History of Egypt

safety out of the Ahmed Baba Institute archive. Access to different regions surrounding Timbuktu allowed Haidara to carry out the necessary tasks like shipping many scripts down the Nile River, burying papers under the sand, and sending off trunks of history on camels into the…

and workshops. Because these two 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…

All around the world people are upset with their governments and the way they are being treated. Even in our own country people are standing up for what they believe is right. Americans are fighting against oppression, the inaction of government, and corporations who don’t seem to care who gets hurt in the name of progress and profit. In other countries like Brazil and Venezuela protesters fill the streets pleading for their political change as they starve. It would be nice to think that this is…

problem in the Middle East. In reality, the role of culture has been even more prominent in perpetuating the oppression of women. Female genital mutilation is a cultural practice that has afflicted women in several cultures at different times in history. The practice, which in Islam garners dubious permission in an alleged Hadith of the Prophet, is largely unknown in most Muslim countries, though it is still practiced in rural areas of both Muslim and non-Muslim parts of Africa. Similarly, the…

exposes people to other cultures. Not only is the knowledge important, but also the way the view diversity afterwards. For example, this event might help someone realize that they shouldn’t assume that because someone is black, that their family has a history of slavery. Also, realizing that Africa itself is made up of a wide variety of cultures is also a valuable to gain. I believe that these events deepen respect for other…

Ruling from the Middle East, all the way to South Asia, changes were fueling in by the British. In Palestine, the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and the British Mandate of 1920, had raised the tension between Arabs and Jews. One of the most significant changes was the establishment of the Jewish State of Israel. “On 29 November 1947, thousands of people jumped out of their beds and rushed out onto the streets when the reports were broadcasted on the radio.” It was the day the UN proposed the…

have had throughout world history. From strong rulers to great thinkers history is filled with some of the most powerful and intelligent women who have defied all odds and surpassed the expected roles given to them by western civilization. Unfortunately, much of what we know about women has either been destroyed or their stories altered to diminish their reputation. Some women managed to be so great that their prominence in history could not be suppressed. For some history was rewritten to…

and her interest. Saudi Arabia has the strongest economy on the Arabian Peninsula. Its investments in the PATRIOT missile system have catapulted them to the top slot of valuable allies that the United States has in the region. The strong cultural history of Saudi Arabia has helped shape their free trade economy and is the reason for their dominance over the Middle Eastern-North African region for foreign investments. Saudi Arabia’s petroleum-based economy is the highest ranked on the…

Life in Egypt Today, Egypt’s high environmental, temperature, and migration levels are still the same as it was back in 1967 and even later than that. However, there are many other things that make this country what it is today. "For example, the expanded irrigation of desert areas after the completion of the Aswan High dam in 1970s; which has increased soil salinity and aided the spread of waterborne diseases”(Malefic, Asante; 2002 “Culture and Customs of Egypt. Westport, Conn: Greenwood…

PSC 345 - Midterm Exam Question One: Arab Nationalism Arab Nationalism is a movement that began “after the withdrawal of Egyptian forces from Syria in 1839. Later on, Sa’ada founded the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in 1932. It was the major force in Lebanese and Syrian politics until the early 1960’s and was still operating in the 1990’s” (Palmer, pg.53) This movement rose to prominence in the 1950’s as Arab Nations began to gain independence from former colonial powers. The major principle…