Beirut

Why would Shakira—an artist who consistently proclaims to be proud of her varied identities—refuse to blend the two most fundamental languages of her identity? Carmen Fought offers us an explanation when she discusses the perceptions of Spanglish speakers by Anglo-dominant society. Code-switching (or Spanglish) is often associated with lower-class Latinx communities and is interpreted by whites (and to an extent, even some Latinxs) as a marker of a lacking education or linguistic non-conformity…

awareness, prevention, early detection and monitoring of diseases are key factors as well. In order to achieve this, I need to attain the knowledge, proper training and skills through the program of Masters in Public Health at the American University of Beirut. This program will not only teach me about the issues that affect the population health but also how to handle and avert the health problems and challenges that arise within the community.…

helping children from all over the world. (St.Jude Children's Research Hospital, 2010) After this great man passed away, his children Marlo and Tony Thomas pursued their father’s dream. They helped open St. Jude Children Research Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. (St.Jude Children's Research Hospital, 2010) Because of one man’s promise, thousands of children’s lives are saved every year. Also, his research center continues to find new cures to cancer. Hopefully in the future,…

facing AUBMC In fact, this case reflects most our organization situation. All organizations are facing some challenges in achieve their vision. The issue is how to identify, recognize, control and overcome those challenges. American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) is an example of an organization which operating in unstable environment. SOWT analysis will help us in identify AUBMC internal and external challenges through studying the environmental and organizational analysis.…

1. Summarize the Israeli Narrative. The Israeli Narrative consists of starting the “The Song of Peace” this has been in war for a very long time between the Israelites and Palestinians. This was a good tactic because their Israeli Defense trying a peaceful resolution their issues. The Israeli believe that is their through the covenant from Abraham. The Israeli religious believed that their land was gift by God. The officers of the Israeli defense took offensive with their peaceful resolution.…

Advancement of Teaching in 1905, which is a U.S.-based education policy and research center. With his strong interest to peace, he formed the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a foreign-policy committee with offices in Washington, D.C., Moscow, Beirut, Beijing, Brussels, and New Delhi, in 1910. He made numerous other donations and opened more than 2,800…

middle east, where Reagan sent over 800 Marines to Lebanon as a part of an international peacekeeping force. But in October of 1983, nearly one year after sending the troops into the country, a group of suicide bombers attacked the Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241…

The Noodle House: The Noodle House restaurant launched in 2002 with a contract with the Jumerirah Restaurants in Dubai, then they start to expand in more than 16 countries such as Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia...etc. Their inspiration was from the crowded street and the walking customers that buys snacks in shanghai and Jakarta. They tried to companies the affordable price to customers as well as the fast food taste. Critira Is the photo that are used in the website attractive and suitable?…

April 1983, a suicide bomber who was a member of a militant anti-U.S. Islamic group killed 63 people and injured 120 more at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon ("Terrorist Attacks on Americans 1979-1988”). A few months later, in December 1983, 241 U.S. Marines were killed and 100 more injured after another suicide bomber bombed the Marine barracks in Beirut. Rates have since decreased since the 1980s due to stricter regulations and increased securities in many places such as airports, schools,…

The Lebanese culture, being similar to the culture of the MENA countries, along with the lack of legal requirements for companies, have made the corporate governance in Lebanon less efficient than other countries. In order to improve it, the government has set in the recent period new requirements for the companies operating in Lebanon, related to the composition of the board of directors’ committees. In 2008, the Central Bank of Lebanon issued the circular no. 118, requesting mandatorily from…