As part of a five-state region affected by severe drought and soil erosion‚ the "Dust Bowl" as it was called was result of several factors. Cyclical drought and farming of marginally productive acreage was exacerbated by a lack of soil conservation methods. Because the disaster lasted throughout the 1930’s‚ the lives of every Plains resident and expectations of farming the region changed forever. The settlement and development of the Southern Plains came relatively late. Not recognizing the problems
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19 Varieties of Gazelle Naomi Shihab Nye’s 19 Varieties of Gazelle hits close to home. Although I do not look Muslim and have not dealt with the bashings that Americans have given to those that do‚ I appreciate the perspective she brings forth of the Arab world. Like her I am American born and do feel the pain of both sides. Nye opens the book with that fateful September 11th day‚ a tragedy which presented Americans with an excuse to demonize a culture about which they already harbored deep misunderstandings
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t ein the film and begins the movies “depiction of Arab culture with a decidedly racist tone” (Giroux‚ 104). An Arab merchant sings the lyrics: "Oh I come from a land/From a faraway place/Where the caravan camels roam./Where they cut off your ears/If they don’t like your face./It’s barbaric‚ but hey‚ its home" (Giroux‚ 104). The message that is given right at the beginning of the film is that the Middle East is a desolate wasteland where the justice system runs on a simple limb-removal policy. These
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THE SYRIAN UNREST The Syria unrest‚ which has been going on since March of 2011 is an uprising by a rebel group against a governing party in Syria. The main objectives of the rebels are to overthrow current president‚ Bashar-al-asshad. In April of 2011‚ the president deployed the army‚ still loyal to president asshad whose family lineage has been ruling Syria for decades‚ to open fire on any protesters. The rebels‚ in retaliation‚ formed their own group of armed troops mainly consisting of ex-soldiers
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Causal Analysis of the Arab Spring On 17 December 2010‚ 26-year-old jobless Mohammed Bouazizi‚ frustrated and ashamed by the public humiliation inflicted by a Tunisian female municipal officer and her asides who confiscated the fruit and vegetables he was selling from a street stall and slapped his face in the process‚ set himself on fire and passed away a few days later. As an aftermath of this incident‚ a huge wave of protests over unemployment and social issues sparked out in Tunisia‚ forcing
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SEXISM AMONGST ARAB AMERICANS LEANNA HAMDAN FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY ABSTRACT In America‚ we deal with sexism everyday. In the work place‚ at home‚ in our cultures‚ at school‚ etc.‚ but my main focus in this research paper is sexism among Arab Americans. Being an Arab American myself‚ I have dealt with this brutal issue all my life. Not being able to go to prom‚ to the movies on a Friday night with my friends‚ to hang out in gender-mixed functions all due to the simple fact that I am
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AL jazeera USA Project 2 Instructor: Nnamdi Madichie Course: Global marketing Students: Jawaher Abdullah al jubreen U00014103 Zomorroda Adam U00021110 Table of content * Abstract * Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Discussion 3. Conclusions * References Introduction This report attempts to provide an analysis of the plight of Aljazeera- a Doha-based Television network in the American market. According to the article‚ this television network has
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MGMT2102 Case Study: MTV Networks- The Arabian Challenge MTV (Music Television)‚ launched in 1981‚ pioneered the concept of a cable music channel. MTV’s global expansion strategy since the mid-1990s was to “Think globally‚ act locally‚” where they aim to adapt to local conditions by really reflecting the youth culture‚ and adhering to local taste and culture. In this case‚ analysts felt that the Middle East would prove to be MTVN’s most ambitious and challenging venture‚ however MTV still decided
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The War in Uganda “We make war that we may live in peace.” This is a quote that the famous Aristotle said but is this always true? The civil war that is currently going on in Uganda is a case that the war being made is not so the people can live in peace‚ but rather live in a country that is completely divided. The war in Uganda is driving the people of this country to vast extremes and far away from peace. Throughout this war‚ it has always been the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) against the government
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All over the United States people are standing and fighting for the Black Lives Matter movement. Though the protests are often supposed to be peaceful and amicable‚ they often turn disruptive and violent. Police authorities frequently get involved and try to end the gatherings‚ whether it is calmly or with force. Within the Bill of Rights‚ the First Amendment allows the freedom of assembly as well as other important rights. Are the Black Lives Matter movements and protests within the constitutional
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