Religion in Egypt

Finally we have reached the great Kublai Khan at his summer palace in Shangdu, or journey is complete. After leaving the affluent town of Kashgar and testing our strength by first crossing through the Taklamakan Desert we spent a few months in Lob resting before crossing the Gobi. While in Lob, I met many many skeptical merchants with lots to say in regards to how hard it is to cross the desert. I heard many stories of terrible hardships that would occur to others when crossing the Gobi…

The Byzatine Sasnian War of 602-628 The Byzantine empire and the Sasanian empire were enemies for decades. They were constantly at war with each other, and this war was no exception. The Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628 was actually part of a larger conflict known as the Byzantine Sasanian Wars, which was a…

Operation Badr is the codename given to the joint Syrian and Egyptian attack on Israel. The surprise attack began on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur at 1400 on October 6, 1973. Coincidentally, not only did this war start on the holiest of Jewish holidays, but it was also fought during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which is why it is still referred to as the Ramadan war in the Muslim world. The purpose of this essay is threefold: first, to explore exactly why this war was fought in the…

your liberty. Freedom of speech is crucial to the protection, promotion and exercise of all other human rights. This freedom should never be restricted and belongs to all people, regardless of race or ethnicity, nationality, sex, gender identity, religion, or political opinion. This also includes the right to seek, receive, and impart information. In Middle Eastern countries, the lack of movement in ideas causes the rights for women to be strangled, impeding on the progress of the nations as a…

of personal legends or fate. the centrality of personal legends is about following your fate no matter what. in the alchemist their is a boy named santiago who has a reoccurring dream that his personal treasure is waiting for him in the pyramids of egypt. he, however, is a simple sheep shepherd and lives very far away in spain. he is comfortable with his life as a sheep shepherd as it provides him what he needs and he has his parents support. however, the reoccurring dream that he keeps having…

protests denouncing the authoritarian system. Emerging first on Syrian grounds and spreading out across the Middle East, the massive street protests engendered the neighboring tyrannical regimes to begin to fall. Yet, as the authoritarian rule of Egypt crumbled, the presidency of Bashar al Assad has stood out, demonstrating remarkable and surprising resilience after nearly five years of Syrian Revolution seeking his downfall.…

Condoleezza was thought of as a passive participant, but revolutionized to an activist diplomat who was willing to break with many conservatives that were skeptical of an American diplomat role in the Middle East. Within the Middle East, there were many different negotiations that Rice was involved with. The first one was the Gaza withdrawal. Within this negotiation, Rice worked hard to persuade Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories and free up commerce and travel between the two areas…

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a group of ancient scrolls found by the Dead Sea in a cave. In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd tossed a stone into a cave close to the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, in Qumran. Rather than the sound of the stone striking rock or earth, he heard the sound of breaking pottery. Upon investigating he saw a number of tall clay jars. Together with a cousin, he entered the cave, where he found one jar containing some scrolls. The two began showing them to people, looking for a buyer…

Chaos in Paris as annual May Day march turns into mass riot in protest against Marine Le Pen More than 9,000 police have been drafted in for the march which descended into carnage as officers were forced to use tear gas and shooting to control the violence. Chaos erupted on the streets of Paris as a May Day workers march saw riots break-out in protest against Marine Le Pen. Fighting broke out in central Paris during a rally held close to the Place de la Bastille, where protestors shouted…

as a child and I spoke English more for that reason and another reason was that i was in america at the time. In Egypt I spoke more English and for that i was treated as a foreigner and was called differently as well as the i was treated. I was called in American in Egypt a lot because i traveled from america to Egypt and when i went back to america i was called an Egyptian. In Egypt i was asked a lot of questions and struggled a lot with the language as such i had to ask what the words meant to…