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The book “The Arab of the Future” by Riad Sattouf talks about the life of Riad and his family when he lived in the eastern countries. Riad is the embodiment of Eastern and Western values because his mother is French and his father is Syria. He had lived in Libya when he was two years old, and in Syria when he was fourth years old. He had the difficult life and some memories he will never forget. The character Raid has been shown on three sides: the differences of his relationship between his…

“Honor” is a story that illustrates the patriarchal nature of the Arab culture. There are two different families described in this story each with contrasting beliefs. The first family exhibits a progressive lifestyle while the second family is a traditional Arab family with Muslim beliefs. Throughout “Honor” I was introduced to many different characters who all demonstrated a different view on family. Yasmin has innovative thoughts and an independent mind resulting from her parents' beliefs.…

The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, it started in Tunisia and spread across the Middle East in 2011. It started as non-violent protests, but ended up with very bad consequences. Many people died. Properties destroyed. Raising in the level of poverty and unemployment. Increasing the number of crimes and civil wars. Leaders fallen. He was born in 1942 in Libya. At the time of Gaddafi 's birth Libya was an Italian colony. Growing up, Gaddafi witnessed significant events in…

The Arab – Israeli war was not only initiated by the Jews and the Arabs, but also the British that mandated Palestine for years. Rather than resolving the issue at hand the British decided to hand the issue over to United Nations, who had little to no clue about much of the issue. The United Nations viewing it as just any territorial dispute decided to resolve the issue, which rather than solving the issue caused a massive war and massacres. The Arab – Israeli conflict is not as difficult of an…

characteristics suited the spiritual needs of the time. Scholars such as Armstrong propose that Islam took on a monotheistic format due to the circumstance of how Arabs at the time suffering a form of spiritual malaise and sought to find a new outlet for their spiritual beliefs. Scholars such as Armstrong further elaborate the malaise by stating how Arabs at the time knew that Judaism and Christianity, which were practiced in the Byzantine and Persian empires, were more sophisticated than their…

sectarianism in the Arab world and make fun of it; This will make Sectarian individuals feel for their discrimination in a way that is not so obvious. This problem did not always exist in the Arab world, but it came in the 19th century with western colonization that used the logic divide and rule to conquer the people. Usually sectarianism and bigotry are strategies used to divide the nation and to wake any ethnics and religious differences and make them conscious about it. In some Arab…

The Arab woman speaks about being scared about not being accepted, and the white woman speaks about not knowing much about their culture. People that have experienced discrimination in their community can relate to the Arab woman’s fears, and a large portion of the U.S. population can relate to being initially in fear of Arabic people and women in hijabs. The shots…

Billionaires, bombers, and belly dancers are what Americans see arabians as. The movie American Arabs proves those stereotypes wrong. Usama Alshabai, the producer, director, and editor of the documentary works hard to make sure that it is clear Arabs in America mean no harm. The arabians featured in the documentary are hard working, normal, strong people. So what is it that makes it hard for Americans to picture these people as such? Americans love tv. As of 2015 40 million Americans had a…

There is a lack of evidence to prove that Israel had been pre-planning Arab expulsion during the first stage of the exodus. Therefore, it can be said that the civil war that was launched by the Arabs and expanded by both communities hit mainly the Arabs ruthlessly as the Jews were winning, which increased fear among the Arabs of being destroyed at the hands of Jews. As a result, those who could (middle and upper classes), left the country to save their lives, this is stated by Morris as the…

Since the mid-twentieth century, Jews have been migrating to the land of Israel, known by the Arabs as Palestine, to escape the discrimination and persecution they had been facing in Europe for centuries. The Zionist movement began to grow as a result of the Holocaust, as the Jews believe they have a right to their own Jewish state where their holy sites are. However, the Arabs have been living in Palestine for generations, and they are unwilling to accept the formation of a Jewish state because…