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Time of Turmoil The Middle East is in a state of unrest, many Islamic extremists have fallen for the violent ideology to revolt against their government. A general theme of disagreement in faith caused a rift between the citizens and politicians in the Middle East. Leaders who follow a conservative faith that seems antiquated to the citizens are being challenged by the rebels. The booming young generation sees a problem with their government and seeks to make a change themselves. Also, the…

Loneliness is an epidemic; almost everyone has felt alone at some point or another in their life. Without human connection our health suffers and that is a scientifically proven fact. Feeling lonely has a measurable effect on sleep and blood pressure meaning it negatively effects health. More than effecting physical health, loneliness harms mental health. Feeling lonely and isolated increases risk of suicide and makes it harder to make it through day to day life. This is why I value community.…

The main languages in the Middle East are Persian, Arabic, and Turkish. Many people in the Middle East had to learn many of the languages because certain books was only written in a certain languages. Orit writes, “Arabic is the language of the Qur'an and the Shari‘a, and consequently, many non-Arab Muslims have learned…

Atlanta:The show that has no problem showing the issues in the world Atlanta is a comedy created by Donald Glover showing the struggles of young African American men in Atlanta. In this show, Glover touches on issues of racism, police brutality, Black on Black violence, and the HIV epidemic in Atlanta. This show’s release is coming out in a time where America is beginning to have a resurgence of racial tension. The show is mainly focused around the two cousins Earnest and Alfred “Paper Boy”.…

“A physical manifestation of the struggle between Soviet Communism and American capitalism that stood for nearly thirty years, the Berlin Wall was the high-risk fault line between East and West on which rested the fate of all humanity.” (Taylor, vii) “I hope that those who live in more fortunate communities elsewhere in the world will summon up the imagination to conceive what it might have been like for Berliners to have such a barbarous fracture inflicted on their cities, their neighborhoods,…

establishing the Camp David Accords which helped ease tension between the Arabs and Israeli. On November 9, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat announces that he is "ready to go to the Israeli parliament itself" to resolve the Mid-East conflict. This is despite the fact that the two countries do not have diplomatic relations and are technically still at war. On November 15,1977, through the US, Israel formally extends an invitation to Sadat to visit the country. On November…

It was an unusually cold day for Berlin in June. The year was 2014. The girl walked north from Potsdamer Platz towards Shonëberger Straße, passing a small piece of The Wall that was left standing, ironically juxtaposed against the high-rising Kolhoff Tower immediately behind it. The wall was crumbling and popping with political graffiti. Behind it, the tower was made almost entirely of glass, looking futuristic as it loomed atop the city skyline. This kind of contrast was not unusual in Berlin.…

FFreedom for the people of Berlin is what Reagan was trying to achieve. He says that they shouldn’t be separate from the rest of Europe or even the rest of the world. The people of Berlin should have the freedom, to travel across Europe without being in fear. There freedom should not be held back by this wall. They cannot live in fear the rest of their lives. The United States is all about freedom, furthermore that is why many presidents in the past have traveled to Berlin, to help get their…

war in the Middle East and economic difficulties in the U.S, Obama strived to maintain the U.S.’s global leadership and dominant role at an inexpensive cost. With the help of the National Security Council, Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Agriculture, and intelligence agencies. The Obama Administration succeeded in its endeavors to ensure the country's progress and security. The Administration handled conflicts in the Middle East with countries…

After the First International Conference on the sleeping sickness in 1907 I was sent to the Gold Coast in western Africa to study the disease and provide new ways for the British Government to combat the disease. Sleeping sickness is a vector-born, a parasitic pathogen, disease spread by the tsetse fly. The disease comes in multiple stages. The first stage’s symptoms include fever, itchiness, joint pain, and mild headaches. The second stage is how the disease gets its name because people who get…