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    King Mohammad Zahir Shah was on the throne and the countries government was stable (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007). During this time women were treated as equals, they had the right to vote, work, and choose the men they could marry. They wore shirts and didn’t have to cover their faces. (Thornhill 2014). Although women were treated well during King Shah reign, it wasn’t until he was overthrown in 1973, by his brother-in-law Mohammed Daoud that women truly prospered in Afganstian. Mohammed Daud found so justification for the veil or the ultimate seclusion of women, he believed women married to high ranking officials could appear at certain events unveiled. He even made it possible for women to work in the government according to…

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    Good evening everyone. If we look back for a century and according to the history, we no longer have to have a diploma from a major university in the United States of America, Afghanistan or any nation around the world to run a country. Vice President and later President Amin, was a Columbia graduated who sold his motherland to the Russians, and killed thousands and thousands of his own Afghan people in Afghanistan. And even the ones before and after him, who are responsible for the lives of…

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    respected businessman in Kabul. Amir makes the decision to pretend he didn 't witness the rape and torture of Hassan that was carried out by Assef. The outcome that came with Amir’s decision would be regret, guilt, and self hate. Throughout the plot, the audience discovers how Amir is trying to find redemption and inner peace from the guilt that has been eating him alive for years. Baba is represented as the male model of a wealth Afghan who fathered Amir, and he, like all the characters in…

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    Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi

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    These are dark days for international jihadists. In Syria, Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda militants are being chased out of their long-held strongholds either by troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad or the Kurd-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by Russian and American airpower respectively. Pro-government militias in cooperation with national armies also have them on the run in Libya, Yemen and Iraq. As IS’s grand facade of a “caliphate” crumbles and it devolves into an improvised…

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    In the summer of 1973, the former Afghan prime minister, Mohammed Daoud, launched a successful coup against the late king Mohammed Zahir Shah. The former king was more of a nationalist than a socialist; his coup was reliant on pro-Soviet military and civic sectors. Ever since 1955 the Soviet Union provided Afghanistan military training and materialistic goods. By 1973, one third of active soviet soldiers were on Afghan soil. Also, Daoud Khan liked having the aid of People's Democratic Party of…

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    Terrorism is a real time problem faced by lots of people everyday. It also affected Najmah in Under the Persimmon tree by, Suzanne Fisher Staples. Najmah is affected by the taliban because the taliban killed most of her family and took her brother to fight in the war. This is important because all around the world people are being treated poorly by the Taliban. These people are forced to give up in what they believe in and replace that with there own strict laws. My piece is about the harsh…

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    The War In Afghanistan

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    The reasons for the War in Afghanistan cannot be blamed on one specific event but rather multiple. For the first decade of the 21st century, the United States has been sending thousands of troops into the middle east to fight against the Al-Qaeda who were seen as terrorists. The US knew that the al-Qaeda were allowed to hide in Afghanistan by the Taliban but the US did not act. They did not want to wage another war against a foreign country at the time, yet the War in Afghanistan lasted over…

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    him with a certain “ironic skepticism, and a sense of humor” that would have been a boon in such times of political decay in Delhi (Russel and Islam, Ghalib 26). He was, therefore, able to survive a feeble Mughal and oppressive British command of his home with some panache. Those are the broadest possible strokes that describe the circumstances of Ghalib’s birth, residence, and political connexion. There are, however, certain incidents that warrant specific attention and should be informative to…

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    This push towards the modern world would see the Shah going far beyond his constitutional powers and take on responsibilities and decisions that would exclude the input of other social interests such as those of the Shiite people, the Shi 'a clergy and the working class who saw modernization as an opposition to their way of life. This opposition to the Shah and his reforms came strongest from the Shi 'a clergy and in particular a priest name Ruhollah Khomeini who saw Mohammad Reza Shah as a pawn…

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    experience of life, which is what education is all about. For example, McCullough discusses the Panama Canal’s present-day significance. The canal was finished earlier and cost less than expected, and “is still running today exactly the same as it was in 1914 when it opened” (McCullough). In addition, the workers did not understand the chemistry of concrete, but they still built the canal better than people could do it today. The canal is a perfect example of engineering at its best: creations…

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