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When deciding whether women should be allowed to participate in direct ground combat, it’s very meaningful to look at how successful are armies that already allow women to serve in military combat. One of the most important militaries, where women aren’t only permitted to serve, but are required to do military service, is the IDF. IDF stands for the Israel Defense Forces, and “ it’s three things; it’s ground, navy, and air.” (Dobrzynki) Since the year 2000, after the amendment to military law,…

where tribalism played a major role in how the Arabs have perceived and reproduced the world around them accordingly (Barakat 1993). Such imageries and fictive genealogies are not exclusively found among the Arabs. In a similar fashion, Benjamin Disraeli, the leading Tory statesman and prime minister under Queen Victoria, has projected his Semitic pride by claiming the Arabness of the Jews. Disraeli considered the Jews to be an “Arabian tribe,” and the Arabs to be “only Jews upon horseback”…

The Arab Spring has challenged the authoritarian resilience paradigm that had been dominant in academics since the early 2000s. Scholars within this paradigm focused on the lack of democracy within the region and attributed this lack to a number of factors and dynamics. This paradigm was normative in the sense that authoritarian resilience was seen as a negative and in need of change (Lob 2015). Even though as authoritarian resilience was perceived to be negative there was no expectation that…

Arab Tribe Arabic heritage is all about the food, family, and what we value the most. My family spends most of our time together. We have a special bond that only our family shares. A bicycle is a vehicle of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals, and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel. A bicycle is what reminds me of my family. All my family members have different personalities. Like the bicycle my mom is the chain who holds us together but…

period in which the movie was filmed. Currently one of the most common stereotypes in Hollywood is the portrayal of Arabs. In the film Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People, Dr. Jack Shaheen shows us how the Arab populations had been stereotyped in many ways. In Hollywood, stereotypes of Arabs range everywhere from violent to a joke for a cheap laugh. The best example of Arabs being portrayed as violent is in Rules of Engagement. In the movie you are led to believe that the Americans…

“Crusades Through Arab Eyes” by Amin Maalouf The great Crusade started in the second half of the 11th Century after Pope Urban II appealed to followers to reconquer the Holy Land from Muslims. Most Turks had converted to Islam, which was a concern for Alexios who was the Byzantine emperor of the Middle East region. The first war was to retake the Holy Land from Muslims, but it was realized that the Crusaders (or the Franj as referred by Muslims) had other intentions of conquering the territory…

world wars, was used as a form of propaganda and a method to gain nationalism from the people when we entered a foreign land for war. Therefore, Disney had to incorporate western values into the film to display what actions are correct, and how the Arab culture is dangerous for the American people. The original Aladdin story was about a Chinese boy in China, who was tricked by an African sorcerer to do tasks. To which, the boy, with the help of a genie, defeats the sorcerer…

consisted of 40,000 deaths while the Arab spring consisted of 180,000 which occurred just from pretests ! Both The French Revolution and the Arab Spring are known to be the bloodiest times throughout history in which deaths occurred abundantly. The two Revolutions are similar in that they both rebelled heavily against the government since the government were implying a corrupt system on the people. The Arab spring began with the Tunisian Revolution then many other Arab countries followed Tunis,…

region in Egypt contains important and luxury resorts (8.4km), Borg El-Arab City A new community in the Alexandria Governorate (18.5km). 5-3-1 The first level of design: cityscape scale: According to the stadium location; its main approach is the journey from Alexandria City; Cairo is too far, Northern Coast equipped only in the summer, Borg El-Arab City is new residential with small population “108.000 inhabitants ("Borg El Arab", 2013).” A- Stadium as an icon refers to city identity:…

Multi-dialects, Confusion, English? A Bavarian priest tried to create the first universal language in the year 1880 and he called it Volapük. A language that was taken from the existing French, German and English, and was difficult to learn. It consisted of odd sounds and case endings similar to Latin. It did not take long before a new language emerged (McWhorter). This new language was a blend of words from India and Europe. It became known as Esperanto. Regardless, of this fact Esperanto was…