... cultures, they tend to generalize their ideas around the concept of the arranged marriage. After reading the article from Everyday Life in the Muslims Middle East, I had to compare my country's marriage style to Arabia's marriage style or traditions. My parents met when my dad's family ... choose the wife for their son. Often, families use arranged marriage to join cousins. According to an excerpt from Everyday Life in the Muslims Middle East, "marriage between cousins had traditionally been preferred because it keeps resources within the large family," (Chatty, 121). My parents" marriage...

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... that democracy is sweeping through Europe and Asia. 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. Said also says that the economic problem could be helped by establishing an intra ... -Arab bank as well as connecting them to the World Bank. Middle East Peace Is Unlikely James E. Akins Akins writes in this article how ... says that the Arabs stubbornly claim Israel as their own, and won"t be told otherwise. Thus, he feels it is unlikely to cr...

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... demilitarize the region, carefully redraw borderlines, and end political influence in the area. One important step to reducing anti-western sentiment in the Middle East is removing military forces from the area. Although it may appear to be an extreme solution, it is necessary to help relations in ... intruding on the land and pull out whatever military presence is currently there. The western world may have to sacrifice some oil, but the Middle East will stop viewing the U.S as imperialistic intruders. The next step in reducing anti-western sentiment is redrawing borderlines after a deta...

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... to assure safety and security" (Davis 1). This is a sentiment agreed upon by many Americans, including myself. Racial profiling of people of Middle Eastern descent is justifiable based on where the concentration of threats to American security is coming from. The issue of airport security has become one of ... threats that are being acknowledged are from Arabs. In which case, it doesn't seem logical to be wasting time on checking people that aren't of that Middle Eastern appearance. Mark, of Cambridge, said, "Frisking 3 year old children and 90 year old women at airports is a joke" ("rac...

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... 343 firefighters died. These attacks caused the economy to go down. The World Trade Center represented the United States" financial strength. There were nineteen men who were all terrorists from Middle Eastern nations. The nineteen men belonged to an international terrorist organization known as al Qaeda which was led by Osama bin Laden. "He is a well-known terrorist who began a violent campaign ... us because it is the birthplace of three major religions. The Middle East is called Holy Land because Christianity, Judaism, and Islam were all born there. Another concern to us is economic;...

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... seemed as if to quadruple, and in that people's views of minorities, mainly those who look to originate of the Middle East, also quadrupled. People's assumptions took them for granted saying that, "the attackers of 9-11 were Middle Eastern and therefore all Middle Easterns are terrorists," which as educated humans know is to be false. There is the correlation that the attackers of 9-11 ... were Middle Eastern but does not fit the reversal saying that all Middle Easterns are terrorists, and yet people took violence to people whom are ... Middle Eastern. For example after the attacks on ...

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... they perform the same work and have similar levels of experience." There has been a different kind of lookism in America since Sept. 11. The people of America have been treating Middle Eastern people differently. Some people refused to ride airplanes if there was an Arab on the plane and people refused to hire Arabs. The ... ...

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... many responsibilities. Are we going to cause a shortage in the areas we get our petroleum from? How dependant do we really want to be on the Middle East? Are we keeping the pollution to a minimum? All of these are excellent examples of issues we must deal with day in and out concerning ... in the Middle East. It is unfortunate that The United States has to rely on the Middle East for such a big portion of our petroleum, due to all of the issues surrounding those countries. The war we are faced with is creating deep rooted problems for our nation as a whole and the Middle Eastern area. .....

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... is relatively cheap, it is estimated that 43 percent of the world's oil will come from the Persian Region by 2030. This would be a 50 percent increase of reliance on Middle Eastern oil from today. This region, notably Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait, which have restrictive policies limiting oil production, is decreasing its production rate 5 percent each year. In addition, this region ... is particularly hostile to foreign investment, resulting in the need for an 8 percent increase in worldwide investment. The limited and decreasing supply of cheap Middle Eastern oil would decrease the wo...

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Once again tensions are mounting in the Middle East countries; however, this time it is not two Middle Eastern countries that are coming close to war instead it is the Middle East country of Iraq and the United States. This tension has been underneath the surface since the last escapade between these ... States does not follow the United Nations policies it will lead to an outbreak of violence and long-term turmoil for the United States and the entire Middle East. The United Nations was established at the end of World War II to be used as a system that would establish international peace. Acc...

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... event of a war. The U.S. military planners also say that this deployment and second front would accelerate a U.S. victory and minimize casualties. The U.S. is also in mass deployment of troops to the Middle-East, especially air craft carriers. As of March 1, 2003, the USS Nimitz and its battle group were assigned to the Persian Gulf. This means the U.S. military will have an unprecedented ... floating air force within striking distance of Iraq. After deploying the Nimitz, the U.S. will now have half of the Navy's 12 aircraft carriers massing in the Middle East. The following aircraft ca...

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... even get to begin their mission when the entire aircraft ignighted into flames upon take off. Once again the Nation grieves in incertainty praying this was not an act of Middle East terrorism. Controvery in regards to this tragedy evolve in our minds when we remember 911 and the fact that we are currently at war with the ... Middle East. Although there is no immediate reason to suspect terrorism, we as humans who have been put through so much grief, can not control our thoughts. Perhaps the fact that ... difficult to see this as a mere coincidence at the moment. If, in the end, our su...

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... second modern wonder of the world. Ever since its completion in November 1997, the hotel has become an icon for the technologically expanding city of Dubai. The jewel of the Middle Eastern oasis, Dubai used to be a small fishing port where trade networks were numerous and profits related to the sea were prosperous. The economic prosperity and population explosion that was brought ... . ARCHITECTURE: The Burj Al Arab has the distinct shape of a sailboat. This profile has two rather different purposes: to represent Dubai's nautical environment and for open ventilation. Since the Middle East...

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... Three Kings is a movie about three men that believe that they are getting ripped off by the US Army. They heard that there was Kuwaiti gold hidden somewhere in the Middle East. So the three men began their journey for the gold, thinking that it was an easy, low-risk plan. When they got to the gold, it was too heavy ... movie had a tragic ending, it was an overall good film. Going in to the Gulf War, the Iraqi armies had extensive experience because they had just ended a war with other middle-eastern countries. The Coalition troops, on the other had, were fairly inexperienced in actual w...

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... frown upon? Before getting into the ups and downs, some background information is needed; general information on the country as well as its leadership. Saudi Arabia is considered to be a middle-eastern country near hotspots such as Iraq and Israel. The country's size is about one-fourth the size of the continental United States. The terrain is mainly desert with rugged mountains ... domestic front and also to maintain and also strengthen ties with its traditional ally, the United States (Bahgat 9). Along with the Arab/Israeli conflict, another conflict that is affecting the middle east ...

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