Hal Jordan

Introduction Women’s rights in the middle east is gaining more momentum now than it has in the past years. Reformation is the key to moving forward, but democracy still must change in order to enact and continue future progress for women. There are still heavy limitations on what women can and cannot do, which hinders progress, but sources say there is progress on the way. Women’s rights, and whether the United States can interfere, is the cornerstone of progress abroad. Governments are still…

Israelites’ Military Campaign in the Levant In both, Joshua chapters 10 and 11 and Judges chapter 1, Israelite armies battle to gain control of land in the Levant. However, each story’s military campaign was a bit different. In Joshua, YHWH helped the army immensely, the army battled in accordance with YHWH, and fought with brutality. In Judges, the army didn’t get as much assistance from YHWH, they didn’t fulfill all of YHWH’s commands, and they used less force and more negotiation in battle.…

Refugees, how to deal with them, and the true definition has been an ever changing and hotly disputed topic for many decades. As time goes on the world continues to have displaced groups in one form of agony or another, flash across the screens of our phones and tvs. The question is how can we handle refugees better. This part of the large sweeping argument in Liisa Malkki essay Speechless Emissaries. Her essay is about the different groups that are tasked with helping refugees, how they…

Pope Francis Congressional Speech. This speech was given by Pope Francis to the United States Congress on September 24, 2015 in Washington D.C. Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and spoke about current topics relevant throughout the world to the United States Congress. He focused on the religious extremism, the refugee crisis, immigration, diplomacy, and the trading and sale of various weaponry. Pope Francis was able to do so through the use of anaphora, metaphors, and…

Land, water, and religion have been resources that have been bitterly fought over since the beginning of civilization. Land in the Middle East, specifically the Holy Land, has seen particular conflict. Since, two groups have been fighting for control of the Holy Land. Following this thought the Jews and the Palestinians each have claim to the Holy Land, making the division of the area a significant source of conflict. The Jewish people lay their claim to the land based on birthright. They…

Monte Moore Other vs Self In today’s America it is becoming more difficult to distinguish from a non-immigrant from an immigrant. Currently thirteen percent of the United States was born outside of the United States. Now with this information being put into your head think about how we are supposed to handle the immigrants coming into the U.S. We can take the words of Donald Trump and “BUILD A WALL” or we can take the more logical way and let in the immigrants. Not just from Mexico yet,…

It is hard to read or watch the news without hearing the word ISIS; it is a controversial topic in the current world. The word ISIS also known as the Islamic state has been around mystery, it is Al-Qaeda offshoot that seeks to establish an Islamic state aiming to launch a jihad, which means a holy war where the jihadist sacrificing their life to their hardline beliefs. At first, ISIS initially established in Iraq and Syria (al-Sham) in 2004 by the extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi where only few…

The Middle East has the same stuff over there that the rest of the Western world has, but (in some cases) it’s different. They change it, adapt it, and make it their own. In some cases they don’t alter it at all, and keep it in its purest unadulterated form. They value the authenticity of western culture: the good, the bad, and the ugly. An appreciation for American gluttony and beauty at the same time. That’s not to say they won’t vehemently defend their own culture when the two worlds collide.…

individuals are living in the US, they constantly touring different states such as California, Massachusetts and New York. • The music played is from originated in a wide range of middle eastern countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Syria. • The Middle eastern culture is complex and diverse. Obviously, this is reflected in the music and its different elements. Middle eastern music is sophisticated. It is characterized by complex rhythm to generate the…

The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back How the Dawson’s Field Hijackings Forced Jordan to Take Action Against the PLO On September 21, 1970 the cover of Time Magazine read simply “Pirates in the Sky.” It was referring to the hijacking of four planes by the Palestinian militant group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, or the PFLP. This incident was one of the first cases of airplane hijacking as a took for political blackmail, and it played a significant role in king Hussein’s…