Bedouin

Christianity vs. Islam Every evening the World News illustrates acts of war between Christianity and Islamic cultures. They are two of the most profound religions throughout the world. Though this is not a new headline; violence has erupted between these two religious groups for nearly 1500 years. Despite bearing some minor similarities, the differences between Christianity and Islamic beliefs are fiercely noticeable. Dissection of the religious origins, common beliefs, and social structure…

Muslim law places great emphasis on speed and simplicity in the treatment of the dead. The body should be placed in the ground before sundown, on the day of death or early on the following morning. The Tal al-Hasi cemetery was most likely used by bedouins who had relatively good health, with a balanced diet indicated by the rarity of bone deformations and other signs of disease and malnutrition. The high occurrence of infant burial does indicate, however, that childbirth and early life were…

Abstract This article will include a discussion on the archaeological evidence for the existence of King David and the size of his kingdom. According to Merrill F. Unger, Archaeology and the Reign of David, as a result of an effective and compelling investigation, the discovery of the enormous borders of the City of David was questionable. However, sections of the Jebusite city wall and ramparts were thought to have included the acclaimed “Great Western Gate.” The Western Gate is an ancient…

Superficiality and Hypocrisy: The Case of Dubai Dubai, the rich super-state of the Gulf, has come to enjoy its position as the Middle East’s new cosmopolitan hub, successfully filling in the void that both Damascus and Cairo have left as a result of the Arab Spring. While the Emirate may enjoy fame and glory now, its reputation is only possible due to a carefully calculated effort by its leaders to artificially implant a culture into a placated society. What is worse is the widespread…

Freya Stark is a well known British traveler and adventurer (1893-1993) whose work The Southern Gates of Arabia was and still is very popular. She followed the route of the Hadharamaut valley and she sought to be the first westerner to locate the lost city of Shabwa. Born in Paris, she was one of the first European women who traveled and wrote about the Middle East. Through close reading, I believe that Freya added to the feminism individuality of her writing in many ways by being a women with…

The movie, Lawrence of Arabia was considered to be a breakthrough in the film industry for it portrayed T. E. Lawrence’s life in the Arab world and how he influenced the Arabs. This of course was based on true events that occurred from 1916-1918. Despite being a biographical movie, not everything that appeared was truthful. Multiple movie critics stated that certain scenes were over exaggerated, unrealistic, scientifically invalid, and/or plainly made up for entertainment purposes. Before…

great grandfather is at the epicenter of the drama”(12). Ari Shavit is foreshadowing the war that happens amongst the Jews and the Arabs by expressing that drama is to take place. Shavit goes on to say “there are more than half a million Arabs, Bedouins, and Druze in Palestine in 1897”(12). Shavit’s grandfather saw that the land of Israel was occupied by another people, but chose to carry on any way. Mentioning another people living in Israel foreshadows that trouble could occur especially when…

A Brief about the Pre-Islamic Arabia: Before the birth of Mohammad and the rise of Islam, the Arabian Peninsula was ruled by old social and political system that established in response to the harsh environment of the region. The region never knew what we call today central government which it was a tribal government every tribe rules its own territories and that how the Arab lived before the rise of Islam. In addition to that the Arabian Peninsula was surrounded by powerful two empires that…

more critical aspect of the story involves that of divine providence and its connection to the Egyptian pharaoh. Even when Sinuhe does wrong by being cowardly and fleeing Egypt, the concept of divine grace manifests itself in both the rescue by the Bedouin chief in the desert and through his adoption by the Syro-Canaan chief. A particularly telling quote is “When one considers how innately tied the Egyptian pharaoh is to the divine, this not only serves, yet again, as a propagandistic piece for…

1. The novel begins with Santiago deciding to spend the night with his flock in an abandoned church. The church has no roof and an enormous sycamore tree has grown up where the sacristy once stood. It is important that he dreams of a child who tells him of treasure in this particular setting because finding the treasure is his personal legend. According to Coelho one’s personal legend or personal calling is, “God’s blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever…