Arab people

The Arab slave traders relied on the Indian Ocean monsoon winds during the slave trade. Indian Ocean was regarded as an important route since it connected East Africa to the outside world, including India Peninsula. The Arabs, precisely from the Gulf of Persia, used the Indian Ocean route since it linked the East African region to the potential clients of the Arab Merchants. They mostly resided on some parts of North Africa, including Egypt, Morocco, and among others. Again, the Indian Ocean…

world history, the enduring features resulting from the trans-Saharan slave trade can be seen primarily through the Middle Eastern culture. Assimilation to societal norms contrasts the prolonged effects of racism and how it has entwined itself within Arab culture. There has been no real recognition or acknowledgement at large regarding the trans-Saharan slave trade. Having spanned over 14 centuries dating back as far as the 7th century, estimates claim as many as twenty million lost their…

promote the Western ideals of democracy. What the U.S still does not seem to understand is that the people of the Arab nations are and will continue to resist this influence due to the Middle East’s deep-rooted history in Islam. Since the founding of Muslim faith, the people of the Middle East have resided continuously under sharia law for over a thousand years. It should come with no surprise that the Arab world would revolt at the threat of a set of alien ideas that contradict their values of…

Embargo because the encroachment on Arab sovereignty through the strengthening of Israel instilled a sense of solidarity amongst Arab states, so that they would unite in order to impose an effective retaliation against this perceived form of imperialism. The United State’s support of Israel led to the emergence of shared anti-American feelings in the Arab world because Israel was seen as an extension of colonialism. “Like all other parts of the Third World, the Arab region was subjected to…

Arabia, and United Arab Emirates have one of the largest Natural Gas reserves in the world. Oil and Natural Gas are not the only important natural resources found in the Middle East; for instance, Iran possess the world’s…

strict laws regarding women, but little action has been taken to improve the lives of Arab women. However, some Arab countries have women’s rights that are fairly similar to those in Western countries. In other parts of the world, many people are against these harsh laws, but they don’t truly know what cruel realities women in the Middle East face and how minimal action has been taken to combat these issues. In Arab countries, women and men are not equal in marriage. A wife is only allowed to…

no democracies in the Arab world. There are many different reasons as to why this may be, religion, culture, etc. However I believe that the main reasons that the Arab world are not democratic is because of their lack of belief in secularism, the economic structures, and western worlds war on terror and its influence on the population 's perception of democracy. In the Arab world, the islamic religion is tied into everyday life. Islam itself is one the main reasons that people assume that the…

Most people have heard the Syrian Civil War being discussed almost daily on practically every information outlet, but do they know what the specific causes which provoked this terrible crisis in the Middle East were? Since this is such a hot topic, it is essential to know the origins of the rebellious uprisings overseas which have threatened and seized countries, governments, and humans worldwide. There are many conflicting and complementary arguments that surround the true cause of the unrest…

Arab Spring Arab Spring made trending news due to many protests happening in Syria, Algeria, and Tunisia. It all started with a man who lived in Tunisia named Mohamed Bouazizi according to (Gutierres). Bouazizi was unemployed, the food prices were high, and he was harassed by public officials. When that occurred, he set himself on fire on December, 2010. This got the attention of many people in the Arab World. "The people want to bring down the regime," as stated in the article (Occupy Wall…

prolonged issue, the American and European people would need to begin rationing and conserving oil. This would include airlines needing to schedule less flights, lowering speed limits on highways,and even switching some utilities to coal which lead to more pollution than oil consequently making a different problem to deal with. This hypothetical is especially probable as relations between the U.S. and arab countries are not great. Many threats have been made by Arab nations to use oil as a…