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considered “light”, that is to say they can traverse thousands of miles with ease. Though unlike Stewart’s luxury cars, video games are quite often seen as less innocuous. They can be viewed as a medium “that would turn a generation of tech-savvy Arabs into terrorists” as described in the case of Radwan Kasmiya. While being as technologically literate as Radwan is would normally put him in a well to do tech job with a substantive salary (if he lived in Silicon Valley), in reality he is faced…

Bayat, Asef. "Individual Efforts Can Help Arab Women Gain Gender Equality." Voting Rights. Ed. Tom Lansford. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "A Women 's Non-Movement: What It Means to Be a Woman Activist in an Islamic State." Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 27 (2007): 160-172. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 In Asef Bayet’s Article “Women Gain Gender Equality,” it is clearly mentioned that “Islamic gender apartheid…

The “Arab Spring” was a wave of political action which emerged across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, beginning with the Tunisian Revolution that took place in January of that year. The Arab Spring saw mass protests and/or the toppling of regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, Jordan and more. At that time, many people felt that these protests and regime changes could have signified a new era of democratization in the region. However, whether or not that is truly the…

control along the Arabian Peninsula. This region was as complicated as the western front with a multitude of players on a single field, with Germany, France, Britain, and the Arab tribes all vying for power and influence. Germany combined with the Ottoman Empire and the allies of Britain and France backing their support for the Arab tribes. Creating cacophony of cultures clashing together. With clashing cultures it was necessary to have intermediaries for this large empires on the ground to make…

contentious conflicts over the last 50 years is without a doubt the Arab-Israeli conflict. With this cauldron of ethnic and religious nationalism, self-determination and territorial disputes it is no wonder why this conflict is so heated. But if one were to examine the impacts of clashing nationalisms between Arabs and Palestinians as well as the rise and Pan-Arabism on the conflict from 1967 to 1993, one will see how the modern state of the Arab-Israeli conflict was formed. These two factors,…

article, “The Media’s Image of Arabs” by Jack G. Shaheen, Shaheen demonstrates how the media portrays the Arabs in a negative manner within America’s culture. The Arabs have been stereotyped and it had an effect on Shaheen and his children since he is an Arab as well. They can’t avoid being stereo typed because it constantly comes out on TV or books. He gives examples of several sources of media that use racial slurs against Arabs. Overall, he is stating that the Arabs are seen as enemies in the…

Hassoun, Rosina in the article ‘‘Arab Americans in Michigan” discussed the different origins and religions of the Arab American communities in Michigan. Arab immigrants from Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan came to the United States to settle. Other immigrants who arrived from Iran or Turkey were not considered to be Arabs because they did not speak the Arabic language. All who have arrived to the United States were of different religious background such as Christian, Muslim,…

racial or ethnic background, religious beliefs, or a disease with low social acceptability, it can result in lower accessed healthcare and as such the affected populations can experience a decreased quality of life. Although our intervention targets Arab women to fit within the constructs that exists already for the WISEWOMAN program and how it is disseminated, we recognize that stigma is not something experienced exclusively by either this population or within this geographic area. Therefore,…

Arab, Japanese, and American Cultures The world is full of different nations and cultures. Some cultures are similar and some are completely different. Two of the cultures I would like to talk about a little bit more is the Arab culture and the Japanese culture. Both cultures are very proud of their heritage and have a long history to look back at. However, there are some significant differences as well. When people hear the word “Arab”, the first thing that usually pops up in their head is…

Steve Macias Prof. Grundmeier English 1A 13 April 2015 The One Dimensional Arab Do Arab countries produce doctors, scientists, athletes, or actors? Scanning through western media reports, we might be tempted to think such occupations simply do not exist in Arabic speaking countries. Instead the phrase, “Arab” conjures images of missiles, turbans, and automatic rifles. Or perhaps we think of men laying prostrate facing Mecca or women dressed in Hijab as they veil their body in their cultural…