Lebanese people

of life it offers its citizen drives people searching for a better living and future. In fact, it witnesses a massive number of immigrants from all around the world every year. Lebanon being a country always in external and internal conflict, it is unable to grant its citizens the level of life they have always wished for, pushing them far away from their homeland to other advanced nations such as the United States and Australia, seeking superior living conditions: “These parents fled to Australia because they chose peace, not war, because they did not want to raise their children in a climate of fear and oppression.”, explains Joseph Wakim in…

Crystal “more than anything else language shows we belong, providing the most natural badge or symbol of public and private identity”. Identity is heavily influenced by social factors and can be reflected in the lexical choice and semantic distinctions that people use. In addition, the degree of individual and group identity is reinforced by the discourse and prosodic features adopted by different groups. However, language is not static and its usage may be adjusted to suit the given context of…

was blinding, and he looked away from it. He recognized the color of the water around him and knew he was in the sea off Beirut. A dead body was floating beside him, apparently the object that had been smothering him. Several other people were flailing around in the water beside him, and nearby, an armored car belonging to the Lebanese army was sinking beneath the waves. Looking towards the shore, Soheil saw a black mushroom cloud with fire in its center rising hundreds of feet above the Beirut…

Hezbollah, translated as the “Party of God”, is a Lebanon-based Shiite populous which has been a direct threat to many European Union (EU) countries as well as a direct threat to the United States. Hezbollah has murdered more Americans before September 11th, 2001 than any other hybrid threat or terrorist organization. How might they be so capable in achieving such atrocities? What defines Hezbollah as a hybrid threat? We have defined prior to this discussion board a hybrid threat as the…

authentic and pure version of Islam. ISIS has been striving for religious authenticity by repeatedly claiming and showing devotion to the religious text. In order to ensure authenticity, ISIS has been asserting, performing and defending its authenticity continuously (Hanieh, 2015). ISIS has been in tension with the House of Saud. This is because ISIS considers them as their enemy and aim in eliminating the monarchy who they perceived as pro American and unfit to be the ‘Guardian of the Two Holy…

A Cinematic Message of the Lebanese-Israeli Border Although both films are different mediums, The Kite is a fictional film and Frontiers of Dreams and Fears is a documentary, they both convey a message about the issues and affects of the Israeli-Lebanese border. The Kite mainly focused on Lamia and her own personal story, the film could be described as a coming of age. Frontiers of Dreams and Fears focused on how the Israeli-Lebanese border affects Manar and Mona. The documentary’s director,…

She “owned a textile factory on Grove Street, was also a founding member of the Lebanese-Syrian Ladies’ Aid Society, which was founded in 1917” (Groves 1). Her autobiographical book may document the gradual alteration among first and second generation of children of immigrants, and Remember me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America (2007), won the Arab American National Book Award for adult fiction (2008). In an interview with Bryan Marquard, Shakir discusses the sever marginalization…

In Yona Wallach’s poem “Let Them Come” found on page sixty-six from the Collected Poems (1976), Wallach entices her readers with a poem about a woman who is having her last moments but wants her mourners to come and serve her. “Let them come and bring me foods,” this first line implies that she wants someone to serve her the last meal she will eat. The diction used and phrasing techniques lead the reader to believe that she is of importance. Specifically “let them come” as in she was okaying…

Why Positive Thinking Did Not Work for Me Many people believe positive thinking will lead a person to a perfect life; however, it is not completely true as it has its pros and cons. The reason why is because people request for things that they really want without really putting much effort into it and expect everything to fall into place. Today, society has gotten to the point where they make demands to God, and keep waiting to attain the stuff they asked or prayed for. For example, last year…

Sports can have a positive effect on society. They are one of the things that have made me the person I am today. Sports, mostly football and basketball, have shown me how to be a leader, how to stay active, how to persevere no matter how down you are , how it can help people in the community, and the ability to talk to people about the sports I love. Sports have no doubt been an influence for a long time, from ancient times to now. The leadership that comes with sports is a big deal in my…