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Olive Oil Production as Economic Activity In terms of its sheer impact on society, olive oil was the petroleum of the ancient world. The fruit of the olive tree and its oil provided food, medicine, and lubrication. The production of olive oil was a capital-intensive effort that required long-term planning. In Olive Production and the Roman Economy: The Case for Intensive Growth Empire, Robert Bruce Hitchner argues that the rapid growth of olive production and export suggests that rational…

association of human communication will introduce that every culture is different in their own unique way. A native cultural concept in East Asian cultures will include different philosophies and thoughts on the way people interact within that culture. Such philosophical ideas that are implemented in the East Asian culture is the concept of facework. In the East Asian cultural setting, countries like South Korea, Japan and China follow a concept that is the basis of respectful and mindful…

understand why his piece has created such a visible legacy not only at Columbia but across academia. His ideas are revolutionary, striking at the foundations of academic institutions all over the world. As an individual, studying Islam and the Middle East of which my interests include Sufism, Sectarianism, and Fundamentalism, I am the product of orientalism, no doubt. As a member of this new generation of orientalists, however, what exactly is my role in a field bloated with lasting legacies…

Germany. The country had been divided in half; the East Germany was under control of Soviet Russia and the West Germany becoming democratic nation allied with the United States. Due to that division, the city of Berlin was also divided into East Berlin and West Berlin by a wall called “The Berlin Wall”. When President John F. Kennedy arrived in West Berlin, he make a speech offers hope to the city’s residents, who were enclosed by communist East Germany. “There are people that don’t distinguish…

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a hospital where families of military service members frequented. This hospital was the only main facility that provided critical health care to thousands of service members stationed in various locations in the Middle East before they returned back to the United States. I volunteered on the Medical Surgical floor, which focused on providing care to patients in critical condition or dealing with post surgery pain. One instrumental event that led to my…

When discussing the Middle East there are seemingly endless issues that arise including terrorism, oil, religion, modernity, and human rights. One of the most popular issues, especially for western countries, is how to create peace in this extremely volatile and often dangerous region. Wither looking at terrorism being fostered in Middle Eastern countries and then spread around the world or simply governments violently suppressing the people they govern, the western world has sought to…

Their name brings fear and terror to people worldwide. To others, a strong sense of patriotism to protect their country. That group’s name is….Daesh; Most commonly known as ISIS. Ever since the attack on the World Trade Center, a resentment has grown stronger for those of middle eastern origin. Terrorist group ISIS has been a growing threat to the people of Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Syria. with Daesh’s recent attack on Paris, it has widely grown fame. Great anger has come from neighboring…

a woman in the Middle East. Getting married before you even hit puberty, having to wear a veil, being severely punished for little things, and being a slave to your home. The mistreatment of women in the Middle East has been going on for a very long time in countries all over the Middle East. From the Jirga and the ba’ad to the misuse of the veil, middle eastern women have constantly been oppressed by the patriarchal government in place in many countries in the Middle East. As the rights of…

Maravasti considers “stigmatizing encounters involve both concrete realities and fluid practices in which actors use language to settle identities disputes” (p. 526) The upheaval in the Middle East on the one hand and all associated negative stereotypes on the other, ‘create identity crisis’ for individuals who are descendants of that region. “Middle Eastern American are suffering “ill-fame” perpetuated by the mass media. In Goffman’s words,…

Middle Eastern and Western countries etc. can differ considerably. For instance, pointing with one finger is also considered to be offensive in Asians communities, therefore they typically use their entire hand to point. Furthermore, In the Middle East, the left hand is reserved for bodily hygiene and should not be used to touch another or transfer objects and in Muslim cultures, touch between opposite gendered individuals is generally inappropriate. Lastly eye contact in Western culture, is…