of Egypt‚ approximately 750 km southwest of Cairo. The study region covers an area of approximately 500 km2. The bottom of Dakhla depression is bordered from the north and north east by steep scarps of the Eocene Limestone plateau‚ but slowly rises to the south where it merges with the plain of Upper Cretaceous Nubian sandstone (Ghadiry et al.‚ 2012). Dakhla Oasis occupies one of a chain of structurally motivated topographic depressions underneath the
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Political affairs in the Middle East have been greatly influencing the development of Arab-American literature. Political contexts provided an impetus for Arab-American writers to express political beliefs in their works and address the questions of identity‚ ideology‚ and other subjects connected to political actions. Most of the issues considered by writers and researchers of Arab-American literature can also be found in literatures of other “hyphenated” Americans. However‚ Arab-American literature
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1. Comment on the merit of the paper which is arguing for a separate HRM model for Oman? It is essential to have a unique HRM model specialized for Oman due to few important reasons. The first reason is the cultural influence and there is relationship between the HRM and the social principles‚ values‚ ethics and rules. Second‚ the cultural aspects must be respected when considering about HR philosophy. Nonetheless‚ the economic conditions are greatly important as there is
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February 12‚ 2014 The Arab Spring. Has it Failed? The article “The Arab Spring. Has it Failed?” as seen in The Economist is about how despite the fact that after two and a half years of revolution and violence in the middle east we have seen very little positive changes‚ we shouldn’t give up hope as the Arab Spring revolution of brining positive change to this area of the world hasn’t exactly failed just yet. Because some of the countries with the highest hopes are struggling (Tunisia‚ Libya and
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Report on Media Representations of Arabs and Muslims By:Lamia Tabina RELI2310A Instructor: Dr. Matthew A. MacDonald After hearing about all the laughter my friends had while watching the movie The Dictator‚ I was actually excited to go see a movie at the theaters for once. However‚ as the movie ended and I was walking back to my car‚ I realized that what my friends thought was hysterically funny was actually mockery done to my own race and culture which I couldn’t find funny at all. In
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War in Syria DBQ Essay The Syrian War has affected tons of lives in Syria and around. The war has cause damage physically and emotionally. It physically it broke down tons of town but‚ it also kills people or hurts people and that leaves an emotional scar for many people Many people are affected by the war in Syria‚ many people have had to move to different countries in order to have better lives for their families. In document A‚ it shows a pie graph about how many civilians died more
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Introduction The ‘Arab’ spring of 2011 is a wave of revolutions taking place in the Arab world. It has its own and unique characteristics. The name is an allusion to the 1848 “Spring time of the Peoples”. The 1848 revolution was also a political upheaval throughout Europe and it spread to almost 50 countries including Latin America; whereas the cause of Arab Spring is also “dissatisfaction with political leadership”. That is why a comparison is drawn between these two revolutions. This term was
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