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Greek Life was established in 1775 and has grown globally at a significant rate. Over eight hundred college campuses and nine million students in the United States and Canada participate in Greek Life (New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2015). Every Greek organization is gender specific, sororities are female based and fraternities are male based. Members who wish to join Greek organizations will have a higher risk to a criminal record due to hazing, which may worsen their cognitive and…

Pfeiffer Extension FAQs 1. Is Greek life only part of the collegiate experience? Membership in a Greek-letter organization is for a lifetime. The membership experience provides opportunities for friendship and connections as well as personal and professional growth. Even after graduation, many alumni continue to be involved in their Greek-letter organizations by joining local alumni associations and/or volunteering for their inter/national organizations. 2. What are the benefits of joining a…

The Islamic religion seems to always come up when women’s rights are discussed. It is used to sometimes justify why the Middle East has some of the lowest countries on the gender index gap. Is it possible for Women to have equal rights in these Muslim societies? This has been debated among scholars for many years. In general, Sharia leaves room for Women’s rights in almost every aspect. However, some areas have used interpretations to justify their male-dominating patriarchal societies. These…

In life there is one thing that remains constant and that is change. This commonly used phrase is a way to describe the evolution of women all over the world. For years women have been responsible for bearing children, taking care of their households, and their husbands. Women in certain regions have overcome these circumstances, which has caused many to pursue a career or even a higher education. Unfortunately, women in the Middle East did not fully overcome of being secluded to one particular…

Ancient civilization is full of many different stories and different ways of living. The ancient civilizations that we have studied such as Ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Eqypt, and ancient Greece are all very unique in their own ways but the greatest one in my opinion would be Ancient Egypt. I chose ancient Egypt for various reasons. The most obvious reasons would be that the Egyptians did not have to be sent off on their own at a young age to learn how to survive and learn how to go to war like…

Arabia people respect who is talkative and have bold personality. It’s part of our culture, that people know my personality by my way of speaking to them. As I am known in Saudi Arabia that I have a strong personality because of my way of speaking Arabic. I didn’t know that my personality will change in different language. Communication is so important in our life, and the only value to communicate is speaking. As I said that I am talkative and have the good sense to choose interesting topic. If…

In many instances, an observation of a clearly defined place of study with the purpose of understanding what is going on there may seem quite simplistic in its nature and practice. Such unintelligent assumptions, however, may not always be definitive. Characteristically, an ethnographic reconnaissance in the small chapel in Goodenough College can be as complex as studying exotic communities in Amazon of Brazil or primitive ways of life in rural areas of Western Africa. This short essay aims to…

repeat, “Allah Akbar” with their back and neck straight and leveled with the ground in a 90 degree angle. While in this position, the congregates would praise Allah in Arabic, repeating this saying three times. After standing up from this position, the people would bring their arms back beside their hips and recite another Arabic saying once, praising Allah once more. The congregates would then move to the following position called the sajdah, in which they would place their head, knees, and…

Gum arabic was exported as early the 17th century BC (Whistler and BeMiller, 1993) and is exported today making it a multi-billion-dollar industry to date. It was used by Egyptians for mineral pigments and used in the flaxen wrappings to preserve mummies (Whistler and BeMiller, 1993). In modern times especially between early 50s to the late 90s, Sudan was the main source of gum arabic with the Kordofan province of Sudan which produces over 90%…

While no evidence exists demonstrating that Sinuhe from The Story of Sinuhe is an actual person and while The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant is clearly fiction, both works of Egyptian literature are rooted in some form of historical fact in that they were likely written by Egyptian elite and, therefore, they can give us important insights into Egyptian social life, how Egyptians viewed their society and the greater world, and how different classes in Egypt might have interacted. Namely, both…