In The Longest Journey: Southeast Asians and the Pilgrimage to Mecca‚ Eric Tagliacozzo presents the history of the Hajj from South East Asia during the early modern period to the present day. From the introduction‚ Tagliacozzo stresses the importance of the Hajj as a spiritual journey and an important ritual for Muslims across the world‚ therefore‚ making it important to study its history (Pages 3-6). The book aims to explain the transformation of Hajj over the years and how it embedded itself as
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The Ottoman Empire was one of the longest-lasting empires in history‚ lasting into the 20th century. “Known for their wealth and power” (Course Page 7)‚ the Ottomans were an extremely militarized state considered “far more than its Islamic predecessors‚ it was open to technological advance‚ a true gunpowder empire” (Hillenbrand 256). The Ottomans used their powerful military force to continue to invade and conquer‚ becoming one of the strongest and most advanced Islamic dynasties ever seen. The
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Republic Day Sale is here with the biggest discounts across all categories and most importantly fashion. This is the biggest shopping event of the season where you can expect some cracking deals. And it gets even bigger with the Republic Day Sale on Fashion. Paytm has already announced its republic day sale‚ where the e-commerce company is offering 68 percent discount on fashion. Whether you want to purchase western wear‚ footwear‚ eyewear‚ or ethnic wear. Paytm Maha Bazaar‚ Republic day offers will
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In an article written by a high school student named Rachel D.‚ “High School Pressure: Why Students Need Shorter Days‚” which was published by the Huffington Post‚ she argues that the length of school days has damning effects on students. Essentially her argument is that long school days leave students with two choices: to engage in social activities‚ or to complete coursework‚ and this leaves them feeling like they have little control over their lives (Rachel D). The article seems to rely solely
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Senior Picture Day Michele Serros As I began reading the short story of Senior Picture Day by Michele Serros‚ my expectations were low on excitement. I was expecting to read a rather bland story of how a young teenage girl had to conquer a million defeats in order to take the perfect senior picture. However‚ to my astonishment the short and sweet story pulled at my heartstrings. I could empathize with “Cal Girl” having endured a similar situation in my own teenage years. This story depicted only
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is what Joseph Rouex thinks about the art of poetry. In this paper I will be comparing two poems‚ The Rope and That Day. I will explain my opinion of the themes‚ techniques‚ and important points. I will discuss the differences and similarities in techniques such as rhythm‚ line breaks‚ metaphors‚ symbols‚ connotations‚ sound and figurative language. The theme in the poem That Day by David Kherdian is the author now has a strong bond with his father that he has never been able to experience before
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perceive and apply superstition into their live by using some great examples like “Michael Jordan‚ Jack Nicklaus and etc. He then continues and leads into the topic of Friday the thirteenth‚ which is the worldwide day known for and extreme amount of bad occurrences that happen. The superstitious day of Friday thirteenth was something that Gawande did not believe in‚
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The text “Earth day” by Atticot and Manning states‚ “Every square mile of the oceans contains more than 46‚000 pieces of paper.” Thanks to Earth day we can have a clean and healthy Earth. We don’t have to worry about waking up one day and not being able to breathe because our Earth is sick and polluted. Earth day is still important because if we do not have Earth day our oceans would be even more polluted and dirty‚ our animals would be sick and become endangered and humans would start dying
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The Feeling of Being in a Corset Corsets were typically use it the 1800 and progressed in the 1900‚ mostly use to disguise ones figures now in the 21st century women use girdles for the same purpose. Siri Hustvedt author of “Eight Days in a corset‚ explains her experience in a corset‚ she was an extra in a film the “Washington Square.” She was not an actress nor was they really interested in her‚ the film director Agnieszka Holland was interested in Hustvedt daughter Sophie. Once the fitting was
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60s and ’70s‚ comparing the moments he had and how things have changed aftermath. “When we were boys‚ We called each other “Man”. In other words Back In The Day‚ people used to call each other names with appropriate manner and talk with under your breath to show respect in public. “ We cussed them out under our breaths and walked away” Now days‚ things had changed‚ peoples don’t have respect for each using inappropriate when they have conversation‚ and call each other by dog and behave like a dog.
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