Religion in Egypt

far more high quality raw material, compared to others, as it could be made into an infinitely wide range of shapes and sizes, for decoration and for trading, not just tools and weapons. Gold was the most valuable, especially for decorative items in Egypt. The earliest metals to be worked were copper, tin (their alloy bronze), and gold.…

The Struggle of Today’s Arab Youth At a time when the western world and all the freedoms enjoyed in it are a tap or click away; the struggle for Arab youth is an entirely foreign one to previous generations. Arab youth are struggling with a crisis of their learned identity clashing severely with the world they see in mass culture, a free world they desperately want to live in and be a part of. Access to the Internet, technology and the resultant rapidly amplified globalization has made their…

a combination of excessive government force, lack of free elections and freedom of speech, corruption, and economic issues including high unemployment, food-price inflation and low wages lead to a political revolution that forced the President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, to step down after serving 30 years as president of…

My Misconception of Jordan The Middle East was nothing like I experienced it to be. I was expecting to see women fully covered from head to toe and very poor areas. Although that type of lifestyle does exist in the Middle East, I rarely saw it. In the Middle East, I stayed in Amman, Jordan. When I first arrived to my grandmother’s area I noticed every woman had their body and hair covered. The men wore sandals with jeans and regular t-shirts and no one drove nice cars.…

war arose in some countries, other countries did not have substantial revolts; there were even states that became so weak that their government collapsed entirely. On the contrary, the political outcomes of both Tunisia and Egypt post-Arab Spring faced different outcomes, Egypt returned back to an authoritarian regime as a result of a decrease in political and civil freedoms and Tunisia became the only country that achieved a democracy. During the beginning of the uprisings, both countries got…

Mediterranean Sea. It allows for lesser distances to deliver goods to other parts of the world. Without this waterway, ships would have to travel copious amounts of miles to deliver their cargo. In 1854, an agreement between France, Britain, and Egypt lead to the building of the Suez Canal. In 1856, a construction plan was drawn and the Suez Canal Company…

last decades for example the Palestinian war in 1948 when five Arab nations which were Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt who invaded the territory of former Palestinian mandate, which lead the United Nations to declare Palestine and Israel there own country. Another example in 1967 would be the Six Day War and that consisted of the countries Israel, Syria, Egypt and Jordan. The aftermath of the war was a massive blow to the Arabs morale in so many ways, people start to think…

It spent $8,376,042 to clear the canal, imposed 3% surcharge on canal tolls to recover Causes The main causes of the Suez crisis were Egypts costly approach to modernization, and the US and Britain's withdrawal of funding -where did the conflict begin? ● was there a particular event or turning point that unleashed the conflict? In 1952, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser sought international…

political and strategic choices and consequences of the war. The dynamics of power in the Middle East were forever changed by a few simple choices. The set up for the war can be illustrated as a two player simultaneous game between Israel and Egypt. Egypt currently lead bu Gamal Abdel Nasser was the de facto leader of the Arab world. While he had made some failed attempts to consolidate…

1. Background 50 years ago, Dubai was a small village on the sea side of the United Arab Emiratis surrounded by deserts. People used different animals to travel such camels, horses and on foot, resources were scarce and less availability of water. People in Dubai were depending on pearl diving and fishing for a living, the sea was the main source of living. But in the past 20 years, Dubai had developed rapidly, from a small city it because of a luxury destination with a variety of attractions…