SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :History of the Middle East

Essays 151 - 180

The Foreign Policy Priorities of the Obama Administration

day in office he would instruct military commanders to this effect. Obama stated that the war in Iraq should never have been start...

Critique on the Variations of the Rapunzel Folk/Fairy Tale

Maiden in the Tower, more commonly known to contemporary readers as Rapunzel, is indicative of this traditional fairytale structur...

Salient Factors Of Modern Nation-State Formation

According to David Gompert, author of Helping a Palestinian State Succeed: Key Findings, Palestine can well establish itself as an...

A Historical World View of Female Genital Mutilation

an exclusively Islamic practice. FGM is a cross-cultural and cross-religious ritual and is in most cultures primarily a social pra...

Comparison of Childrearing Practices

In five pages Muslim communities in the Middle East and the U.S. are compared in terms of the practices of each region regarding c...

Mideast Pharmaceutical Company Operations

In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. pharmaceutical company opening of a North Africa and Middle East regional office in an...

How Arabian Women are Beginning to Overcome the Barriers Imposed by Tradition

In a paper consisting of six pages the ways in which Middle East women are at last transcending traditional cultural barriers and ...

Theodor Herzl

in the world only if they stopped being an anomaly among nations. He asserted that scattered Jews are one people. Their plight cou...

Democracy in Arabic Countries

continent, and once again we will not rest until victory is Americas and freedom is secure" (Kyodo World News Service). His point...

Shammas: "Arabesques"

We make allowances for human failing-perhaps Jane remembers it as a sunny day when it was raining-but we dont expect them to lie a...

Triangular Relationship Between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom

existed a triangular relationship between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom. The Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) was exempla...

Military Defense Transformation and Conceptual Unity

In a paper consisting of three pages conceptual unity and its challenges to the military defense transformation of the Middle East...

Conflict and Terrorism

terrorist activity. Young people who may take a bus, or go to a discotheque, find themselves in danger. The people live in this ma...

21st Century Terrorism

or was considered newsworthy--it blew the Gary Condit scandal off the map--the media coverage was unrelenting. It went on for days...

The Shaky Middle Eastern Situation

evicted by the new owners."3 The final straw seems to have been the creation of Israel in 1947-1948; at this time, "hundreds of th...

Analyzing Blowback The Costs and Conseqences of American Empire by Chalmers Johnson

of our imperial stance may be for the rest of the world and for ourselves" (Johnson, 2001, p.16). Johnson explains that America th...

Islam and Christianity's Rise

In eight pages this paper discusses the rise of Christianity in the West and Islam in the Middle East. Six sources are cited in t...

Troubled Region of Syria

In five pages an overview of this Middle East 'hot spot' is presented. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

U.S. Miltary Public and American Foreign Policy

There is no question that a significant number of tax dollars have been used to militarize the Middle East, in addition to the pay...

Suicide Bombers of Palestine

fear of being caught alive. II. The Culture of the Suicide Bomber The mentality of the suicide bomber has been much discussed. ...

Ancient Empires Collapse

of the Fifth Dynasty, Userkhaf (2465-2458 BC) "initiated reforms that weakened the Pharaoh and central government. After his reign...

Global Social Mores Decaying

point accusing fingers at countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, and Rwanda where horrors like female genital mutilation and wa...

International Relations Theory Applications

discussed mostly in terms of European integration that occurred during the middle of the twentieth century. Although a theory titl...

Failure of Peace Treaties

and substitute them for what works. But up until now, there has not been another viable solution for problems which plague regions...

Social Systems and Economies of North Africa and the Middle East as They Relate to Poverty Issues

In twenty pages this report focuses on Jordan's Hashemite Kingdom in a consideration of the poverty issues that have historically ...

From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman

Two time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman reveals his talent in the 1989 book. Focusing on Israel and Lebanon in particular ...

First World War Battles Fought Beyond the European Continent

name suggests--would affect the entire world. II. World War One World War I begins when the Archduke Ferdinand, who is heir ...

The Stakes by Telhami

case, its also not true the explanation offered by Bush in the speech quoted above can satisfactorily account for the anti-America...

McDonald's and Problems with Marketing

psychological approach, not selling the product, but a perception and image that is associated with the brand. Marketing a brand ...

Kuwaiti Organizations and the Effectiveness of Teams

of the steps along these lines, according to some of the experts, involves social interaction between team members (Erdem and Ozen...