Harem

group of people? What might be the social function of this narrative? The Hebrew word “herem” can be defined as a devotional destruction on the behalf of God as a given divine commandment. This also defines the social function of the book of Joshua; harem as a systematic destruction in which all those who oppose the Lord are laid to waste. Herem described Joshua’s commandment from the Lord to wipe out the peoples of the Promise Land except for Rahab for assisting them. Since the order for…

Lifting weights means being in the weight rooms predominantly populated by men. With this in mind, Lindsey loves her Lululemon harem pants and a cropped womens workout top. The Athleisurely blog's Chase Lindsey Rosen is inspired by her work at an upscale fitness boutique, Bandler. She's also loves Flybarre, a high energy, muscle toning fitness program. While low-impact, Flybarre…

Well hello there, The Gentleman Snark here once again to give you another first impression. This Summer Season of anime has certainly given weight to many interesting series. Especially the more savory ones… SIGH~ This is going to be one of those provocative reviews.. Hope you are ready to do some “HARD” time as we get into Prison School. Prison School anime is written by Michiko Yokote, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, and music by Kōtarō Nakagawa. There is a Manga…

The role of women in Ottoman, one of the most powerful militant empires, was reserved if not nothing. Although female enjoyed equality, even advantages, in some social aspects, their social status, broadly, was lower than that of men. In Ottoman society, women were restricted from social, economic, religious opportunities. As time goes, women gained more rights gradually, yet the gender discrimination ossified in the Ottoman empire did last. In the first place, women were submissive to their…

Else Lasker-Schuler was one of the most interesting characters on the art scene in early 20th century Germany. Not only was Lasker-Schuler a female poet, which was highly unusual at the time, she was also an author, artist, and playwright (The National Library of Israel). This analysis will focus on the Lasker-Schuler’s poem, “My Blue Piano”, which is the title poem of her last collection of poems. “My Blue Piano” demonstrates many modernist characteristics and helps to understand the difficult…

that is depleted from its essence and reloaded and re-contextualized to fit the Moroccan context. She believes that her master piece, among a host of others, is meant to deconstruct western euro-centrism and stereotypical vision toward Arab women ‘’Harem’’. Even more telling, the deconstruction in the novel is twofold as it aims at deconstructing patriarchy and western discourse. However, some critics claim that Mernissi is affiliated to the western model, and she gratifies their discourse and…

Northern Elephant Seal project Northern Elephant Seal project Description These seals are named Elephant seals because adult males have large noses that look like an elephant's trunk. Adult males could grow to over 13 feet in length and weigh up to 4,500 pounds. The females, however, are much smaller than the males. They could grow over 10 feet in length and 1,500 pounds. The northern elephant seal is the second largest seal in the world, after the southern elephant seal. It travels on land by…

Due to Confucianism’s view that women are to be submissive to men in all levels of the social hierarchy, coupled with early text that shed negative light on the idea of female rulers. It made the idea of powerful women seem stranger and often unnatural since they would have challenged the authority of men. Rulers and influential women, similar to hens, represented dynastic decline. As a wife, Wu also broke standards set by Confucius followers regarding marriage. Chinese women could not have…

In the recently published first volume of memoirs, Istanbul: Memories and the City, Orhan Pamuk describes how a 1950’s child hood among Europe -yearning cosmopolitans in the crumbling ruins of the Ottoman Empire helped to shape him as a writer. The key, he said, is to understand the concept of huzun. This turkish word describes a kind of melancholy, he says, not so much a personal state as one shared by an entire society, a mood of resigned despair for the great past - a murky, black white…

• Amar Meybela This ground-breaking book throws open a window on a world unknown to most Westerners. TaslimaNasrin revisits her early years — from her auspicious birth on a Muslim holy day to the threshold of womanhood at fourteen — in a small rural village during the years East Pakistan became Bangladesh. Set against the background of the fight for independence, Nasrin’s earliest memories alternate between scenes of violence and flight and images of innocent pleasures of childhood in her…