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care about womens’ place within society, as well as entrepreneurship. Empowered Women International holds an event "EWI 's Annual Artisan Gifts & Food Marketplace" on Sunday, November 15th at Silver Spring Civic Center. I met women from Romania, Morocco, the Ivory Coast and many other African countries who are self-made women. They create and made jewelry, crafts, food and beautiful accessories. I was asked to greet visitors and guests, respond to their needs (food and drinks), interact with…

The rich, fertile soil of the Middle East led early civilizations to settle, domesticate plants and animals, and thrive. The Fertile Crescent between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers known as Mesopotamia (now modern Iraq, and extending north into Syria and Turkey) was the home of the world’s first urban culture, the Sumerians, 6,000 years ago. The Sumerians’ Egyptian rivals took advantage of the annual flooding of the Nile for their regular harvest, later exporting a large portion of their…

common ground with two countries or more. America's Foreign Policy covers ranges of military, political, ideological and economic in all shape and form. The first time the United States used the Foreign Policy was in 1786, when a Muslim country, Morocco had to make friends or deal with the U.S. In shorter words play nicely with your neighbors but if they get a little…

The 2006 film Babel starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett focuses on four different, yet interrelated plot lines: Two young Moroccan goat herders, an American couple on vacation in Morocco, a deaf-mute Japanese teenager and her father, and a Mexican nanny who takes the American couple’s children across the US Border without the parents’ permission. The film is mostly about people in different parts of the world who are unknowingly affected by each other in different ways. This film relates to…

nationalities that span across the region of the Middle East to East Asia. When these nationalities are lumped together as one (Arabs), little attention is given the fact that the Middle East is composed of 22 nations of North Africa which include Morocco, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia and not all people living in these countries are not necessarily Arabs or Muslims (244). Unfortunately, in America and Europe the words “Arab” and “Muslim” often take on a similar meaning, and have a…

aggressive moves in which Germany made was during the both Moroccan crisis and the Anglo-Germany Naval rivalry, which are seen as factors to World War One. During the Kaiser’s visit in Morocco in 1905, Kaiser Wilhelm II had decided to state his idea of sovereignty of the Sultan, challenging French influence in Morocco , as “the Kaiser and his advisers desperately wanted Germany to be a World Power on the same level as Britain” . However, the Kaisers wishes of being seen as a World Power in 1905…

Portia, a rich and powerful woman in Venice, exemplifies racism when it comes to the prince of Morocco. After her discussion with Nerissa about the available suitors, Portia's servingman arrives with news of her fifth suitor. Upon hearing about his African descent, she compares his skin color to, "The complexion of the devil." (Shakespeare I.ii.119). Furthermore, she goes to say that even, "If he [Morocco] have the condition of a saint…I had rather he shrive me than wive me." (I.ii.118-120).…

The first signs of protection and condemnation of torture and inhuman treatment appeared in the First Geneva Convention of 1864 which stipulated the wounded and infirm soldiers and medical personnel were protected against torture and attacks. The scope of the First Geneva Convention were expanded throughout the years with the Second, Third and Fourth Geneva Convention to include shipwrecked soldiers and other naval forces, the definition of a prisoner of war and the rights they were…

The sub-Saharan is located in Africa that lies south of the Sahara desert. The sub-regions of sub-Saharan consist of Somalia, Dijibouti, Comoros, and Mauritania. The offical federal republic of somila is a country located in the horn of Africa. Ethopia is to the west, Dijibouti to the north east, the gulf of aden to the north, the indian ocean to the east, and kenya to the southeast. Somila's population consist of 10.8 million people, and most of those people are muslims. The offical republic…

To be graded Jamie Koo (10) 207 Literature drama PT journal First entry Act 3 From act 3, we can infer that Shylock is not a pleasant character. He goes from simply scheming about getting revenge on the Christians to becoming fanatical about killing Antonio as the play progresses from act 1 to act 3. Shylock can be associated with the “devil” as he was being portrayed as a devious and scheming Jew who plotted Antonio’s death. His character is fascinating and multi-layered, as seen in act 3…