Egypt

ideologies and oppositional social movements are of central relevance to an understanding of the condition of women” (2). Women’s representation in the public sphere is thus linked to state-building processes and transformations. Over the past century as Egypt has struggled with different economic and political systems, so too have women struggled to fight for their private rights as well as public rights. Despite the “state-building, liberal, socialist, and infitah capitalist periods,” women…

nationalization was that he required funds for the building for the Aswan dam. Though in reality it was an act of revenge against the French, British and Americans because they had recently refused to fund the building of Aswan Dam and he wanted to establish Egypt as the leader of middle-east by embarking an end to the British and French dominance in Africa and Middle-east. In my research essay I analyze this issue which is known as the Suez Canal Crisis through prospect theory. According to…

The “Yacoubian Building” revolves around the lives of tenants who face misfortune after misfortune. The film examines the worst of Egypt. The decline of Egypt mirrors that of the tenants, ending up in a storm of hate, drunkenness and subjugation. The tenants’ problems seem to revolve around the misuse of religion. The film warns Egyptians, how religion is more than just a nametag and how misguided and corruptible people are without it. A major issue in Egyptian society is the representation and…

While the corpus clearly demonstrates full integration by the Ptolemaic Egyptian Jewry, there is value in considering whether the anti-Semitic sentiments that defined the Roman Period in Egypt were already in development. Within Egypt, native Egyptians were the most likely source of animosity towards Jewish communities. In terms of legal interactions, corpus papyri show that Jews could be considered equal to Egyptians (CPJ No. 22). However, Egyptians were significantly more limited in terms of…

truthfully can’t and won’t be able to because everything is supposed to happen for a reason. I cannot justify what has happened to me in any sort and faith cannot not completely fix what has been broken. The origin of the story is in Egypt and ultimately comes back to Egypt. The Israelites are in forced labor by the Pharaoh, which is a make nothing money situation. The people are fruitful and luscious when it comes to having babies. The Israelites are not treated good or with respect. The man…

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 Egypt. In 1962 Egypt fulfilled its last payment to the Compagnie de Suez. On…

another country. Specifically the Eisenhower Doctrine, was contingent on a main obligation by the United States to the protection and immovability of the Middle East. (Hahn, 2016) The Eisenhower Doctrine was in response to more Soviet influence in Egypt and Syria following the Suez Crisis in the Middle East in 1956. The winner of the confrontation would set the ground work for the Eisenhower Doctrine. The United States was a dominant world power as a leader in nuclear power and capitalist…

Between Altruistic and Autocratic: Hassan al-Banna’s Muslim Brotherhood In response to the unconquered British occupation in Egypt, Hassan al-Banna called to arms the Muslim community with the establishment of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928. Having witnessed his people being exploited while stationed as an Arabic teacher along the Suez Canal, al-Banna’s anti-Western sentiment grew to such a passion that his ideology was able to reach the thousands of individuals discontented with the form…

When millions of people appear in one place protesting for change, changes are bound to come fast; in a democratic society. For instance the large protest in Cairo, Egypt, against the Mubarak regime. According to the documentary The Square, Citizens of Egypt revolted for days against the Mubarak regime. After several days had passed, Egyptians heard a message from the government announcing Mubarak’s resignation from political power. This form of appearance by…

lens of travel writers contributed veiling to the barbaric, dominating nature of Muslim men over objectified Muslim women (Pollard, 61)”. Martineau often describes the “dark, dismal veiling,” (Martineau, 354) she encounters while traveling through Egypt. Many travel writers of Martineau’s time critique Muslim women for being hyper sexual while also being overly modest due to their veils. “The over sexed image of Muslim women can be contributed to the Oriental view of the entire Middle Eastern…