Arab Muslims

For some, the Arab spring (whether is understood to be successfully or not) certainly represent the turning point in relations in the Middle East. A hundred years since the creation of borders between the countries of the Levant, the Maghreb and the Middle East, there was their collapse. When one mentions the Middle East, it is seen as a huge area where ancient civilizations were, some of the oldest cities in the world, but also the young states of today. A hundred years after rendering the…

The kingdom was officially founded in 1100 BCE. They traded gold, ivory, tortoise shells, and slaves with the Persians and Arabs from the Middle East, which resulted in a blended culture; part Bantu and part Arab. The people of the Swahili Coast were Muslims, but also had strong beliefs in spirits and medicine men. A lot of people were middlemen, who would journey back and forth between the Swahili Coast and the Middle East for trade. Kiswahili…

Program in Social Anthropology: the changing co-production of queer ethno-sexualities within the trans-cultural seascape extending across the Strait of Hormuz. As a queer man, atheist, and ethnic Baloch raised and based in a heteronormative Muslim Arab Gulf country (the UAE), coming from a family rooted in the Iranian Eastern Hormozgan province, I come to this research topic with a solid foundation of reflexive experience and insight into the political dynamics, social nuances, and cultural…

instability of the Middle East, religious conflicts, and Iranian hegemonic intentions add to obstacles for Saudi Arabia to overcome. These issues also undermine United States’ interests to bring peace to the region. Saudi Arabia’s primary religion is Muslim. This is further broken down into Sunni and Shia, with Sunni taking the majority of 85-95% of the population and Shia encompassing another 10-15%. As stated on the CIA World Factbook: Despite having a large expatriate…

Image Each and every day people strive to establish peace throughout the world. People are frightened about the terrorism that surrounds their country and the possibility of it entering the country. While it may seem logical to restrict people from Muslim countries in order to ensure safety for the American citizens, the Travel Ban is a unethical and unacceptable action that must be repealed. All Syrian refugees are not terrorists. They face the brutality of from the “civil war and the…

people started blaming the middle east for the bombing of the world trade center, the pentagon, and the other plane that was “headed for the white house”. The government tells the people what to believe and playing videos repeatedly on the news about Muslim people killing American people it does influence people thought and understanding of why people are afraid of the middle east. Americans have a strong hatred to the middle eastern people due to what some of the people may have done it makes…

sacrifice his own son because God had commanded it. The sacred story of Islam tells of how Abraham and his son Ishmael built the "House of God" in Mecca, the center of Muslim worship. From Muhammad and his follower’s perspective, God's message in these scriptures had somehow became corrupted. Although Muhammad was a prophet to the Arabs of the 7th century, the message of Abraham was timeless and intended for all humankind. It was God's final revelation, and thus Muhammad is called the last…

malls and dining now accept US dollars and also have money changers. Economic Environment: United States already has an established economic relationship with UAE. “The United States provides Export and Border Security assistance to the UAE” (United Arab Emirates). Much of the economic environment comes from their strong foundation of vast oil and gas prosperity. The UAE also acts as the headquarters for international business in the Middle East. The US and the UAE share similar values on…

This exotic luxury is achieved by distancing the “blacks” from the “non-blacks” of the “Tartars, Persians, and Indians” (Thorn 2002, 155). Galland’s translation presents an important distinction between Arab and Muslims on the one hand, and African, black and slaves on the other (slavery). Slavery and blackness in Galand’s translation is associated with the hierarchical social class and racial ideas. So the fact that Shahryar’s wife is engaged with a black man…

International terrorism involves any violent acts toward human life that violate federal or state law with a minimum sentence of twenty five years with labor. ISIS, a new terrorist group that stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, mimicked the name Isis the Egyptian goddess and ruler of the underworld. The organization started their attacks on Syria and Iraq to gain territory and independence, but later on they pushed their forces to many foreign countries. The organization films,…