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    Egypt has an expansive, colorful, and intriguing history by any metric but this is especially true of its history of collective violence. Egypt has played an important role in history starting back in ancient times with a mighty empire and lasting all the way to the present day with a current propensity towards military authoritarian rule. As with any country, especially one that’s been around in one form or another for so long, there have been many periods of turmoil and violence along the way…

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    The Muslim Brotherhood is a Religious Non Government Organization that operates in Egypt who have developed their political ideology through competing in a previously secular political space. The Muslim Brotherhood fill the void in Egyptian Governments social programs through supplying aid to underdeveloped parts of Egypt in the form of education, medical aid, and acts of charity & welfare on behalf of the community, however their work is self motivated as it seeks to both spread the word of…

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    The “Yacoubian Building” revolves around the lives of tenants who face misfortune after misfortune. The film examines the worst of Egypt. The decline of Egypt mirrors that of the tenants, ending up in a storm of hate, drunkenness and subjugation. The tenants’ problems seem to revolve around the misuse of religion. The film warns Egyptians, how religion is more than just a nametag and how misguided and corruptible people are without it. A major issue in Egyptian society is the representation and…

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    Essay Question 1. What role did identity politics, culture, religion, ethnicity, and nationalism play in the Arab Spring of 2011 and its immediate aftermath? It could be said that globalism enabled the first events of unrest that led to the onset of the Arab Spring that caught most of the intelligence community unawares. It was on 17 December 2010 when a severely distraught street vendor by the name of Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself ablaze in an act of self-immolation. This was done as a result…

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    Middle East Research Paper

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    situated in parts of Western Asia spreading from the eastern Mediterranean coastline of Turkey and Syria, through the leave to Iraq and Arabia, and toward the East through Iran to the Caspian, the Caucasus, and the Black Sea. Into Africa, it incorporates Egypt, and, by a few records, Arab North Africa. This zone involves mountains, deserts, rich fields watered by amazing streams, and seacoasts. Climatically, the Middle East ranges from the extraordinary temperature of the Mediterranean drift to…

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    part of Egypt from the first Dynasty of ancient Egypt until the 21st century. In periods of foreign occupation, Sinai was, like the rest of Egypt, also occupied and controlled by foreign empires. In more recent history the Ottoman Empire (1517-1867) and the United Kingdom (1882-1956). Israel invaded and occupied Sinai during the Suez Crisis of 1956, which led to the six day war of 1967. On 6th of October 1973, Egypt launched the Yom Kippur War to retake the Peninsula, then the Isreal-Egypt…

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    19th Century Women

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    lens of travel writers contributed veiling to the barbaric, dominating nature of Muslim men over objectified Muslim women (Pollard, 61)”. Martineau often describes the “dark, dismal veiling,” (Martineau, 354) she encounters while traveling through Egypt. Many travel writers of Martineau’s time critique Muslim women for being hyper sexual while also being overly modest due to their veils. “The over sexed image of Muslim women can be contributed to the Oriental view of the entire Middle Eastern…

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    civilization in transition. The once great Ottoman Empire was crumbling from internal and external pressure, Egypt experienced a brief stint of independence under Muhammad Ali before falling under colonial rule, and the Arab community was divided and lacked any sort of leadership from the Ulama. As a result, a new European educated group of Muslim scholars introduced a liberal mindset…

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    Southwest Asia

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    mostly of desert, making this region useful in grouping these countries together. Culturally, this region is cited as the place the major world religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were founded and holds many holy places. However, the strong connection of these different religions to the area has lead to conflict. But, the prevalence of these religions can allow the area to be grouped culturally.…

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    Bombing In Egypt

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    aggression and hostility towards its neighboring countries. Arab-Israeli conflicts are still an issue in the world today. There is an unnecessarily large number of wars that have been fought solely because of difference in religion. The majority of the population of Cairo and most of Egypt is Muslim. This seems to be the case with all of the Middle-Eastern…

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