American University in Cairo

free.’ Huckleberry Finn should be kept in schools for the following reasons: it is important to American culture, it is a valuable teaching resource, and censorship, in all forms, is not right. Huckleberry Finn, or even Mark Twain himself, is very important to American culture and has influenced many other authors. Kakutani, and multiple other sources, quotes Ernest Hemingway saying, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.” A big influence that…

society. In a place where healthcare is not covered by the government, many poor Americans are choose to stay home when they are sick or injured. This lack of treatment can be attributed to the fear of hospital bills or medical expenses. In other countries, healthcare is free to everyone. A similar concept to this existed in Egypt during the 1300s. Ibn Battuta, a Muslim traveler recounted treatment of the sick in Cairo, “Cubicles for patients were ranged round two courts, and at the sides of…

psychotic plant loving Poison Ivy. According to Wikipedia, "Poison Ivy's origins were revised in Secret Origins #36, 1988, written by Neil Gaiman." In this story, Poison Ivy, previously known as Pamela Isley, studied advanced botanical biochemistry at a university in Seattle. There, she was seduced by her professor, Dr. Jason Woodrue. Woodrue used her in one of his experiments and injected plant and animal based toxins into her. These poisons not only caused her to nearly die, but it also gave…

Mark Twain defined American literature and changed it forever. Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Clemens. He was a very powerful American author. Some of his most famous works are The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, his most famous being Huckleberry Finn. He wrote during the realism movement, right after the Civil War. Some literary techniques he used were symbolism, imagery, and allegory. “Mark Twain’s writing applied to all people because he wrote with normal…

During the 1960 's, United States of America was undergoing a struggle for racial equality. During this movement numerous people, especially African-Americans, dreamed of equal rights, equal living conditions, and overall equality between the races. Some people like Martin Luther King Jr. adopted an integrationist stance, while others like Malcolm X adopted a separatist stance. But one famous baseball player we all know as Jackie Robinson, found himself a little in between these two stances.…

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jars of proppant samples on the desk. I pull out my notebook and pencil and turn on my recorder as he jokingly tells me that he is setting his timer and will charge me for his time at the end of the interview. Dr. Kamel attended Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt where he earned his bachelors and masters degrees in Petroleum Engineering. He then began his career in the petroleum industry in Egypt, where he worked as a drilling engineer. When I ask him how long he worked in industry before…

learning process, especially in English language because I did not learn how to pronounce the words correctly and how to speak and communicate with foreigners and after my graduation I went immediately to the British council and the American University here in Cairo and I took many courses in conversations and phonetics to improve my…

"Dashiell Hammett: Themes and Techniques." Essays on American Literature: In Honor of Jay B. Hubbell. (1967): 295-306. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Thomas J. Schoenberg and Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 187. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Literature Resource Center. Web. 11 Dec. 2016. Walter’s article…

who defended his right to play in the Major Leagues. Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler, Jewish baseball star Hank Greenberg and All-Star teammate and Dodger team captain Pee Wee Reese outwardly showed fans that they welcomed the first African-American professional baseball…