Gum arabic

reading” for many reasons. As a viewer in a Western audience, we can see the calligraphic forms scrawled across the woman’s face, but we cannot understand them. Even then, it should also be noted that even someone who knows the Arabic alphabet wouldn’t be able to read the message due to the fact that Neshat utilized the language Farsi, the native language of Iran. Instead of being recognizable shapes that we can translate into language, the calligraphic letters become formal, design-like…

In the 13th dynasty, Egyptians stopped building pyramids and the Second Intermediate Period came along, but starting the New Kingdom with the 18th dynasty, Egypt revitalized their economy and an artistic revolution took place. Trade and war brought stability, and the empire kept expanding. Egypt became rich in goods from foreign lands, especially with gold from Nubia. This gold was used in statues, obelisks and temples to thank the gods for their assistance in their recent attainments. One of…

Since the beginning of an organization ISIS have 143 attacks in 29 countries and have killed nearly 2,043 people (Lister). The enormous amount of terrorist attacks in the Middle East and all around the globe have been caused by this extremist group named ISIS. Some of these regions include Australia, North America, Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe. Since the creation of this extremist group in 1999 in Iraq the numbers of attacks have been climbing, but especially in these past few…

He rented a pick-up truck from Home-Depot in New Jersey. Saipov later crashed into a school bus and jumped out of the truck with a pellet gun and a paintball gun and shouted in Arabic, “God is great.” Officials said that he was tied to ISIS because they found a handwritten note near the truck with a few lines of Arabic indicating allegiance to the Islamic State. 8 people were killed and a dozen were wounded. Saipov was shot and wounded and taken into custody by local authorities. After this…

Billionaires, bombers, and belly dancers are what Americans see arabians as. The movie American Arabs proves those stereotypes wrong. Usama Alshabai, the producer, director, and editor of the documentary works hard to make sure that it is clear Arabs in America mean no harm. The arabians featured in the documentary are hard working, normal, strong people. So what is it that makes it hard for Americans to picture these people as such? Americans love tv. As of 2015 40 million Americans had a…

Syrian Diary Entry My time is limited so I will write this quickly. I go by the name Iman Assadi, which means to believe; or more precisely, faith, in Arabic. I have one older sister named Li, and a two younger twin brothers- Saad and Mahdi. My mother’s name is Amira, and my father’s Ammar. For nearly 16 years, I lived by the border of Syria, in a city called Manbij which rests near Turkey. In 2014, The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took over the city. My city has become known as a…

“Egyptian Concepts on the Orientation of the Human Body” Maarten J. Raven The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Vol. 91, (2005), pp. 37-53 Maarten Raven article on the Egyptian Concepts on the Orientation of the Human Body is a well written and well argued article that does not relate to postmodernism, also it is a very broad concept on how the Egyptian thought about the human body. Marteen’s thesis is that the four magical bricks of cosmological principles that he underlined in the article,…

Arabic has been called the language of Adam and Eve, making it one of the oldest written languages in human history. In its modern form, Arabic is spoken by 422 million individuals worldwide, making it the fifth most commonly utilized language. Central Semitic in classification, it developed from a Proto-Semitic predecessor and has evolved significantly with time. Today, based purely on linguistic grounds, one could argue that Arabic is in fact not one distinct language, but is several because…

Multi-dialects, Confusion, English? A Bavarian priest tried to create the first universal language in the year 1880 and he called it Volapük. A language that was taken from the existing French, German and English, and was difficult to learn. It consisted of odd sounds and case endings similar to Latin. It did not take long before a new language emerged (McWhorter). This new language was a blend of words from India and Europe. It became known as Esperanto. Regardless, of this fact Esperanto was…

there are many ingredients that go into the drink. Ingredients that I did know were water, sugar, salt, and citric acid. There were also several mystery ingredients that I did not know, such as Dextrose, Sodium Citrate, Monopotassium Phosphate, and Gum Arabic. This led me to research, what were these ingredients are all about. The first Ingredient that was a mystery to me was Dextrose. Research led me to discover its many uses, and popularity. Dextrose is a form of glucose, derived from…