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The desire for political and civil rights have driven numerous societies to revolt against an oppressive rule in hopes to achieve a more democratic lifestyle. Thus, when Middle Easterners began becoming more fed up with oppressive regimes, the desire for a revolution emerged. The political outcomes of the Arab Spring uprisings were different for each country involved. While civil war arose in some countries, other countries did not have substantial revolts; there were even states that became so…

Allah Made Me Funny is a comedy troupe that focused on breaking down stereotypes, without having to break down others in the process. Instead of focusing on other cultures, the comedians focus on themselves: namely, their struggles and the distorted perceptions that they must contend with as Muslim in post-9/11 America. Rather seeming to complain, they show that the perceptions that they have to deal with are themselves unreasonable and, frankly, absurd. This means allows Americans both to come…

LARISON, D. (2015). Whose War in Yemen?. American Conservative, 14(5), 19-21. The Middle East, in the recent past, has been a hot bed for war and suffering for millions. The power struggles that exist have fueled war and intervention from western nations, including the U.S. Terrorism has been outsourced due to ideology and religion which led to involvement from the outside entities. This article outlines one of the most recent struggles affecting, literally, millions more with extreme hardship.…

The Communion Back to my cousin’s home, I revealed to them that I had brought gifts for all and their kids did not know what to do, the oldest wanted to give me his shirts. He had to give me some kind of present. He ended up giving me a perfume that someone gave him. I still have goose bumps over that, I miss them terribly. They are kind wonderful people. Next morning after a terrible night of sleep from all the black pepper, (got up to pee about 20 times) I got up and then was informed that…

Arab Spring Arab Spring made trending news due to many protests happening in Syria, Algeria, and Tunisia. It all started with a man who lived in Tunisia named Mohamed Bouazizi according to (Gutierres). Bouazizi was unemployed, the food prices were high, and he was harassed by public officials. When that occurred, he set himself on fire on December, 2010. This got the attention of many people in the Arab World. "The people want to bring down the regime," as stated in the article (Occupy Wall…

Numerous social issues are spreading rapidly around the world, but the social issue of child soldiers has had a drastic increase in recent years. Currently, about 250,000 child soldiers exist worldwide (“Child Soldiers” World Vision). Although the recruitment of child soldiers has existed for several years, currently in various regions rebellious organizations along with military forces of countries have increased the recruitment of child soldiers. Specifically, children in the Middle East face…

The center of the world with its essential oil production, controversial religious conflicts, and elaborate history, the Middle East is the often overlooked heart of world affairs. The ongoing disputes in Southwest Asia are a result of a combination of misinformation, indifference, and contrasts. Both Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews believe they have a claim to the holy land of Palestine. Partitioning after WWI leaves the land divided into political states containing opposing beliefs,…

Within the past couple of years, the news has been filled with stories on the terrorist group, ISIS. ISIS is a jihadist terror group in Iraq. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It is also referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (also ISIS). ISIS was formed off of the Sunni terrorist group al Qaeda, which is less extreme than ISIS itself. They have began to overshadow the less extreme groups. ISIS is one of the…

Omar Ahmed Sayid Khadr born september 19 1986 is a canadian citizen who attracted numerous attention when his childhood story was reviled. Omars was sent to various prison camps like guantanamo bay, millhaven institution, bagram air base and many others. Omar was detained at age 15 and is now 31 When omar was young his dad practically brainwashed him with his poor role modeling and bad behavior and into thinking wrong was right. Over the years he got lost and didn't know what oh what to…

ISIS is all we here about nowadays. ISIS is the talk of the century. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Syria is located in the Middle East, and part of Southwestern Asia. It has coastline along the eastern Mediterranean Sea, just below Turkey. The neighboring countries of Syria are Iraq, Israel, and Jordan. Syria is going through a rough time with ISIS. ISIS is taking over Syria rapidly and is on the move for others as well. Sources like CNN say, “the militant group has seized…