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who are waiting to get in and enjoy this becomes the job of the FBI, NSA, and other anti-terrorist organizations to find them and end their plot whatever it should be. Ever since 9/11 we, as American people have been scared of people from the Middle East and the recent tragedy in Paris has only made it worst. But we should not be afraid of these people, yet let them in and learn their ways mingle with each other become friends instead of just driving away. For example, when your mom cooks food…

aren’t experienced in this form of literature, or informed of it’s popularity. In the third section I will look specifically into the genre of shoujo manga and its contrasting relationship with hegemonic masculinity, along with it’s spread throughout East Asia. In my fourth and final section, I will look at the effects that manga has on a global scale, and how helped to revolutionize as well as it’s effects on a global…

discussion in East and South East Asia. Westerners who are unfamiliar with the problem, oftentimes wonder why these is so much animosity between countries such as China, Japan and the Korean Peninsula over “islands”. The Senkaku/Diaoyu island dispute between China and Japan is perhaps the most well known, while the Tsushima/Daemado island dispute between Japan and the Korean peninsula is a close second. The island disputes in the South China Sea between Japan, China and South East Asia is…

The government asked citizens not to put up Christmas lights as to not put an extra strain on energy. The United States had helped Jews crave out part of Palestine to promote the state of Israel. Palestine was a Britain controlled territory. Middle East countries did not like that, the Israel state: slowed down production of oil in protest and many wars broke out. United States had slowed down production of oil at home during this time furthermore dependent more on foreign oil. The most…

Causes From The 21st Century Although many of the surges in Islamic Fundamentalism happened during the 19th and 20th century, Islamic fundamentalism has gained many of its members through different attributes and advantages of the 21th century. A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages living in the world today, representing 23% of an estimated 2009 world population of 6.8 billion (Pew Research Center). Some of these causes…

The modern Middle East as it exists today consists of complex interactions between the political, economic, and social spheres. Though it would be simple to attribute conflict in the area to something basic such as the supposed inherent violence in Islam, a look further in the past is necessary to fully understand the Middle East as it exists today. By analyzing the great nineteenth century transformation and World War I, a clear understanding of the political, economic, and social landscapes of…

Khaliun Munkhuu The New Interventionism In the article, David C. Hendrickson argues American international policy has taken completely different and “counterproductive” approach to a notion of external intervention in hopes of promoting democracy by ignoring an old wisdom which opposed such inclination to intervene in countries where there are conflicts both within a state and among states. His acceptance of ongoing conflicts in international relations and his opposing stance against…

Interview Project Sitting in the kitchen on a rainy day while Chris Bonner sits across the kitchen island, dressed in a sweatshirt and shorts, wearing his Colorado golf cap, playing Clash of Clans on his I-pad. A forty-eight-year-old male, although claiming to be thirty-one in regard to his heart transplant a year ago appears healthy and willing to partake in this interview. Born to Kathy and William Bonner on May 25 1968. Chris grew up in Woodstock, Illinois, where his mother (from a family of…

INTRODUCTION Everyone has some involvement with food, therefore it is the common thread among people from different backgrounds, religions, cultural or ethnic groups, and even socioeconomic classes. It can bring people together as well as clarify differences between them. Cookbooks and recipes reflect a society and are a snapshot of where the nation stands in its history.₁ Examining eating – perhaps the most instinctive and basic human act – can point out social and political processes,…

It is hard to read or watch the news without hearing the word ISIS; it is a controversial topic in the current world. The word ISIS also known as the Islamic state has been around mystery, it is Al-Qaeda offshoot that seeks to establish an Islamic state aiming to launch a jihad, which means a holy war where the jihadist sacrificing their life to their hardline beliefs. At first, ISIS initially established in Iraq and Syria (al-Sham) in 2004 by the extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi where only few…