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that they were no longer powerful enough to maintain their empires in a world now dominated by the United States and Soviet Union. For example, in Egypt following the Suez War in which Britain and France aimed to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove from power, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser scored a resounding diplomatic victory, effectively removing the last remnants of British and French imperialism in the Middle East…

On the one hand, Naguib Mahfouz chose Alexandria as a setting for Miramar. He wrote about it after the Nasser's revolution when only few traces of the cosmopolitan still there. However, it seems from the comparison he made between Cairo and Alexandria that Alexandria is drastically affected by the departure of the Alexandrians with foreign origins and foreigners. Alexandria in the novel is not only a setting or environment, but also a state of mind, symbol or a philosophy. Each character has…

The excitement of the residents of the Love Canal has not lasted too long. More terrible news ensued. People living far away from the pollution center were beginning to worry about their own safety. In November 1978, more than 200 compounds were found in the landfill site of which about 200 tons contained hazardous dioxin Dioxin [2, 3, 7, and 8 tetrachlorodibenzoparadioxin (TCDD)], a highly toxic carcinogen. The identification of dioxins made the inhabitant extremely panic (Philips et al., 2007)…

“TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN!” The sound of counting down got louder and louder as crowds started to count with the referee. It was the semi final of the interclass basketball competition of my school. My team was leading the game by one point. Knowing that there was nothing the opposite team can do, we started to have an early celebrate for entering the finals. To my surprise, our opponents started a counter attack, charging to our ring at full speed! With only less than six seconds, one of them…

8 paragraphs that describe the book of octopuses Octopuses are considered the world’s smartest invertebrate, which is one of the reasons that sparked Sy Montgomery’s interest in the animals. As a naturalist and author, she decided to explore the world of the octopus and describe her journey in her book “Soul of an Octopus”. Montgomery describes her journey from the beginning, giving readers facts and information about these interesting invertebrates, and describing how she developed a strong…

Panama remained part of Colombia, and in 1903 along with U.S support it became separated from Colombia. The United States and Panama signed a treaty that allowed the construction of a canal, and that also gave sovereignty to the U.S over a strip of land on either side of the structure. Between 1904 and 1914 the canal was built, and for 63 years the U.S maintained control of it. In 1977 it was officially transferred to Panama. Hans Morgenthau describes international politics as a struggle…

It was in 1902 when the United States was flirting with building a canal in Nicaragua, while France was experiencing much turmoil in their attempt in Panama, when a volcano erupted and killed 30,000 people. Therefore, the United States were deterred from building a Nicaraguan canal. Therefore, the United States focused their efforts on acquiring control of the Panama Canal zone, which was under Colombian control at the time, albeit a small independence movement. The U.S. utilized their military…

Introduction In 1859 the French private company Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez was responsible for the construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt. This channel connected the Read Sea with the Mediterranean Sea, opening a shorter trade route between Asia and Europe. Almost 100 years later, in 1956 the Egyptian President nationalized the canal, resulting in the Suez Crisis with military actions by Israel, France and the United Kingdom. However, the channel remained in the hands of…

being mad at Nasser for nationalizing the canal, and the invasion, a lot of things happened concerning the Suez Canal Israel will want to control the Suez Canal for multiple reasons, they might want the money that may come from it, or they may just want to see who is trying to get through the canal. (Jazeera 2008) Also they may want to control it for yet another reason, that may want to be able to control who gets to be able to get through the canal. If they do not like who wants to come…

INTRODUCTION General background: The Sinai Peninsula is based between the Mediterranean Sea to the North and the Red Sea to the South serving as a land bridge between Asia and Africa. The Sinai Peninsula has been a part of Egypt from the first Dynasty of ancient Egypt until the 21st century. In periods of foreign occupation, Sinai was, like the rest of Egypt, also occupied and controlled by foreign empires. In more recent history the Ottoman Empire (1517-1867) and the United Kingdom…