The Middle Eastern system of governance and education has fostered male dominance and power over women due to insecurity, male pride and various other reasons. ... The identity of women is slowly getting eroded with onslaught of regulations in the Middle Eastern. ... A recent article enumerates the ways in which Iran, a prominent Middle Eastern country, segregates women. ... In the Middle East, there are periodic fatwas (diktats) which are issued by the Islamic clergy. ... In the extremely conservative Middle East, domestic violence is widely prevalent. ...

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Eastern philosophy refers to the various philosophies of Asian countries such as China, India, Japan and some Middle Eastern countries. ... Eastern philosophy promotes the freedom and oneness with the universe while living for God. ... Being free of negativity and bad emotions is the goal of eastern philosophy. ... Positive energy is what brings about success in eastern philosophy. ... In Eastern philosophy, it is said that the ego is independent of life. ...

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But one thing that women in the Middle East need the most is the freedom of choice, not colonialism of western feminism. Westerners view Middle Eastern women as the group of women who are not allowed to live on their own will and are oppressed in the society. ... However, studying the women's role in political, social and economic developments in the Middle East today shows that these ideas of associating Middle Eastern women with oppression and powerlessness have been changing, perhaps by help of international community, but more importantly by women themselves. ... However, in the Middl...

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Middle Eastern women are generally responsible for household work such as cooking, cleaning, doing household chores, and taking care of children while men are in the public sphere working and living freely. ... "Middle Eastern countries claim that women have equal rights to men, but they are obvious to the differences in their treatment (Rivera 6). What Rivera is pointing out is that in some Middle Eastern countries, women are not allowed to leave the house without proper clothing. ... In contrast, "It is looked down upon " in the other Middle Eastern countries, This is the trend that is ackn...

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Although similar in many aspects, the institution of marriage varies across the many cultures of the Middle East. ... According to cross-cultural tradition in the Middle East, marriage should never be kept secret as it leads to suspicion and troubles within the community. ... But comparing to the rate of divorce in Western culture, Middle Eastern divorce rates are significantly lower. ... Looking at the Eastern side of the Middle East, culture has been influenced as well. ... I think there are many differences in the culture of Middle East, and I think that the Everyday Life in the Mu...

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Also, I know that he has written many books about the Middle East so I assumed he most be a well known and accepted author in this field. ... By putting two and two together I would have to say that he has done a vast amount of studying in the Eastern Civilization field due to the many books he has published. ...

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During ancient Middle Eastern times there were many groups of people all of different faiths living concurrently. These varieties of beliefs are what make the Middle East such a diverse place. ... All of these places were very large parts of Ancient Middle East. It is almost impossible to believe that the Bible was influenced by the mere setting, but without the locations in the Middle Eastern desert there would be many stories left untold. ... The Middle East had so many religions all being practiced concurrently. ...

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The Middle East has experienced a roller coaster of growth and decline over the last thirty years. ... The non oil-producing Middle Eastern states also gained some benefits from the oil-producing states. ... Somehow there was an increasing gap between the Middle Eastern states subsequent to this pristine wealth, meaning that whilst most the states increased their national wealth during this period, some states grew at substantially faster rates than others. ... (The Middle East, n.d.). ... The world cried and alertness was created about the unknown Middle East. ...

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He states a clear answer to the problem; the Middle East needs to be rebuilt. ... He says that a lot of Middle Eastern countries are being pressured to join in. Said states that the peace conflicts could be resolved by the United Nations working with Middle Eastern countries. ... Middle East Peace Is Unlikely James E. ... Thus, he feels it is unlikely to create peace in the Middle East. ...

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For Middle Eastern women, world population general first impression is that they are hijab, very obedient to men and loyal. ... Women's Rights in Middle East impact can be understood through the culture, religion and class structure in the Middle East. ... Middle East is the cradle and spreading ground of Islam. ... Since obtaining their independence from Europe, most Middle Eastern Governments have undertaken legal reforms directed at reducing the inequalities between men and women but they have had to face strong opposition from Muslim clerics as well as from other conservative rel...

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Though the styles of dress differ, the reasons and influences for the Middle East clothing their bodies are similar to the ones in America. ... (Muslim Population Statistics) The Islamic religion greatly affects fashion in the Middle East. ... Yes, maybe the circumstances are different, but we can consider that one of the reasons the Middle Eastern women dress the way they do is for protection from worldly evils, just like we protect ourselves from the cold. ... In conclusion, the Middle East dress is very different then the dress in the United States. ... Middle Eastern people wear clo...

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The nineteen hijackers that were responsible for the World Trade Center destruction, and carried razor blades, were all "Arab" looking, Middle Eastern Men. ... Delta Airlines selected 15 individuals to be searched at random out of a whole flight, there were six young, Middle Eastern looking men, all traveling alone on that same flight. ... If the same scenario occurred involving a white individual in place of a Middle Eastern man, it would be virtually impossible to say racial/ethnic profiling played any role in the event. ... Since history shows that young adult Middle Eastern all played ma...

