For the past 5 years‚ the amount of revolutions that arose in the Middle East proved nothing but the despair and struggles that exist. Amongst these revolutions was one of the greatest revolt that resulted in the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak‚ whose family was in reign for over 30 years in Egypt. As Morsi‚ a member of the Muslim brotherhood‚ was elected‚ he focused more on the values of the community that he belongs to. The Egyptians were asking for a democratic government‚ but instead‚ he wanted to
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During the early dynastic period‚ the early River Civilizations had just come to be. Egypt and The Fertile Crescent were 2 of the civilizations. Different civilizations were developing different things as well as living two different ways of life. In social and intellectual ways‚ these two civilizations handled themselves in very similar as well as many different ways to function the way they did and remain stable while they could. Egypt and the Fertile Crescent shared certain things within the
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Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State by Hakan Özoğlu Review by: Buşra Özdemir‚ 211553806 Published by State Univ of New York (February 2004) Series: Suny Series in Middle Eastern Studies Hardcover: 192 pages Rise of Kurdish Nationalism This book examines the issue in the context of Ottoman Empire. It focuses primarily on understanding the social‚ political‚ and historical forces behind the emergence and development of Kurdish nationalism in the Ottoman context which it was born. Also‚ this
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It was July 2011 when South Sudan gained independence from Sudan‚ after the majority of South Sudanese voted to separate from Sudan and create its own country. Since that separation‚ many problems faced the new nation. Soon after‚ in 2013‚ people got angry when the president of South Sudan fired his debuty. South Sudan was separated into different religions‚ tribes‚ and ethnic groups. Government troops and rebel factions started fighting against each other. Because of the major violence‚ after only
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This may be the most difficult speech I have ever written. Most of us are familiar with the famous photograph of a dead Syrian boy‚ who washed up on the shore of a Turkish beach after drowning as he family tried to escape the violence wrought by the Islamic State terrorist group‚ ISIS. Throughout this tragic crisis‚ countries from all over the world have been called forward as global citizens to help with what has been referred to as the worst humanitarian crisis of our generation. Canada being one
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On April 24‚ 1915‚ the Ottoman government started its systematic decimation of its Armenian population. With the decline of power in the Ottoman Empire and military losses experience at the beginning of World War I‚ the Ottoman government used the Armenians as a way to blame their problems on someone else‚ thus began the Armenian Genocide. The Ottoman government confiscated Armenian possessions‚ deported them to different countries‚ and massacred large numbers of Armenian people. Many of the deported
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The Game Darfur is Dying is a game where you have to go through what the people in Darfur are going through. You are given the experience of suffering through hunger‚ loss of a family member or friend‚ and torture and pain. You are given the option to choose an avatar that varies from male to female from the age of 10 to a fully grown adult in their thirties. The first part of the game is to forage for water‚ but it is not as easy as it sounds. You have to run and hide from Janjaweed militias that
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RESEARCH METHODS FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLS 108) SUBJECT : KURDISH ISSUE IN TURKISH CINEMA NAME : MUHAMMET SURNAME : TARHAN ID : 02031139 BEING A KURD IN TURKISH CINEMA “The best way of spreading and imposing culture‚ political behaviour and literature to other states is cinema” my father always says. Then he adds: “For instance‚ America introduced emperialism and it’s ‘power’ to the whole World via American movies”. Previously‚ i was not
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The United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM I) was set up to safely make humanitarian aid possible to people trapped by civil war and famine. This was the first time that the peacekeeping force has been used for “humanitarian intervention”. This mission was set to provide protection‚ security for the people of Mogadishu and its surroundings. In November 1991‚ there was heavy fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu between armed forces allied to General Mohamad Farah Aidid‚ or to Mr. Ali
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The Catching Fire The book I read was Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Katniss Everdeen was the main character. She was a teenage girl‚ athletic‚ strong‚ fast‚ and very popular. She loved her fellow tribute Peeta‚ Gale and her friend‚ Prim her sister‚ her district 12‚ and hunting with her bow and arrows. Katniss hated the Capitol‚ the Hunger Games‚ Quarter Quell‚ and especially President Snow. She won the last Hunger Games because she was courageous‚ heroic‚ brave‚ and quite a fighter. The districts
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