The Arabian Horse The Arabian horse is unlike any creature created by Allah. He is a very rare combination of a very unique set of attributes. He combines both beauty and power in such a way that balances both values equally. His physical appearance demands respect and his character represents the very best of human qualities. His origin is to date still a mystery. Many theories revolve around his origin adding more to his mystery. We have El-Khamsa theory‚ the creation from the south wind theory
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main character‚ Mustafa‚ has a kite that he received for his birthday when he was a kid and has never been able to fly (the Taliban has banned kite flying) so‚ Mustafa decides that he is going to find a way to fly the kite so everyone can see. In the beginning of this short story‚ the Taliban has all the power. Everyone fears them and the townspeople have to sneak around to do simple everyday activities‚ such as girls reading‚ music‚ listening to the radio‚ etc. But then Mustafa becomes fed up with
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Simon Fraser University Spring 2013 HIST 485: Violence in Greece and the Balkans Instructor: Doxis Doxiadis Email: edoxiadi@sfu.ca Office: AQ 6198 Office hours: Tu.-Th. 1-2 pm or by appointment Description and Objectives This course will examine the history of Greece and the Balkans with an emphasis on the exploration of conflicts in the region: Wars‚ civil wars‚ ethnic conflict‚ religious conflict‚ political violence (revolutions‚ dictatorships‚ terrorism‚ etc.)‚ ethnic cleansing
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spirit‚ but all for love. As the Narvaez expedition staggers from one disaster to another‚ Mustafa realizes that his desperate need for the expedition to find the gold is driven by his desire for freedom‚ which he painfully hopes that Durante’s‚ his owner‚ will return to him. Mustafa’s remedy for this hopeless desire is to tell the true story of the expedition‚ in his own words. After eight years of survival‚ Mustafa realizes that he will never be free unless he leaves Durante’s‚ and the corruption of
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gender roles of men like Mustafa Sa’eed and Wad Rayyes represent the colonizers who ravish the colonized (personified by the female characters). Salih’s men are primarily sexual beings who see women as theirs to conquer while the women are meant to be subservient to sexual conquest. In Mustafa Sa’eed’s world‚ love is a virus. Much like when a colonizing nation attacks‚ love attacks women swiftly and without mercy. The women that he comes across are afflicted with love for Mustafa; passionate‚ all consuming
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lie. Later in the train ride‚ they come to a stop as Strelnikov’s train comes past theirs. Strelikov‚ or Pasha‚ was an idealist before the Civil War‚ but he soon became one of the communists. Yuri get off of his train while they are stopped and he runs through the wood and comes across the Strelnikov train. The Red Army soldiers take him to Pasha‚ where the two men finally meet. Yuri informs Pasha that Laura is still alive and how it was that he and Laura had met. He also said she was in Yuriatin. What
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“My Body is My Own Business” In the article “My Body is My Own Business” by Naheed Mustafa we are introduced to the stereotypes and prejudices that Muslim people in our country are subject to. Mustafa’s everyday life consists of stereotypes because of her decision to wear the hijab. Mustafa goes on to talk about what covering up her body means to herself and her reasons for doing so. There are many problems in society today with teen girls thinking that they will earn respect form people
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man. It starts out with a former NFL player and an actor Isaiah Mustafa in an ordinary bathroom wearing nothing but a towel. He represents the “perfect male” for both women and as well as men. He is considered manly with the muscular physique‚ broad shoulders‚ bearded face and a stern voice. His strong posture and his deep male voice displays the masculine form‚ the women desire. Without losing eye contact with the audience‚ Mustafa shifts from a bathroom scene to a yacht‚ to a beach and lastly to
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corruption and the drawbacks of modernisation are explored and these issues are all presented by Tayeb Salih in the two scenes where Hosna Bint Mahmoud commits suicide after killing the old man‚ Wad Rayyes and also when Jean Morris is killed by Mustafa Sa’eed in ‘love’. In this essay I will explore the two scenes in which these women both die‚ and compare and contrast the deaths. The murder scene of Wad Rayyes and the suicide of Hosna‚ are extremely unusual because of the fact that it in Sudan
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Atia Pasha Professor Schlanger ENGL 2307 Creative Writing (Distant Learning) 21 June 2011 Time of My Life The lashes of my eyelids begin to separate as the light penetrates my vision with each blink. I wake strangely to the tall yellow grass and a slight welcoming breeze across my face. I glance over and see the home I grew up in 20 years ago and wonder is this a dream? The gray paint has faded away and the wood has begun decay. I can still see mama sitting on that porch breading my long black
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