Transculturation in Palestinians’ Lives There are so many different texts that are out there. People from different cultures and communities write texts that we usually do not take seriously. We do not want to see their point of view about things. We just want them to understand our point of view. “States” by Edward Said is a transcultural text. A contact zone is the space in which transculturation takes place. Mary Pratt defines “Transculturation is a process whereby members of subordinated or marginal
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Did social media support the “Arab Spring”? (Credits: http://www.heraldsun.com.au) A research conducted by Tim Tabak and Leon da Silva INDEX Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 Research 4 * Methods 4 * Sub-Questions and discussion 4 * Discussion and conclusion 7 * Recommendation 8 Reference List 9 Annotated Bibliography 10 Appendix I - Our Expert/Interviewee 12
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“Explain the underlying and immediate causes of the Jewish War” There were many underlying and immediate causes of the Jewish war. The continued Roman oppression and continued disrespect of the Jewish faith and culture by many Roman key figures of authority such as Pilate‚ Patronius and Cumanus was an underlying cause of the war. This was joined by the Roman inability to control insurgent groups throughout Palestine‚ because of the relatively small number of Roman troops controlling Palestine. It
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Palestine’s struggle to gain statehood has been a major international conflict for decades. From 1923 until 1948 Britain controlled several Arab nations as well as Palestine. The violence over Palestinian and Jewish claims to the land escalated to the point where Britain gave control of the situation to the United Nations. The UN proposed a resolution for a separate Israeli and Palestinian state. In 1948 Israel accepted the proposition and is now recognized as a state by most other international
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War‚ Violence‚ the Hebrew Bible & the Aeneid War and warfare can serve different purposes. Both the Roman Empire during the Golden Age‚ under the auspices of Rome’s first emperor‚ Caesar Augustus and the Israel’s who followed the Hebrew Bible engaged warfare. However‚ the wars had a different focuses and different goals. The wars of the Old Testament were wars of extermination‚ while the Romans had limited wars. Wars of extermination occurred during Israel’s theocracy‚ and are often cited
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The land of Israel has one of the oldest histories in the world. Up until the mid 20th century‚ what war Palestine had become Israel. The reasons why Palestine shouldn’t have been given to the Jews is because the land had belonged to the Arabs for over 1000 years‚ the Arabs were promised to keep their land‚ and Israel had taken more land than they were granted. The land of Israel rightfully belongs to the Arabs. The Arabs are historically entitled to the land because they had lived there for a
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Everyone has been through at least on experience that may have affected his/her in a good or a bad way. My experience has changed my life. At first I thought my life is over because of what happened in Syria‚ which made me move the United State. I was so depressed because of that change and I struggled to move on and face the fact that I might not be able to visit my home again. I also was going to regret not moving for my entire life. Syria is one of the most beautiful places in the world. It was
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As anti-Semitism broke out in Europe in the 1800s‚ a minority of the Jewish population‚ known as Zionists‚ started to migrate to the country known as Palestine. Palestine was British-controlled and populated mostly by Muslims. Hundreds of thousands of Zionists moved to Palestine with the intent of making the nation their own Jewish state. The natives of the country grew more and more concerned‚ and the tensions eventually escalated to violence. The United Nations tried to solve the problem in 1947
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MONOLOGUE: JORDAN BAKER What? You got something you want to say to me too? Yea‚ well get in line‚ there’s a lot of people trying to get a word in. I mean‚ who do they think they are to judge me? The world made me dishonest not the other way around. Do they really think that I fancy cheating my way through life? I don’t wish to be this way but is there any other way I can survive in this society? I live in the public eye. I have to take more care than the rest of them to protect my image‚
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What effect‚ if any‚ has the Obama administration had on geographies of international relations and politics with regards to the ‘Arab Spring’ uprising? Geography has been ever-present within political and developmental endeavors worldwide. Through the emergence of rational and forward-thinking states‚ the processes of modernity and orientalism (Said‚ 1977)‚ and establishment of rudimental international relations‚ geography has always had its place carving the way in terms of how we think about
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