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By the beginning of World War I, although the Middle Eastern Conflicts did not play a significant part during the war, the Middle Eastern Conflicts is best understood as a power struggle between Arabs and Jews because of Zionism and Arab Nationalism before WWI, three essential agreements during WWI, and the affects following World War I. ... "[1] Almost forty thousand Jews emigrated from Eastern Europe to escape anti-Semitism into Ottoman occupied Palestine to create a safe haven for all Jewish people. ... After 1918, the Middle East became complicated due to the Balfour Declaration. .....

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The four primary justifications for criminal punishment include retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, and rehabilitation. Retribution has two related meanings. - The first deals with the natural human emotion of vengeance or the desire to get even with the offender - to...

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If it followed the pattern of Middle Eastern history up to that point, Islam would have been virtually discarded after its leader's death. Instead, the Rashidun, the "rightly guided" Muslim leaders who were closest to the prophet, namely Umar, Uthman and Ali, took the reins of Islam, beginning a campaign that would, within two centuries, make Islam the dominant religion in the Middle East. ... Middle Eastern leadership, prior to Mohammed, was capricious at its best. ...

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If Europeans see America as a threat, then the Middle East would clearly harbor hatred toward America because the Middle East is the region that is being bombed and occupied. ... The Middle East has become the most militarized region in the world with most arms sales headed there as a direct result of U.S military presence (Middle East). ... Shiite Arabs ended up in Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the eastern provinces of Saudi Arabia. ... By splitting the Middle East into many different sections, Britain also went against a promise of independence made to the Arabs in the 1910s (Border Lines Still...

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The Middle East was conquered by the Romans in 30 B.C. ... The Middle East was in the Eastern Empire. ... After the west part of the empire fell to Germanic tribes the eastern empire managed to survive for many years. The Middle East was blessed to be in this eastern part. ... The Middle East was in the East Roman Empire. 3. ...

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The terrorist however was not a middle eastern muslim man, he was a white, all-american boy named Timothy McVeigh, who could very well have been the boy next door. ... Soon the media and the rest of the government followed in beliving it was the work of Islamic terrorist, there was even a call in congress to stop immigration from the middle east. ... But that is not true, terrorism is not committed by a race, it is committed by a terrorist, and a terrorist could be anybody, it could a middle eastern man, a white man or a black man. ... By only profiling Middle Eastern men, we are making i...

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Said was born and raised in the Middle East (Jerusalem) and received his degrees from Princeton and Harvard, making him a liminal figure in the academic realm. ... Orientalism is an account of the West's collective view of Eastern culture through what Said argues is a distorted lens called the Orient. ... Before the rise of modern European society, the Islamic Empire covered through conquest and conversion the entirety of North Africa, the Middle East and parts of the Indian subcontinent. ... Using the model of deception faced by the protagonist of Quijote, Said argues that Western dis...

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In the six centuries before the Mongols, Islamic culture had dominated the Middle East. ... Genghis khan was arguably the starting factor in what made the Mongols so significant in the Middle East. ... This led to the Mongols coming into direct influence of Islamic and Christian states in the Middle East. This suggests that Genghis Khan and his Mongol forces were already affecting the spheres of Middle Eastern power. ... Hulagu himself even had a very deep hatred for everything attached to Islam furthering the significance of the Mongol impact on the Middle East due to invasion of the Middle E...

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The greatest of medieval civilizations was the Eastern Roman Empire. ... The Eastern Orthodox Church retained the right for clergy to marry. ... Leavened bread was used as the Eucharist in the Eastern church. ... During the Middle Ages these two branches of Christianity drifted apart. ... The new enemy attacked the weakened empire in 634, when Muslim Arabs invaded its Middle Eastern territory. ...

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The West and The Middle East This report examines differences in the business cultures of the US and the Middle East, specifically the Arab nations. ... Westerners can be put off by some Middle Eastern interactions and expectations, and those Westerners choosing to remain ignorant of local customs can be seen as being offensive. ... Morocco offers a venue unlike any other African or Middle Eastern nation. ... It identifies more closely with Middle Eastern nations than it does with those of sub-Sahara Africa and shares more similarities with Arab nations than with any interior tribal groups...

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To understand why Europeans began to explore one must first look back nearly 1000 years before the Renaissance when the Roman Empire split into its Eastern and Western Empires. While the Eastern Empire carried on, the Western Empire collapsed. ... Over time, Europe began trading again with Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. ... Italy acted as a middle-man trader between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. ... Muslim groups assumed control of the Middle East and closed down some of the trade routes. ...

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Saudi Arabia is considered to be a middle-eastern country near hotspots such as Iraq and Israel. ... Along with the Arab/Israeli conflict, another conflict that is affecting the middle east also complicates the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States: the (at the time) impending war on Iraq. ...

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