The film Ok Mister is an Iranian comedy that explores the concept of western imperialism and the West’s interaction with people in third world countries. The film criticizes the rapid modernization of Iran under Mohammad Reza Shah’s regime and the careless spending of the wealth that the country gained from sudden increases in oil prices in the 1970s.The film also depicts Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism. The setting of the film‚ a remote Iranian village‚ depicts Orientalism. The setting provides
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presumably for Ali‚ whose old sneakers were torn from so much use. The film ends with the final shot showing Ali dipping his blistered feet in a pool. Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | Majid Majidi | | | Cast (in credits order) | Mohammad Amir Naji | ... | Ali’s Father (as Amir Naji) | | Amir Farrokh Hashemian | ... | Ali (as Mir Farrokh Hashemian) | | Bahare Seddiqi | ... | Zahra | | Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi | ... | Roya | | Fereshte Sarabandi | ... | Ali’s Mother |
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Questions: * What was distinctive about the end of Europe’s African and Asian empires as compared to earlier examples of imperial disintegration? * Change: nation-states overthrowing empires who ruled over them for centuries * African revolution focused on nationalism‚ chain reaction that created many nation-states * Africans felt they were equivalent to their formal rulers despite the difference in culture * Revolutions around the world shared aspects of nationalism – Self-determination:
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1. What were the main reasons for World War I? 2. What were the results of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and what happened to the Romanov family? 3. What reforms were proposed by Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata? 4. What caused the end of the Manchu Dynasty in China? 5. What were the goals of revolutionary China? 6. What was the weakness of the League of Nations? 7. What were some of the new weapons used in WWI and what was trench warfare? 8. What was
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their phase of extremity‚ shift left and head more towards a secular system. This is even if religious ideology is dominant‚ as in the English Civil War of the 1640s. The 1979 uprisings were to get rid of the Pahlavi Dynasty whom have had 2 kings through out their reign; Reza Shah and Mohammed Reza Shah. Before the their dynasty‚ Iran was ruled by the Qajars‚ and before that it was the Safavids. These two dynasties were responsible for 2 very important aspects of Iran: The Safavids made Shia Islam the
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1. The cartoon below: a. Was published shortly after the landslide victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1936 b. Reflected efforts of Franklin D. Roosevelt to submit all legislation to the Supreme Court for an opinion on its constitutionality c. Was published immediately after the Supreme Court decided in Franklin Roosevelt’s favor in the electoral dispute with Herbert Hoover after the 1932 presidential election d. Reflected the unanimity in Congress after the
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from her father‚ but lost it because she couldn’t afford the mortgage. She is a genuinely kind person‚ but is very arrogant and bull-headed sometimes. Mr. Behrani is a former colonel in the Imperial Air Force of Iran. Behrani served Shahanshah Reza Pahlavi faithfully and effectively until the Shah’s overthrow in 1979‚ which also destroyed the privilege‚ power‚ wealth‚ and position of people like Colonel Behrani. He is very wise but has a
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Tanin Pattaphongse English 113B Professor Mandy Macklin. March 2014 Normality in our Society We all are born into this world unique; we live differently‚ because we experience different things in our life. The environment and space around us affects and shape us since we were young. This means that the spaces that exist externally from us are affecting and shaping us up in a certain way. We often refer it to the background of the person what they have been through in their life
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Internship Report On “HRM Practices in PRAN-RFL GROUP” Prepared for Md. Rakibul Haque Assistant Professor Department of Business Administration Dhaka International University. Prepared By Abu Mohammad Motasim Reza Roll: 38 EMBA program 29th Batch (4th Semester) Department of Business Administration Dhaka International University. Dhaka International University. Letter of Transmittal 10th October 2012 Md. Rakibul Haque Assistant Professor
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Saddam De Facto Saddam Hussein was unarguably the world’s most feared and powerful leaders. He ruled with an iron fist‚ his actions have caused fear and hate among the Iraqi citizens he ruled and people around the world. He ruled by oppression‚ with supremacy‚ committing atrocious acts such as testing chemical and biological weapons on the innocent civilians of his own country. During his time in power‚ he blatantly violated nearly all the United Nations laws that pertained to his country‚ and
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