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Algeria
277 wordsAlgeria Ryan Elliott The earliest recorded inhabitants of Algeria were Berber-speaking people. Algeria was originally inhabited by Berbers until the Arabs conquered North Africa in the 7th century. Staying mainly in the mountainous regions, the Berbers resisted the spreading Arab influence, managing to preserve much of their language and culture until the present day. They make up some 30% of the total population. Since then Arab and European people have been the other ethnicity's living there. ...
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Sides In The Arab Israeli Debate
3,328 wordsThe Suez Crisis of 1956: The War From Differing Viewpoints Carleton University Research Paper #1: Submitted to Prof. J. Sigler In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for 47.323 Student: Neil Patrick Tubb (#226591) Introduction Among the most important foundations in the continuing Arab-Israeliconflict was the seeds that were sown in the aftermath of the 1956 Sinai Campaign, or the Suez Crisis. Whatever the operation is referred to as, its consequences involving both relations internal to the ...
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Way For Daru's Character
890 wordsWith the Guest by Andrew Camus: Daru We have had the opportunity in the last month to read many short story selections, giving us examples of many different things. When asked to pick a character to analyze it was a tough decision but I would have to go with the story that most interested me to choose my character. This story would be 'Withthe Guest', written by Albert Camus. With the main character of this story is Daru. In the following paragraphs I will analyze the type of character he is. Da...
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Peace Between The Palestinian Arabs And Israel
2,701 wordsImagine living in a nation were the government wasn't on your side. Everything that the government did was in there best interest without any consideration of the people. Imagine that your government was in a conflict with another government and this government had the power to say if you were getting food eat and water to drink. Imagine that in this so called nation the kids instead or going to school would rather throw rocks at members of the other nation instead of going to school. Imagine th...
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World's Arab Peoples
2,118 wordsPro War in IraqI do not subscribe to the fashionable notion of moral equivalence between all deeply-held beliefs. I believe in the rights of the individual over the collective. I believe democracy is better than dictatorship, both morally and practically. Not necessarily democracy as we or the Americans or the French practice it, but the idea that in every possible practical way, you should let people make their own decisions, and if these decisions need to be circumscribed in any way, then you ...
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Minority Value And Daru By Arabs
1,652 wordsTwo great works known for irony, in one a great author, Albert Camus, creates a masterpiece and in the other, a masterpiece creates a great author, Shirley Jackson. Camus had been known to the world and his works had been studied even without the presence of "l'home" or known as The Guest, but Shirley Jackson was a nobody till she wrote The Lottery and stunned the world. Both works are studied as pieces of irony but I believe both to be great works in other, with a twist of irony in the conclusi...
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French Expeditionary Force In Algeria
4,443 wordsRESEARCHED by AdnanTHEMEIn 1957, French Forces were able to militarily defeat and temporarily subdue FLN. However, to the surprise of the whole world, French President Charles De Gaulle opted for a political solution and announced independence for the Algerians in 1962. To what extent did the activities of FLN influence De Gaulle and what other factors can be identified which led to his surprising decision to grant independence to Algeria? Introduction 1. The Algerian War of Independence (1954-6...
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Oman Like Many Other Middle Eastern Countries
1,274 wordsOman is a small country located in the northeast by the gulf of Oman and southeast by the Arabian Sea, southeast by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The capitol of this country is Muscat. Oman covers an area of about 119,500 sq mi. Oman borders Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates. The Oman government, from what I have read, is ran by a sultan and seems to be somewhat democratic. The population is overwhelmingly Arab, but significant minorities of Indians, Pakistanis, and ...
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France Control Over Morocco
3,141 wordsMorocco, is a country in the northwestern corner of Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on the north and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. The Strait of Gibraltar, which connects the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, separates Morocco from Spain by only about 8 miles (13 kilometers). Fertile plains lie along Morocco's coasts, and forested mountains stretch across the middle of the country from southwest to northeast. Beyond the mountains lies a sun-baked desert, the Sahara. Rabat is Moro...
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Arab The Prisoner
290 wordsSetting: Algeria during the waning years of French Control there (p. 315)... snow had suddenly fallen in mid-october after eight months of drought without the transition of rain. The story was written in 1957. Characters & Description: Character and setting description is very clear and vivid as if you are there. Daru- Schoolmaster; was put in charge of a prisoner. P. 316 -... he who lived almost like a monk in his remote schoolhouse, nonetheless satisfied with the little he had and with the rou...
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Leila Ahmed
653 words"It was as if there were to life itself a excellence of music in that time, the period of my childhood, and in that place, the distant edge of Cairo. There the city petered out into a spreading of villas leading into peaceful country fields. On the other side of our house was the deep, unsurpassable quiet of the desert."That", says Leila Ahmed, "is how it was in the beginning... to come to realization in... a world alive, as it seemed, with the music of being". Indeed, the early years of Ahmeds ...
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Arab Israeli Conflict
1,024 wordsThe second major concern in Rise to Globalism is the Arab-Israeli conflict, which can trace its accentuation into the forefront of world politics back to the British and Americans after the end of World War II and the formation of the United Nations. Israel was created by the United Nations to provide a homeland for the many millions of persecuted Jews throughout the world. It also created a serious conflict with the Arab countries of the region. It was created from land the Turks had conquered ...
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Djebar's Algerian Sisters
1,321 wordsAssia Djebar's, Fantasia Assia Djebar believed that the process of Western acculturation excluded her from most if not all aspects of the traditional women's world. This resulted in her mastery of the French language and access to public space. This view of exclusion led Djebar to her Algerian Quartet, which is a writing project to reestablish links with the maternal world, which she felt distanced from, but in fact never lost (Ghaussy 3). They are all polyphonic texts that combine personal and ...
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Abu Nidal
416 wordsAbu Nidal born Sab rial-Bann a along with his affluent family was forced to flee the Arab city of Jaffa during the 1948 war. During the 1960's as a laborer in Saudi Arabia, he became heavily interested in politics. He joined Yass ar Arafat's Fatah group, also known as the backbone of P.L.O. (Palestine Liberation Organization) where he advanced quickly in ranks. In 1974 he broke alliances with Arafat, because Arafat considered diplomacy over violence. He formed the Abu Nidal Organization (known a...
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Arab Islamic Community
5,571 wordsBernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies, and Long-Term Member of the Institute for Advance Study, Princeton University. He was educated in the University of London, primarily but not entirely at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where He took both his B.A. (Honors in History) and his Ph. D. His B.A. degree was in History with special reference to the Near and Middle East; his Ph. D. in the History of Islam. His earliest interest was in medieval Is...
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Coastal Town In Kenya
877 wordsFavorite Vacation Spot I spent the last two weeks of my summer vacation last year with my family in Mombasa. Mombasa is a coastal town in Kenya, East Africa. When we arrived at the Moi International Airport in the town, we were hit by a blast of hot, humid air and I prepared myself mentally for the tropical coastal weather conditions I heard could make your skin feel leathery. We were all excited, not only we were set to enjoy the majestic Indian Ocean; it was also our first time in Africa. On o...