Baghdad

empire. The main purpose of the House of Wisdom was to gather books or manuscripts from other culture, nation, or empire to protect and translate it. Since the House of Wisdom is known as a center of learning, it is primarily used as a library in Baghdad. The House of Wisdom contained book on many subjects such as philosophy, astronomy, algebra, zoology, and literature. There…

then the nation has witnessed a mass exodus of Christians for various reasons. In one such instance, the Iraqi parliament passed a bill that forced Iraqi Christian children under the age of eighteen to convert to Islam if they had a muslim parent ("Baghdad Catholic Patriarch: Persecution of Christians at 'Critical' and 'Violent' Point." CNS News.). In northern Iraq, Kurds maintain their endless abhorrence for the Christian Assyrians, routinely terrorize and attack Assyrian Villages and militias…

straight lines and some curves, nice trails with some pot holes. My name is Ahmed Maytham Badr Faris Khobashi Al-Saad. This tongue-twister of a name was later shortened to “Ahmed Maytham Badr”. I am 15 years old. I was born and used to live in Baghdad, Iraq. But due to some curves in the road, I have been to Damascus, Aleppo, Jableh and other cities in Syria. Then I moved on to a small town called Sioux Falls in South Dakota. After a year there, my parents decided to re-evaluate their…

Living in the Anthropocene Hello, Editor of the Shorthorn. You have asked me to read and review the article Living in the Anthropocene and give my opinion on whether it should or should not be published in the Shorthorn. I have read and analyzed this article and have reached the conclusion that it should not be published in the Shorthorn. This article is too morbid for the UTA readers and is also depressing. Roy Scranton, the author, wanted to make this point: In order to survive in this world…

Each country has the right to preserve its history, that is sensible. From the possible human and logical point of view, the true owners of the great artwork no matter where they are now, are the people who built them. In addition, the natural framework of any work, enhances its majesty, if a piece is Greek it is because speak of Greek culture and the past of the nation, therefore must belong to it, especially thinking that there is a museum on the Acropolis where they will be perfectly…

I know that Manning's defense to this case is that, she wanted to "make a difference." However, what one needs to consider is that by publically leaking classified information is that the enemy too will also be able to access said information. While she was charged with 22 offences she was found guilty of all but two, making that 20 charges. Because proven guilty, she was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Since the incident she has seen a drastic reduction of her original sentence, allowing…

It came to question because there were things that wasn’t adding up about this particular situation. For one, we can see reporters rushing past an advancing American tank with recording gear so the incident of the fall of Baghdad could be captured. Some Al Jazeera staff points out that the clip was only an absolute depiction for the media. Some things were pointed out to expose the authenticity of this event: the readily available pre- 1991 flag, the allegedly joyous crowd…

At first, U.S. soldiers took control of Baghdad, secondly, with the help of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, they seized Kirkuk and Mosul. The last stronghold of Saddam Hussein was Tikrit that fell with few gunfights. On December 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces. Then, he was accused…

GOALS OF ISIS ISIS’s goals are to destroy and demolish the U.S. thinking that it’s right by their religion. They are harsh animals, some people think that they think that they’re doing it because they think it’s right but they do it just have something to do. The video we watched last week, a young boy from ISIS said that he thought it was funny when a man was brutally murdered on live TV. The things they teach their children there is unbelievable and ridiculous. No child should want to kill…

support terror” (Bush, 2002), in other words saying that Iraq clearly identifies as a sponsor of terrorism. Judith S. Yaphe makes two interesting points that “Baghdad actively sponsored terrorist groups, providing safe haven, training, ars, and logistical support, requiring in exchange that the groups carry out operations ordered by Baghdad for Saddam’s objectives.” and also that “Saddam used foreign terrorist groups as an instrument of foreign policy.” (Yaphe). This shows that Iraq was a…