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Current misconceptions of Muslim countries today in the West stem from the West’s belittling perceptions and depictions of “the East.” Many scholars’ writings, such as George Hegel, wrote problematic cultural representations of Islamic history based upon fictional, Western images of the “Orient.” Despite Fernand Braudel’s attempts in writing an improved history on Islamic civilization, he still suffers from a significant Hegelian slant that includes Orientalism and Idealism. In contrast,…

The areas of influence in Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq have a long history of wanting to create their own nation state to be controlled by a centralized government without outside interference from the western countries of France and Britain. The region is very diverse and more ‘modern’ than believed to be. The people should be allowed to govern themselves since the area was doing fine on its own before Britain and France had any interest there. Ever since the Western…

Following WWII, African and Asian nations were granted their independence, which brought on an era of political instability, and the Middle East was no exception. In this region, political, ethnic, and religious identity issues created civil wars, regional wars, and fluctuating relationships with the great powers, leading to hostile political relationships and political instability among Middle Eastern countries. Disagreements on how to govern newly-formed Middle Eastern countries led to…

Kenya - Rough Draft Have you ever wondered how Kenya came to be? Well, before Kenya was even its original name it was called “Kamba land” and was only renamed because of a German wanderer asking what a mountain was called. Then Britain soon took control of this land, making it their protectorate. After Britain a man named Jomo Kenyatta became the very first president of Kenya and is well known for helping Kenya gain freedom from Britain. Before Britain, Kenya was a peaceful part of the world…

Terror,” the Iraq war and the war in Afghanistan. The War on Terror began with the war in Afghanistan around the early-mid 1990’s. Afghanistan was going through a civil war because of the collapse of the communist government. The Taliban was on one side of the civil war, during this time the Taliban was essentially a governing party. They (the Taliban and their co-conspirators) built up an Islamic state government, by promising a better future for the country, in trying to do so the Taliban…

I support President Trump executive order because Trump is trying his hardest to prevent a tragic accident to occur like the ones that happened all over the Middle East and countries in Europe like France, Germany and Belgium. People who come from those countries should be thoroughly back ground checked before issued a U.S Visa for tourism. Safety is my number one priority for me and my fellow brothers and sisters…

1. East Asia: The “Oriental Girls ” Perhaps the most interesting, and alarming point about East Asia is the amount of woman that fill the factories and the amount of pressure they have at the risk of income. This might seem as a minor detail yet when reading about why these women are working there it is completely offensive. In East Asia, woman or “oriental girls” are seen as sex objects, “loose”, and “permanent casuals” yet it’s also said that they’re given a healthful experience and freedom…

I am from another country, As a child I spoke two different languages but not fluently. Arabic, my second language gave me difficulty as a child as for that, 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 way 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…

History The city of Berlin dates back to the year 1237 A.D. where it was actually composed of two medieval cities, Antberlin and Cölln. Cölln was built on the isle of Fischerinsel and separated from Antberlin by the river Spree. Over time, the two cities grew together economically and socially. In 1307, the cities developed an alliance, uniting completely with the exception of internal policies. The area that would become Berlin lay in the Holy Roman principality of the Margraviate of…

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…