Camel

When I was first accepted to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, I did not know what adventures were going to come my way. I did not know what adversities were going to show themselves to me unsuspectingly. I knew I would face these adversities and I knew I would grow from them. This adversity in college has also presented itself in this English course by challenging who I am as a writer in the same way that UAB has challenged who I am as a person and as a student. When I got to UAB, I knew…

all the favorable effects of the Silk Road, but what about the opposing facts? Although the Silk Road led to cultural diffusion and other things, no one acknowledges the concepts of how dangerous it could have been for people traveling in caravans, camels, etc. through the Taklamakan desert. The Silk Road had a negative impact by people’s lives being relinquished, whether it be caused by groups of people, viruses, or transportation. One might question how long the Silk Road is or how it even…

only 1/5th of what the poor had to pay. “Hey, I have your son cured. Where are my crops?” The medic exclaimed realizing that there were no crops. “Can I give you 5 of my camels?” Fen said knowing the camels were already going to die soon. “Make it quick.” The doctor exclaimed. “I don’t have all day.” Fen gave the doctor the camels and he left. They had nothing to enter their digestion system anymore which meant they would starve. on top of food, they also had to pay high taxes. The water…

into a weapon. After explaining his court case to the narrator, mustafa tells the story of what led up to Jean Morris death, “the city was transformed into an extraordinary woman, with her symbols and her mysterious calls, towards whom I drove my camels till their entrails ached and I myself almost died of yearning for her” (30). Here referenced “the city” is London, where Mustafa was living to continue his higher education. The verb, “transformed” implies a great change, where…

"Dickie! Dickie!! Here!!!" The cameras followed her movements just in time to catch the money shot of their reunion. "Grammy!!" DS lurched towards her. She was dressed in her Sunday best, a little one piece outfit with a matching print belt. A Camel was lodged behind her ear, not at all covered by the coif she had done up in the beauty shop that morning. The two locked bodies as the passengers passed, all smiling, some patting them…

not highlighted but the age of Aisha’s marriage, hijab and the battle of camel is stretched to such a point that it only gives superiority to the Male elites. The fact about Aisha marrying at the age of nine is interpreted as an age that a girl should be married which acts as a catalysis regarding at what ideal age a girl can marry. However, on the other hand, the unnecessary attention given to Aisha leading the Battle of camel is misinterpreted by Al Afghani and it states, “women being the ill…

the 19th century, with over 500,000 people. The Sinai Tarabin are currently located just North of Nuweiba and arrived to the Peninsula around 300 years ago. Bedouin culture: Bedouins at night form a group and have a campfire and drink tea with camel milk. Late into the night, they keep entertained by chanting Bedouin rhythms. They also recite poems around the campfire and they include advice to children, messages to lovers and enemies and similar topics. Sheep wool and goat hair is woven…

1) The Chinese eagerness for western products and the growing and flourishing of the cities led to the development of the Silk Road. Also, the favored idea by the Europeans, of a route linking many lands together to trade, was also an event that led to the Silk Road. 2) The Mesopotamian border entrepôts and Samarkand, are examples of the impact that the Silk Road had on Asia because goods from other countries were bought and sold throughout different countries, and stops were made along the way…

Omar brushes his teeth, and walks towards the bed. He grabs the picture of Miriam and Ali that is standing on his nightstand. OMAR Good Night. He puts the picture back on the nightstand. SOUND: Loud sounds are coming from outside.. Omar looks out of the window. Ext. Outside bedroom window - nighttime People are running outside. There are a lot of explosions happening. People are screaming. Omar spots a little girl in the corner, she holds a teddy bear and is hiding in a corner. She is…

To elaborate, in page 79 of The Alchemist, the caravan camel driver explains, “The land was ruined, and I had to find some other way to earn a living. So now I'm a camel driver. But that disaster taught me to understand the word of Allah: people need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.” Since the camel driver lost everything he owned, a number of obstacles hurdled towards him, such as an aftershock trembling…