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Egypt’s dominant religion is Islam, with a significant minority of Coptic Christians. Islam is practiced by the majority of Egyptians and it basically manages their personal, political, economic and legal lives. "The Egyptian government discriminates against the Copts and hampers their freedom of worship. The police at the local level frequently harass and sometimes even persecute Christians, particularly converts.” A convert can even be forced to divorce his or her spouse, so Islamic people…

According to Zubaida (2003), the Middle East is situated in parts of Western Asia spreading from the eastern Mediterranean coastline of Turkey and Syria, through the leave to Iraq and Arabia, and toward the East through Iran to the Caspian, the Caucasus, and the Black Sea. Into Africa, it incorporates Egypt, and, by a few records, Arab North Africa. This zone involves mountains, deserts, rich fields watered by amazing streams, and seacoasts. Climatically, the Middle East ranges from the…

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, commonly known as ISIS, has created turmoil throughout the already war torn areas of the Middle East. They have captured multiple towns from central Iraq to the southern border of Turkey. ISIS is a terrorist organization that has carved out land in order to create a new state based on the ideological stance that state and church should be intertwined, also known as a caliphate or “the rank or reign of a caliph,” where the laws of the state are directly…

Three years ago ISIS did not exist. The idea of ISIS was a complete joke. Who would've even thought that a terrorist group would rule most of Syria and Iraq? Imagine one day your just sitting at home, watching T.V, just like every other day, then BOOM! Random people barge in your house with mask and guns. Then the terroist starts screaming at you to get on the floor with the rest of your family. You are crying and looking at your Mom trying to calm the baby from crying. These men take the…

The Middle East has experienced centuries of foreign intervention, mostly for control of the resources within the region. From the Crusades, to the World Wars and eventually to the current events in Syria, foreign nations have interfered with the social, economic, and government affairs for their own gain. Specifically, this paper will argue that during times of progress and modernization these foreign nations took advantage of Middle Eastern nations, such as Egypt, Syria, Persia, and the…

Tarnishing the Name of Islam In the past few years, ISIS or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been growing into the public eye, whether it be on social media or in the news. The notorious terrorist group, calls itself an Islamic Caliphate and is steadily gaining more and more control of the Middle East. Bombings, beheadings, and massacres have built up the Islamic State’s notorious reputation. With every public execution, a growing group of people have been starting to associate all…

International terrorism involves any violent acts toward human life that violate federal or state law with a minimum sentence of twenty five years with labor. ISIS, a new terrorist group that stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, mimicked the name Isis the Egyptian goddess and ruler of the underworld. The organization started their attacks on Syria and Iraq to gain territory and independence, but later on they pushed their forces to many foreign countries. The organization films,…

The Civil War in Yemen Background: The Yemeni Civil War, in its complexity, is very difficult topic to fully comprehend. However, to gain an understanding how it all began is a slightly less confusing matter. With the Yemeni revolution in 2011, the then President for thirty-three years, Ali Abdullah Saleh and his Shia government were overthrown, instating Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi under a new democratic Sunni government. However, instability shook Yemen once again when Houthi forces performed a…

investigated and reported upon the following points; General Considerations: religion, language, dress etiquette and customs. Travel Issues including access and importance of visa and country security. 2.0 General Considerations 2.1 Language & Religion Arabic is the official language of Saudi Arabia, though travellers need not to worry as English is widely spoken and commonly used in business and often a compulsory second language in schools. In Saudi it is mindful to be aware that there are…

Another study completed providing support for code switching as a home language use strategy was conducted by Yeganehpour (2012). The purpose of this study was to evaluate if code switching in a reading comprehension classroom for English as a foreign language (EFL) learners would have any effect on their learning of English. The researcher administered a pre-test to both a control group and an experimental group. The control group was not allowed to code switch during their reading…