Beirut

“Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men willing to be co-workers with God…” During the 1950s, the Civil Rights Movement began to end racial discrimination against African Americans in America. It was a large demonstration of protests and organizations. The process to gain their freedom was long and drawn out. Nonviolent demonstrations of African Americans and those who supported them, were peaceful acts organized to demand the…

With the creation of Israel in 1948 the United States has always sided with Israel. After the creation of Israel, President Truman was the first out of all the world leaders to recognize the country. The United States had backed and has tried to support Israel throughout all of their issues with the Middle East since their creation. It was not until President Obama came into the presidency. That some problems with Israel began to arise and tensions began to form with how Israel was handling…

The first article I have chosen to review is titled, To what extent do different multiple intelligences affect sixth grade students’ achievement level on the particle model of matter, by Zehra Ozdilek. In the introduction of this article, he explains how students in a Turkish elementary school are having a difficult time understanding the concept of matter which was new in the curriculum that year. He then also explains how Howard Gardner believe that teachers needed to be aware that each child…

authoritarian leader of Iraq. American president George W. Bush, who announced the commencement of the war in March 2003, explained that the goals were to free the Iraqi people and claimed that the Iraq government had weapons of mass destruction.(Beirut, 2011)Many factors went into the decision of United States leaders to engage in war with Iraq in 2003. These causes can be related to various purposes based on the righteousness or national interest of the two countries. This paper will explain…

There has been a centuries old conflict between the Muslim Arabs and the Israeli Jews over the rights of ownership to the holy land. Arabs and Jews began to express nationalism for their religious beliefs which was part of the reason for the conflict between the two sides. Because of this the Israeli-Palestinian conflict intensified in the 1940s and has expanded with much violence on both sides in the 2000s. On May 14, 1948 the British withdrew from Palestine and the Jewish National Council…

ary-marriage MARCH. (2013, october). Censorship Monitor. Retrieved from The Virtual Museum Of Censorship: http://www.censorshiplebanon.org/documents/censorshipmonitor/MARCH_CensorshipMonitor[1].pdf Merabet, S. (2004). Disavowed Homosexualities in Beirut. JSTOR,…

"Give me your tired, your poor, [y]our huddled masses yearning to breathe free, [t]he wretched refuse of your teeming shore” (Lazarus). This epitaph, which comes from the poem “The New Colossus," is inscribed on one of America’s most valuable symbols: The Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is the perfect embodiment of the values that America prides itself on most, namely the belief in freedom for all. Since this nation’s humble beginnings, American citizens have done everything in their…

In the poems I have studied writes have explored human mortality from differing perspectives and focusing on different ideas and issues. For example, in “Mother in a refugee camp”, Chinua Achebe explores the profound love between mother and child as well as the theme of premature death in a graphic and violent way. Furthermore in a different way, Carol Ann Duffy in “War Photographer”, focuses on the necessity of exploring the reality of what goes on in the world as well as the traumatic impacts…

fortresses. Schools are similarly equipped. Young children are drilled in how to behave during times of combat. In a sense, they are young soldiers in training. When I drive home at night, I must drive through the barricade set up at the entrance to my town. Several soldiers will be there and I must drive through a short obstacle course while they eye me. They might stop me and ask me a few questions. When I go to the supermarket or mall, I must stop my car while an armed security guard examines…

rows.” It is a metaphor that coveys the effect of war, creates an intense atmosphere; the darkness presents horror that creates tension for the readers. He thinks of all the place he has been to, places which have been torn apart by war- “Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh”, and remembering all the bloodshed he has witnessed. “ All flesh is grass” is an effective contrast in the poem between what was happening in the places where the photographer has been and what is happening back home.…