Somalia: Frame of Reference for the United States and the UN Peackeeping Mission The victims of the 1992 Somalia war are publicized across the world. Americans are shocked by the images of malnutrition; video of underfed children in Somalia with swollen bellies and skeletal men and women hawking over bits of grain and brown water. By 1993 year‚ nearly 300‚000 Somalis die of starvation due to clan infighting following the ouster of Mogadishu dictator Siad Barre (CITED THIS). This widespread famine
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The world’s longest river; The Nile‚ is considered Egypt’s lifeline. This significant physical geographic factor‚ has contributed to the development of the ancient Egyptians. This country which is located in Africa’s northeast corner‚ receives very little rainfall throughout the year. As a result‚ Egypt has relied on the Nile River for its economy. Each year‚ the Nile floods due to upstream rain‚ depositing a type of rich black soil called silt‚ along the river banks. The silt at the river’s mouth
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Campaign: Kony 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc Short versions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j36n8Kn_lUY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWd0veKp1R0&hd=1 (this may be a stronger version) 1. Why we are choosing this one: This was a very successful campaign. Most of our group had heard about the Kony campaign and have shared with more than one friend; thus it was a successful viral marketing campaign. The statistics show that 112 million people viewed this video
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The Kony 2012 campaign began in 2003‚ when Invisible Children’s Jason Russel and his fellow San-Diego film-makers traveled to East Africa in search of a story. There they discovered a civil war in Uganda‚ where Joseph Kony and his rebel army‚ the lords resistance army or (LRA)‚ were abducting children and forcing them to become soldiers. A war which western civilization didn’t know existed. (invisiblechildren.com) The non-profit organization redirected their films focus to Joseph Kony‚ resulting
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Djam by Tony Gatlif “I piss on those who want to take away our music and our freedom.” For French-Algerian director Tony Gatlif the most significant inspiration for his new film Djam has to be rebetiko‚ a music which‚ unlike any other‚ signifies exile‚ but also resilience. As our world‚ especially Europe‚ experiences a steady influx of immigrants‚ new cultures and lifestyles‚ influencing our ways of life. The story of rebetiko‚ or rembetiko‚ is one which can be seen as a parable on this phenomenon
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Uganda‚ officially the Republic of Uganda‚ is the world’s second most heavily populated non-coastal country after Ethiopia. Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom‚ which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country‚ including the capital Kampala. Uganda gained independence from Britain on 9 October 1962. In 2013‚ the census placed the population at 36‚824‚000. An estimated 12.3% of the population was living in the urban areas while 87.7% were living in the rural areas. The official
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its one of the worlds largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. 4.The book is dedicated to John Garang because he inspired the southern people of sudan. 5.One might infer from the books cover that someone came from where there was hard times to freedom . 6.The maps at the beginning of the book is Africa and Sudan. I know that these places are in poverty and do not have the tools to survive. 7.The djellabas was the bad guys with guns. 8.The willingness of the parents
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Jasmine Oh Sister School Project I remember when I went to this last year held by Antidote International‚ and I had a wonderful time. This year‚ I anticipated even more because I’ve already experienced it. Although it was like a social gathering with great music provided‚ I was excited to hear about the issues of Darfur. It is really nice to hear that Cerritos High School is involved in the sister school project. Through this program‚ I hope that it can make a great difference as to where the United
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The Rendille and Ariaal cultures are very interesting and complex cultures and‚ they have so much in common; both are camel dependent-based cultures. These camel-based cultures live in Kenya´s deserted zone‚ due to the camels amazing capacity to spend up to two weeks without water. This ability has led both cultures to an unbelievable phenomenon‚ an alliance‚ a partnership between the Ariaal and the Rendille. This partnership is very clever and important these days due to the constant changes the
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Characteristics of Orientalism‚ Prejudice‚ and Discrimination The difference between Muslims and Arabs according to the Schaefer text is; often being confused that they are the same Muslims are a type of religious group where as Arabs are a type of ethnic group. In the beginning of the text it describes and says that “Most Arab Americans are not Muslim and most Muslim Americans are not of Arab background. Within each group is a significant diversity that can be seen by differences in forms of
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