Classical Arabic

America’s Fight Against ISIS The barbaric tendencies of jihadist terrorists and radical Islamist groups are now a common controversy among countries worldwide. Although these extremists have stood a long time, their conflict only recently escalated to violating international law. Following the tragedy of 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan, a new and improved organization, different than Al-Qaeda, becomes what the world now knows as ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). The brutal violence…

Boots against ISIS In this day and age where war is becoming almost a customary event between nations and their different beliefs a rising threat in the Middle East, come to known as ISIS is a very real and intense subject matter today in our government. I believe as a citizen in the U.S. who is enlisted with the U.S.M.C. in the armed forces that we should take every possible military action against these people who have no regard for human life, if that life does not support their ideals. We…

A popular topic of choice in the news as of late is the Syrian refugee crisis. As a result of the war on Syrian land, millions of Syrians have fled their homes in the hopes that they can escape their war torn country and find a new and slightly more stable life elsewhere. In total, the war has displaced more than eleven million refugees, about half of Syria’s population, and shows no signs of letting up. While the European Union has had its hands full trying to formulate a response to the crisis…

State” in respect of the caliphate they have avowed, if it were up to them. The US Governments and the British are using the ISIL acronym, whereas the name ISIS is more frequently seen. In addition to the confusion, the French said they would use the Arabic-derived word “Daesh” to replace EIIL, the former name. The four competing words are only a minority of those used by ISIS yet. In 1989, when Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab Zarqawi met in the Afghan mountains, where both came to fight the…

Egypt’s dominant religion is Islam, with a significant minority of Coptic Christians. Islam is practiced by the majority of Egyptians and it basically manages their personal, political, economic and legal lives. "The Egyptian government discriminates against the Copts and hampers their freedom of worship. The police at the local level frequently harass and sometimes even persecute Christians, particularly converts.” A convert can even be forced to divorce his or her spouse, so Islamic people…

According to Zubaida (2003), the Middle East is situated in parts of Western Asia spreading from the eastern Mediterranean coastline of Turkey and Syria, through the leave to Iraq and Arabia, and toward the East through Iran to the Caspian, the Caucasus, and the Black Sea. Into Africa, it incorporates Egypt, and, by a few records, Arab North Africa. This zone involves mountains, deserts, rich fields watered by amazing streams, and seacoasts. Climatically, the Middle East ranges from the…

Giselle Rivas Professor Hagstrom Ling 250 May 6, 2015 Arabic Introduction The Arab world has many diverse influences in its, linguistic, ethnic, and religious groups. Due to war and exile, many Arabs migrated to America where millions of people created a community to advance with many opportunities. A heritage language interview was conducted to learn how Arabs continue to use their language, culture or religion in California. Origin of the Language The word “Arab” means “nomad,” a person who…

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, commonly known as ISIS, has created turmoil throughout the already war torn areas of the Middle East. They have captured multiple towns from central Iraq to the southern border of Turkey. ISIS is a terrorist organization that has carved out land in order to create a new state based on the ideological stance that state and church should be intertwined, also known as a caliphate or “the rank or reign of a caliph,” where the laws of the state are directly…

Three years ago ISIS did not exist. The idea of ISIS was a complete joke. Who would've even thought that a terrorist group would rule most of Syria and Iraq? Imagine one day your just sitting at home, watching T.V, just like every other day, then BOOM! Random people barge in your house with mask and guns. Then the terroist starts screaming at you to get on the floor with the rest of your family. You are crying and looking at your Mom trying to calm the baby from crying. These men take the…

The Middle East has experienced centuries of foreign intervention, mostly for control of the resources within the region. From the Crusades, to the World Wars and eventually to the current events in Syria, foreign nations have interfered with the social, economic, and government affairs for their own gain. Specifically, this paper will argue that during times of progress and modernization these foreign nations took advantage of Middle Eastern nations, such as Egypt, Syria, Persia, and the…