Arabian Peninsula

Principal Decisions. The group decided to take three principle actions involving the use of military forces in the Persian Gulf. Our first decision was in response to Iran smuggling automatic rifles and hand held rocket launchers in Saudi Arabia to aid Saudi rebels. The Joint Chief of Staff recommended a higher military presence. As a result, the President ordered 120 special ops to move secretly and strategically into Dhahran to counter the influx of light arms. The next decision was in…

It is hard to read or watch the news without hearing the word ISIS; it is a controversial topic in the current world. The word ISIS also known as the Islamic state has been around mystery, it is Al-Qaeda offshoot that seeks to establish an Islamic state aiming to launch a jihad, which means a holy war where the jihadist sacrificing their life to their hardline beliefs. At first, ISIS initially established in Iraq and Syria (al-Sham) in 2004 by the extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi where only few…

The character in Fences I most identify with is Cory Maxson, the son of the lead character in the book, Troy Maxson. He is my favorite character and the one I identify the most with because we are both young men who are driven and capable and who ultimately want to fend for themselves in the world and prove to our parents that we can make it and succeed in this life with or without any type of forced assistance or control from them. I do share some similarities with Cory Maxson but we also have…

Women’s rights are a controversial topic in the Middle East. Many have spoken out against Arab’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…

Saudi Arabia’s criminal punishment is rather unique when compared to Western societies, in particular the United States. Sharia law is the law of the land quite common in most Islamic countries; However, Saudi Arabia has a ‘modernized’ version of the Sharia which is applied by court systems during judicial proceedings. Moreover, the original or uncodified Sharia law is regard as the superior script of law and the modernized version is subordinate. The Sharia laws mostly advocate for corporal or…

To: Professor Sean Thelen From: Zeinab Saleh Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Subject: Business in Saudi Arabia Part I. “Cultural Aspects of doing Business in Saudi Arabia” In doing my research on what potential countries we may do business with, I came across the country of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia being well known and rich for its natural resources of Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold and copper, I would think that undergoing business in Saudi Arabia can be a highly-beneficial venture…

Over 2/3rds of women in Saudi Arabia have been beaten or violated in some type of way by a male family member. The mistreatment of women is clear all over the world and is a problem all over in many societies no matter where you live, but in Saudi Arabia it is a part of daily life. Over 60% of the women in Saudi Arabia are being mistreated by their guardians, which in most cases is their husbands. In Saudi Arabia, a women cannot do anything outside of the house without the permission of her…

Imagine being a woman in the Middle East. Getting married before you even hit puberty, having to wear a veil, being severely punished for little things, and being a slave to your home. The mistreatment of women in the Middle East has been going on for a very long time in countries all over the Middle East. From the Jirga and the ba’ad to the misuse of the veil, middle eastern women have constantly been oppressed by the patriarchal government in place in many countries in the Middle East. As the…

The city of Camel topia is a perfect city with riches beyond anyone 's wildest dreams. The city is ruled by King Mohammed the VIII, a glorious ruler that has made the city literally perfect. There is no conflict in the Utopia of Camel Topia and every camel lives for an upscale of a thousand years. There is however a grim secret that lurks in the minds of only two camels in Camel Topia. King Mohammed and his trusted servant, Pepe. The two camels are the only ones who know that the residents of…

Civil disobedience is present all over the world in our lives today and is also present in Antigone by Sophocles. The play is a greek tragedy about Antigone, a young girl who disobeys a law made by her uncle, Creon, the king of Thebes. The towns people are told to leave her brother Polyneices’ corpse unburied, but she defies this law and decides to do what is right, which is giving her brother a proper burial. By doing this, Antigone is being civilly disobedient, which is the defiance of…