ABBA

time writer since 2001, he has previously worked as a literacy agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative and bookseller. (Nix, 2015) The protagonist is Abbas, who is the oldest brother who has to take care of his little brother Joshua while escape the air raid. Abbas has to remember what his father had told him about the air-raid shelter when he was young. The story is targeted to secondary year students and above, as the book is easy to be understood…

The author argues that the discrepancies of Abraham's story of journey to Mecca are not isolated to within the Abrahamic religions but rather; even within the realms of Islam do discrepancies about Abraham’s journey to Mecca appear. The author hypothesizes that the major reason for the discrepancies between Christians, Jews and Muslims in how the story of Abraham was narrated was because of the infiltration of indigenous practices that were common at the time, which bled into the way the story…

Sameera Abbas and Rubina Rahman’s article “Schema Disruption and Identity in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in the Wonderland” argues that our schemas both affect and are affected by the texts we read. Our schemas help us to analyze and make sense out of literature, and at the same time our schema can be called into question, completely disrupted, or, on a different note, be supported by the text. The article applies this concept to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by making the case that…

I believe that Umm Hamida and Mrs. Afify share some same attributes while at the same time being different and unlike with one another. Mrs. Afifiy goes looking for Umm Hamida to get put in an arranged marriage. Mrs. Afify tries to talk her way as an innocent customer who doesn’t want any alternate intentions. She’s rich and she really wants to get married no matter what. However, Umm Hamida displays cunningness and there are many quotes that can support that she is trying to “milk” all she can…

For example, when Abbas said he gave Abu Sufyan his safe-conduct, Omar tries to influence the prophet to not give him safe-conduct. However, when Abbas tells Muhammad “No whispering tonight! If this man was thy kindred thou wouldst not be so diligent to slay him”, the prophet gave the safe-conduct to Abu Sufyan (Ibn Hisham 120). The next day when Abbas brought him before the prophet, and Abu Sufyan confesses his faith in Islam. This…

and bureaucratic offices, which would lead them to powerful positions, so they were tolerant as long as they were not rising in power, in which case they would have to be dealt with. Similarly, Shah Abbas of the Safavid took a similar approach to Non-Muslim Minority in the Safavid Iran. Shah Abbas force Armenian to migrate to Isfahan to better trade in the Safavid Empire. Armenians were given special privileges that other dhimmi did not receive, such as tax exceptions and compensation for their…

Safavid’s took over the majority of Iraq and Iran making it a new Persian state. The Safavid’s reached their highest point of achievement under ruler Shah Abba who was the son of the previous ruler Shah Ismail. Under Shah Abba the Safavid’s went after the Ottomans to get back lost land. the ottomans were a threat to the Safavid’s. When ruler Abba died, traditional religious belief’s increased woman had to give up their freedom and wear veils. Isfahan was the Jewel and the capital of the Safavid…

Safi al-Din was the forefather of the Safaviyya Order that then became the Safavid Dynasty that claimed rule over the Aq Qoyunlu in ancient Persia under Shah Ismail. During the golden age of the empire, one of the most influential kings became Shah Abbas, he attained the suffix “The Great” because of his incredible rule as king. Yet long before this, a Safavid mystic…

ends its fourteen year run in September. The musical is based around the discography of ABBA and includes some of their biggest hits including “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S.,” and the track from which the musical was named. The show debuted on Broadway in October of 2001 to rave reviews and rapidly amassed a following. Mama Mia was produced by Judy Craymer as a way to enlighten a new generation about the music of ABBA after the band broke up in the 1980s. She was intrigued by the concept of using…

This is my story, this is how I died. My name is Abba Hitson and I am a Jew. I am 12 years old. I did live in Heidelberg Germany. Now I don’t live anywhere. It was January 30, 1933. World War II had not started yet. I was a normal boy who worked with my Dad in his boot making shop. Now I have nothing. My family, my friends, my home, all gone and so am I. All because of a man named Adolf Hitler. Hitler had started to take power in Central Europe and there was talk about him taking Jews -- my…