Cairo

All regimes in our current time can be compared to their predecessors from cultures all around the world regardless of what age they existed in, from their rise to their fall all have similar attributes, while maintaining a sense of individuality. Although they occurred in different time periods, both the French and Egyptian revolution share many similarities that range from their initial causes to how the revolution itself progressed. With all of this in mind, both revolutions retained a set of…

Downtown Beirut: A City of Ghosts? Question1: Aims: What is Mohsen trying to achieve? What position does he want to argue? What issues or problems does he explore? Ahmed Mohsen explores, criticizes and contrasts the present situation of the Down Town (DT) to its previous ancient situation. As per the writer, the Solidere's company rebuilds the downtown as a modern city; however, it lacks its soul and becomes an empty city. Mohsen said, "Most who visit Beirut's commercial downtown area will…

Luke Martin Landscape of Hope and Despair 4/10/17 Landscape of Hope and Despair examines the refugee experience in Lebanon through the medium of spatial practices and identity, set against the backdrop of prolonged violence. Peteet argues that Palestinians have dealt with their experience as refugees by focusing attention on how a distinct Palestinian identity has emerged from over fifty years of refugee history. Specifically, she argues that Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon…

With the machines, with solid clinical credentials and motivations researchers are developing a new set of technologies that will soon be adapted into the human body wholesale in the ways the inventors did not originally imagine. Today there tens of thousands of peoples walking around with implants that connect electronic directly to their nervous systems Theses peoples have accepted they are better off becoming a hybrid, part human, part machine, than staying purely human. Before long they…

Valley of the Kings: A Sacred Place of Mystery and Exploration Valley of the Kings, said to be the greatest treasure trove ever known, is the home of more than sixty-three tombs and chambers of pharaoh’s and other major royal figures. Built more than three and a half thousand years ago, it has been a concentrated area of archeological and egyptological exploration. It tells the story of not only the pharaohs and nobles laid to rest there, but also the craftsmen who designed, built, and painted…

In the episode called “Who is God?” of the series “The Story of God”, Morgan Freeman explores the concept of who God is and how the idea of God has evolved. He visits several places throughout the world, including places like India and Egypt. The episode shares insights, but doesn’t insinuate or stretch facts on who God is? The show begins with Morgan taking a trip to India to get some insights on Hinduism. The woman states that Hinduism is an umbrella term and that there not just…

pre-revolution france. “Scattered violence was reported as fireworks and lasers lighted the Sunday night sky. The state news agency said about 500 young men hurling stones and Molotov cocktails set ablaze the headquarters of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood party in Cairo. Four people were killed — three of them outside a Brotherhood office in Assiut — in clashes in Upper Egypt. More than 220 were injured nationwide, according to security officials.” (Fleishman & Hassieb) These events show how violent…

In 1929, he performed the solo part in the debut of William Walton's Viola Concerto. In the 1930s, he made a visit to Cairo and a few visits to Ankara. He led the duty of rearranging Turkish music instruction and the early endeavors for the foundation of the Turkish State Opera and Ballet. Hindemith did not stay in Turkey the length of numerous different exiles. In any…

Americans were first introduced to dancers at the Midway Plaisance. The World Fair celebrated Columbus’s trip to find “The New World”. Belly dancing began in the 19th century and attracted many viewers during its full six months to “The Streets of Cairo” an exhibit where women displayed various types of dance to a new audience. Although the concept of specific belly dance costumes were fabricated many ideas and inspired by past such as the coin belt. In certain communities, women left the…

between a slave, Jim, and the narrator, Huck Finn. The novel takes place in the 1830’s in Missouri, Illinois. In the 1830’s era, slavery was legal at the time. Both Huck and Jim endeavor a long and treacherous journey to grasp their objective up north, Cairo. A place where Jim can be a free man. But the task is certainly not easy. The two go through many hardships together. Whether it would be risking their lives for one another, external conflicts with other characters in the novel, or internal…