Saira Shah

creation of the Organization of African Unity, and the Solidarity Movement. The Iranian Revolution was a revolt against the Shah, a leader put into power by a foreign country (the US). Because of his secular rule and his numerous connections with the US, Iranians revolted and created the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Dove, Global Developments 1950s-1980s Notes) Iran replaced the Shah because he was connected to the US and repressed the Islamic religion. Islamic nationalists wanted to change this…

fall of Mohammad Reza Shah (of Iran from 1941-1979), Maziar was able to extensively research on the matter of the conflict, he was able to come up with his own conclusion behind the revolution which is of value, however despite his information ‘usefulness’ comes with the limitation that he is an outsider of the conflict. With no firsthand experience and not being a part or witnessing of the actual event itself Mazier was not able to get sources from someone who was (like the Shah and…

wife. He was as thin as a grain of rice, had night black hair, worked at the University of Tehran, and just like him, the rest of his extended family lived in Tehran too. In Iran, many people were mad at the “Shah”, or King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for being too westernized, so in 1979, the Shah was overthrown by an Islamist extremist named Ayatollah Khomeini. This opened the gates for the Islamic Republic to be established, and for Khomeini to become the supreme ruler.…

King Mohammad Zahir Shah was on the throne and the countries government was stable (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007). During this time women were treated as equals, they had the right to vote, work, and choose the men they could marry. They wore shirts and didn’t have to cover their faces. (Thornhill 2014). Although women were treated well during King Shah reign, it wasn’t until he was overthrown in 1973, by his brother-in-law Mohammed…

One of our major and consent activities is making decisions. There are those decisions that we make from our own choosing, but most of the time they are forced upon us. Good and bad decisions help in shaping our future. Sometimes, though, life puts us into a position where we are forced to make an ultimate decision, one way or another. In the story, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the audience learns about decisions that could impact your life in various ways. Hosseini wrote about the life…

The Fascinatingly Lone Survivor A rush of adrenaline enters your body, making the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Shivers run down and through out your whole body as those first few pictures appear on the screen. Every bit of attention is dragged from within realizing its all real life, and not another fiction movie. Thus, making it that much more exciting. The build up of emotions for our military personnel, The Loan Survivor instills deep down while your sitting on the tip of that…

Good evening everyone. If we look back for a century and according to the history, we no longer have to have a diploma from a major university in the United States of America, Afghanistan or any nation around the world to run a country. Vice President and later President Amin, was a Columbia graduated who sold his motherland to the Russians, and killed thousands and thousands of his own Afghan people in Afghanistan. And even the ones before and after him, who are responsible for the lives of…

The ethnography of Meddle East by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea in the story of “Guests of the Sheik” remind me my own town in my home country. Being from Medial East most of the cultural norms and Islamic roles in the story looked quite familiar with the cultural norms and Islamic roles back in my country. Lived all the way down on the other side of the ocean, I personal experienced most of the life experience of Fernea, which she mentioned in her story “Guests of the Sheik”. Elizabeth Warnock…

Lone Survivor Analysis In 2014 “Lone Survivor” the movie released. This movie is based on of the true story of what happened to four United States Navy Seals during operation Redwing. This movie is one of the best of all time, because of how well sound, colors, and camera angles are used to add effect to the movie. These three elements help you understand the situation more, along with getting a better perspective on what the characters are actually feeling (Lone Survivor). In the very…

the new reality in Afghanistan (Cramer and Goodhand 2002). Ethnic alliances were formed against one another. Before the start of the civil war, most of the Mujahedeen parties rejected several attempts of a power-sharing government. Even though Ahmad Shah Masood, the legendary guerilla fighter proposed an agreement on power-sharing government among leaders of Mujahedeens before the civil war begun, yet the negotiation failed and fighting began in various parts of the country (Schmitt 2009, 254).…