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    Palestine Controversy

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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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    Kurdish Ethnos

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    Summary Kurds are the largest stateless people in the world. The Kurdish ethnos was historically devided into four groups-Turkish‚ Iranian‚ Iraqi and Syrian. These groups lived within the territories of the respective four states. This situation makes the Kurdish case more complex. The usage Kurdish Question emerged as a concept to denote a problematic related to the Kurdish position on the new Middle East geopolitical arrangement after the First World War. The fall of the Ottoman Empire followed

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    The Armenian genocide is widely recognized as the first systematic genocide of the twentieth century; however‚ it continues to be denied around the world‚ particularly in Turkey and the United States. In Miller and Miller’s “Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide”‚ the causes of the Armenian genocide are identified as the political leadership in Turkey‚ the ideology of Pan-Turkism‚ the distinct culture of Armenians‚ and the political instability within Turkey. Miller and Miller’s explanation

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    Lucas‚Avila Ms.Muscat ENG2D 30 May‚ 2017 Armenian Genocide Changes Boy’s Life Forever The Armenian genocide changed one boy’s life forever‚ Vahan Kenderian‚ a 12 year old boy who was the black sheep of his family soon realises the good times have run out. Family members are taken from homes and are killed in front of families with no reasoning. The Armenian genocide had just began‚ it began on April 24‚ 1915 and ended in 1917. Following Vahan’s journey we see that many people changed him

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    The Armenian Genocide was one of the most violent historical moments that deprived homelands from 1.5 million Armenians through forced deportations and massacres during 1915 and 1923. As the turmoil between the allies and central powers escalated into WWI‚ under the guise of military tactics the Turkish government deported and exterminated the Armenian population. ”By the early 1920s‚ when the massacres and deportations finally ended‚ between 600‚000 and 1.5 million Armenians were dead‚ with many

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    Syria Refugee Crisis

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    Over the past couple decades‚ Canada has proved to be a leader in the acceptance of refugees from around the world‚ especially during a crisis. But as of today‚ the country has done little to fulfill its global role in protecting those affected in Syria‚ mainly due to processing delays and poor management of refugee applications‚ but also due to an insufficient commitment to helping those in need. First of all‚ it is important to understand how Canada defines refugees‚ what programs it has to fund

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    genocide in syria

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    The Syrian crisis began in early 2011 when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began a brutal crackdown on growing peaceful protests throughout the country. With the use of tanks‚ attack helicopters‚ and artillery against protesters and the torture and execution of children‚ protests spread and opposition groups took up arms. The attacks and counter-attacks escalated into a full-fledged civil war between the Assad regime with allied militias and an array of opposition groups. The death toll has now

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    Edward Said "States"

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    A Picture Worth a Thousand Words Edward Said‚ a literary scholar and critic created the book After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives (1986) along with the assistance of photographs from Jean Mohr. From this book we look at the piece “States” where Said talks about the exile of himself and the whole Palestinian nation in 1948. Said’s main goal and purpose of this essay was to provide a solid argument for the innocence of the Palestinians and he also wants to show the world how hard it was and still

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    English Department First Draft: Decentralization in Lebanon Decentralization in Lebanon In the twenty first century or in other words‚ the century we are living in‚ is full of modern political thoughts and what is related to them from public sector reforms. There are so many political systems that are followed every where. These political systems can best be summarized by two controversial systems. These two systems are the Centralized and the Decentralized systems. In Lebanon we

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    States by Edward Said

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    Taylor Stephan Section 2 Exam “States” 1. Edward Said emphasizes the scattered‚ alienated nature of the Palestinian people. In my opinion‚ Said clearly displays that it is unfair to ask “What is it you Palestinians want?”. Palestine‚ once recognized as a country and a community‚ is now shattered into a plethora of pieces. These pieces‚ or people each with memories and experiences‚ were sprinkled all across the world. It would seem impossible to share national pride when one’s country does

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