Recitation

ablutions, or the cleansing of the body, mind, and spirit, in order to prepare for divine worship. The prayer begins with the declaration “God is most great” and consists of bows, prostrations, and recitation of Koranic verse, all while facing in the direction of Mecca. The prayer is followed by the recitation of the peace greeting,” peace be upon all of you and the mercy and blessings of god”. Friday is the holy day in Islam, and noon prayers should be practiced at the Mosque, where they are…

From the 1960s to the 1980s the poetry of the Women’s Movement was something that defied the traditional conceptions of form and content. While there is no defining moment when feminist poetry began, the poets of the Women’s Movement were torn between the submissive pasts of their mothers and the hopefully liberated futures of their female offspring. Writers such as Sylvia Plath, Audre Lord and Sharon Olds broke the traditional norms in poetry with their intensely personal poetry. Their anger…

Hip hop is a cultural movement that began its journey during the early 1970s, among African American young children’s residing in the South Bronx in New York City. Afterwards, became popular outside of the African American community in the late 1980s and by the 2010s it became the most listened-to musical genre in the entire world. Furthermore, it consists of four fundamental elements, which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap, turntablism, b-boying, and lastly graffiti…

Like most instructional texts, and hence all textbooks, the layout begins with the most basic information to the most complex. In the Old Order Amish community presented in Andrea Fishman’s work, Eli Jr. learns by recitation and repetition of bible hymns then by actually becoming generically literate, being able to read and write, through schooling. The engineering students learning to code and build robots, parallel this learning structures because at first they copy…

Jesha C. Lor Dr. Arbo Intro to Philosophy TR-9:30-10:45 a.m. 11/5/15 Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Books I & II Recitation In book one of Nichomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Aristotle begins with a hypothesis that he tests, which is, “The Good is that at which all things (including people) aim (what they seek). He goes to the core question, “what is it for something to be an ‘end’ of action”, to test out his hypothesis. Aristotle then explains that if there is some end that we seek for its own…

Plagiarism: the act of taking someone else's work or ideas and trying to pass them off as their own. Plagiarism has occurred throughout the United States with more notable cases being done by politicians in order to help their campaign with ideas and work that has been proven to have a positive response from the general public. While the common man will face harsh consequences for plagiarizing, politicians are given a free pass. The American people must condemn this unethical behavior from…

being gay is accepted in their town. Yet there are individuals that claim gays will burn in hell and their lifestyle is deviant. Combining these, memories create an image of what the residents sensed regarding the attack. The acting troupe uses recitation and re-enactments to explain the individuals, allowing the reader insight to what existence is like there. The method also provides a vivid image of the person interviewed. One night at the Fireside Bar, Matthew left for unknown reasons with…

Throughout the Arabian Nights, friendship is discussed in a multitude of tales and addressed in a multitude of ways. Two of the tales that focus on the concept of friendship are The Story of Sindbad the Sailor and Abdullah the Fisherman and Abdullah the Merman. In these tales, the friendships that form between the main characters serve to introduce the characters’ similarities and emphasise their differences, as well as address the larger ideas of what true friendship means and the differing…

Kamara further contends that HSBC’s title is void because the deed was prepared and recorded before Kamara’s motion for the circuit court to reconsider the ratification of the sale was resolved. HSBC, for its part, argues that the title it acquired from the foreclosure sale is a valid enforceable instrument that is only voidable upon a finding of a defect. We agree with HSBC, and hold that the title HSBC acquired from the foreclosure sale was not void. Kamara’s argument that HSBC’s title to…

Church Comparison For this spiritual growth project, I attended three fairly different Churches. For the first, I attended CCF, which is a non-denominational evangelical Church. The second was First Presbyterian Church of Siloam Springs, a Presbyterian Church USA member. Finally, I went to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, which is under the Diocese of Little Rock, which in turn reports to Rome. Growing up, I have been a part of several Churches, so I really did not have any expectations of what any…