Middle East

keeps women from achieving their full potential as workers. High unemployment rates make it hard for Middle Eastern women to land a job to fund for their education or the education of their children. Economic inequality in the Middle East discourages women from getting educated because they will still get paid less than men. Education inequality in the Middle East affects females, therefore the Middle Eastern region should give females the right to education because they have lower literacy…

“Why border lines drawn with a ruler in WW1 still rock the Middle East” was written in 2013 by Tarek Osman of BBC news. This article relates to the readers exactly why the borders are where they are in the Middle East, and how it is affecting them. To start off, the lines were drawn by two men, Sykes who is from Britain and Picot who is from France. These men apparently had immense knowledge of the Middle East, yet the lines that they drew did not attribute to that. Both countries, Britain and…

In chapter ten of Gelvin’s The Modern Middle East, the state building process after World War One was discussed. This chapter focused on the states that were created by the decree of Great Britain and France. Gelvin focuses on the states that were created in the Levant and Mesopotamia. The states created are present-day Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq. The process in which these states were constructed was by the mandated power of Great Britain and France, and they were…

Economic Freedom The worldwide crisis began in the United States and Europe in the mid 2008 's, then the Middle East tailed them. The money related crisis variedly influenced Middle Eastern countries, which put them in a economic downfall and also caused a big disaster. During 2007 and the early months of 2008, rising oil expenses covered the coffers of critical exporters like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, and Iraq. This adjusted them from cash related issues acknowledged by…

Why is There No Democracy in The Middle East? If you give a person a fish they eat for a day and if you teach them how to finish they will never go hungry. There is no democracy in the Middle East because America and the rest of the Western influencers are imposing democracy on the Middle East. If you get rid of a dictator, military leader, and other types of leadership, you cannot expect for democracy to rise up in one’s place. The only place where democracy was created as a first regime and…

taking care of their households, and their husbands. Women in certain regions have overcome these circumstances, which has caused many to pursue a career or even a higher education. Unfortunately, women in the Middle East did not fully overcome of being secluded to one particular role. In the Middle Eastern region of the world there should be more empowerment of women than there are regulations that cause the exclusion of women. Segregation against women is an issue that is least expected but,…

young and get started on having a family young, and be a “housewife”. The status of women in the Middle East differs greatly from the status of women in America. Women in America have gained a lot of respect and freedom, this did not come easy. However, there has been change in the way women live in the Middle East, but not nearly as much as women in America. The Muslim countries of the Middle East state that women must…

Although this group has always been at least slightly stigmatized, conflicts in the Middle East combined with terrorists attacks such as the 9/11 tragedy have led to increases in stereotyping and hostility (Cainkar, 2006; Salaita, 2005). The tolerance initially extended to this group has largely vanished and individuals of Middle Eastern descent have been labeled as “terrorist,” “spy,” and “saboteur” with increasing frequency, further reinforcing the idea that they are dangerous and can never…

been treated the way they are suppose to. They have been facing discrimination throughout the history everywhere. One of the main reasons why women in the middle east are treated poorly is because people do not see their rights as human rights and they separate women’s rights from the other rights. Women face discrimination in the Middle East more than anywhere else. Lack of education and the issues of poverty are some of the main reasons why women are treated that way. Some people do their…

The modern Middle East as it exists today consists of complex interactions between the political, economic, and social spheres. Though it would be simple to attribute conflict in the area to something basic such as the supposed inherent violence in Islam, a look further in the past is necessary to fully understand the Middle East as it exists today. By analyzing the great nineteenth century transformation and World War I, a clear understanding of the political, economic, and social landscapes of…