History of Jordan

White Papers was strongly negative. The reaction issued by the Jewish Agency for Palestine argues that the White Papers were a betrayal to the Mandate and surrender to Arab terrorism. It ends by stressing that it is in the “darkest hour of Jewish history” that the White Papers were written and the Jews need a homeland now more than ever. According to the Jewish Agency for Palestine, the Papers were death sentence to persecuted Jews in need of a secure…

The poem Blood by Naomi Shihab Nye emanates feelings of confusion and anger that people from many cultures in America have felt. This confusion settling in at the moment a young child realizes they are different and realizing that this difference makes them inferior. Why is that despite we are all humans beings, given life the same way, biologically structured the same way, and given the same fate in the end, that we are so different from one another? Naomi Shihab Nye is a Palestinian-American…

At least half of these victims fleeing from disaster are children. The current Syrian refugee emergency represents the greatest dislocation of people in recent history. Literally, millions of men, women and their children have increasingly traversed over the Turkish, Lebanese and Jordanian borders. However, this flow of human misery has increased significantly because of the intensified battles being waged by ISIS…

A refugee I met a few years ago. Syria―Anti-rebel protests calling for the president's’ removal had started to escalate; weapons were raised, protesters were incarcerated on the spot, chlorine gas bombs were thrown left and right, houses were destroyed, and the atrocious Syrian army began to show its teeth. “None of us imagined the situation would escalate and become more complicated or even an actual war would start.”Ola, 18, said. Only 13 at the time, Ola Alqadaisee, packed her bags with…

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…

It is Crucial For the United States To Help Syrian Refugees What if you woke everyday in fear that your family would be dead or you would be dead. You woke up hungry starving and hoping for an end to such a horrific Civil War. You woke up thinking why am I in such a horrible war when I have done nothing. You are stuck in the deepest darkest part of the world and can’t get out. 4 million innocent refugees are stuck in that deepest darkest part of of the world. They are helpless living in an…

What is the Problem The worldwide refugee crisis has uprooted a record 60 million people from their homes, the most since the end of World War II. Millions have fled from their homes, desperately escaping death, destruction, oppression of war and unfathomable living conditions. These people travel from countries like Syria and Iraq to places in Central America and Africa, looking for an escape. Many of the refugees may apply for asylum outside their home country and are eligible for certain…

Most people have heard the Syrian Civil War being discussed almost daily on practically every information outlet, but do they know what the specific causes which provoked this terrible crisis in the Middle East were? Since this is such a hot topic, it is essential to know the origins of the rebellious uprisings overseas which have threatened and seized countries, governments, and humans worldwide. There are many conflicting and complementary arguments that surround the true cause of the unrest…

In the midst of modern history (post World War II), the New World Order discomposed the old world order and browbeat the term conquest and territorial aggrandizement into the closet; however, the Middle East seems to be the exception to every rule. Over the past sixty years , armed hostile conflict and unrepentant governments have raged unchecked throughout the Middle East. Stability and peace are foreign words that do not translate in this region of the world. War ravaged Iran and Iraq in…

The Fight with ISIS “All wars have unintended consequences. No matter how cautious generals and political leaders are, war sets in motion waves of change that can alter the currents of history” (Tirman 45). The United States involved itself in an ongoing conflict that has spanned from Crusades to the colonization by the European powers. When the United States pulled out of Iraq in December 2011, a splinter group of Al qaeda headed by Abu Musab al Zarqawi attacked major Shia communities to…