Middle East

The fight for women’s rights has been going on for centuries. The Middle East is one of the toughest places to be a woman. There are many restrictions placed on women, and many rights that women are not entitled to have. In a marriage everything is supposed to be equal between the man and the woman, but in the Middle East it is the opposite of equal. Married life for a woman is extremely difficult and unfair in the Middle East, in Saudi Arabia marriage for women just gets worse, in Iraq…

The ongoing violence and corruption in the Middle East Mostly from the Syrian civil war has resulted in 200,000 innocent people lives and has encouraged thousands of people to flee their country in search of protection and peace. Most refugees flee from Syria and Afghanistan to European countries that sometimes welcomes them, but other times they are horribly mistreated. How they are treated usually depends on what country they arrive in, what the countries government can afford to provide for…

“supposedly” “one-size-fit” all western policies. Major states and individual in the Middle East initially started out embracing modernity, until the 1970’s occurred. The Iranian Revolution sparked several waves of renewal and the formation of Islamic terrorist groups. Modernity, was not the cause though, external factors such as post-colonialism, poverty, and the increasing presence of the United States in the Middle East led to these social movements and…

edulis), a plant that grows in the Middle East and is commonly used as an amphetamine like drug, has spread from its origin in the to Middle East to have effects on people worldwide. The drug that was originally harvested in Ethiopia in the 13th century and spread to Yemen, the country where its usage is most common, sometime in the 15th century (El-Menyar et al 2015). Since this time the plant has been used as an amphetamine like drug mainly in the Middle East but has recently spread to the…

Lives and millions of dollars are also the cost of fossil fuels in the Middle East. Terrorist groups such as ISIS thrive on the world's dependency for oil. ISIS stands for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. They are an extremist military group under corrupted Shar'ah law and the Shi'ah Islamic sect. They control 2/3rd of Syria's petroleum pockets. Using this oil, they act as a broker to small and privately owned refineries. The US has bombed the majority of these refineries, but they continue to…

Muslim Women. While the hijab originally was thought to be a sign of inferiority, it is argued, and accepted, that now a women’s hijab expresses power, and a sense of expression for those who wear them, specifically for those women living in the Middle East. One study conducted showed that Muslim women who wore their hijabs were more confident with their own body image than women without hijabs but who lived in the same area.…

The unfamiliarity of the “other” often leads to the creation of an enemy, with the Middle East being no exception. This enemy status has been habitually established through the implementation of stereotypes by the USA towards the Middle East in media and entertainment such as movies, television, and music. This enemy status created through stereotypes has been explored in academia such as Edward Said’s Orientalism, written in 1979. Beginning with Said’s Orientalism and continuing with the…

being a woman in the Middle East. Getting married before you even hit puberty, having to wear a veil, being severely punished for little things, and being a slave to your home. The mistreatment of women in the Middle East has been going on for a very long time in countries all over the Middle East. From the Jirga and the ba’ad to the misuse of the veil, middle eastern women have constantly been oppressed by the patriarchal government in place in many countries in the Middle East. As the rights…

and Prosperity.” This panel was aimed at conceiving potential futures for the middle east as well as steps needed to achieve those futures. The speakers on the panel were Ben Wagner, Kemal Kirisci, and Ross Wilson. Each speaker had their own intellectual approach to the question of the Middle East. Ben Wagner tended toward subjective and humanist arguments to break down the rigid American perspective of the Middle East which is in terms of conflict and resources only. Kemal Kirisci was more…

with a war in the Middle East and economic difficulties in the U.S, Obama strived to maintain the U.S.’s global leadership and dominant role at an inexpensive cost. With the help of the National Security Council, Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Agriculture, and intelligence agencies. The Obama Administration succeeded in its endeavors to ensure the country's progress and security. The Administration handled conflicts in the Middle East with…