... include poor living conditions and the problems of unemployment in the sending or native countries. Many believe that one of the main reasons for the Arab immigration to the U.S. is the presence of many wars in the Middle East. For example, many Palestinians tend to escape the oppression and ... American community. For example, it is believed that Arab Americans replace Native Americans in the work place and thus more and more Americans become jobless. This in turn increases the unemployment rate in the United States. Consequently, the government becomes burdened with the amount it has to...

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... that a women cannot make independent decisions and are not intelligent enough to think productively. Another challenge is the existence of patriarchy in the Arab society which takes power from women [Sab14]. The Arabic world consists of three hundred and seven million persons and women account for fifty percent ... the United States, women have had more political rights, which lead to a more open-minded society and reduce male dominance in society and the government. Although in the past women in the United States were also pictured as housewives and caretakers, there has been a progres...

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... the Naqshabandi Army, an underground network of remnants of the former Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein. (Spencer). Since the Arab Spring, ISIS numbers within the country of Iraq have grown at an accelerated pace due to the discontent with the state of Iraqi government. The group has grown from a guerrilla band to a national force with the help of tribe leaders in the ... " (Spencer). "This pattern began with the ISIS takeover of the Anbar cities of Fallujah and Ramadi in December, where they took advantage of a heavy-handed attempt by the government to quell a series of protests agains...

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... and Muslims, all have lost their lives fighting for this land. Although most recently, Arabs and Israelis have been fighting on this land. The Arab and Israeli conflict has been going on for a period of time and since then, many drastic changes and events have occurred. The main difference ... Being very religious people they were willing to defend it with their lives, money, and, most importantly, their military. The first effect of the Arab and Israeli conflict is a very strong and active Israeli military. Since there are many nations that are against them in the surrounding area, it ...

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... in, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, and Tokyo. With great success lies some crucial conflicts between this increased capitalistic approach and the Arab Muslim culture. To build these large extravagant building yes there will be paid workers that will boost the economy, but there also is said to ... met with remarkable success and helped the city to enter the world of high tech industry. Abu Dhabi is located in the nation of the United Arab Emirates boarding the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf. The country sits between Oman and Saudi Arabia with a population of about 921,000. Alone...

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... , it is ineffective for protecting some of the people, and it has the tendency to be biased. Narration Corruption is when politicians or other people working under the government use money from the government revenue, for their own selfish interests. Many corruption scandals have overthrown governments in both industrialized countries and developing countries. Even in third world country like the Philippines, corruption ... rich and powerful to have enough money and the poor get nothing is typical of some American companies. Taiwo Olumide and Nelipher Moyo, writers for Greenhaven-press, ...

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... -style in Daraya. Following the new spike in violence, the United Nations is in a heated battle as to whether they should intervene. Western countries, Gulf Arab states, and Turkey all support the rebels, but Iran, Russia, and China stand behind Assad and his current government. With the United Nations in a deadlock, France stepped forward to announce that they would recognize a provisional Syrian ... and representative - that can become the legitimate representative of the new Syria," said Hollande. "We are including our Arab partners to accelerate this step. France will recognize the p...

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... caused many others to question her motives and accuse her of sidestepping the controversy to avoid angering the Saudi government at a time when the United States needs help on Mideast issues. The U.S. has avoid criticizing Saudi Arabia on many other issues, including the Arab Spring uprisings in other Mideast and North African nations (Dougherty). On June 3rd, the Saudi women sent Clinton ... drove a car than ever before. But as we launch the largest women's rights movement in Saudi history, where are you when we need you most? In the context of the Arab Spring and U.S. commitment to su...

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... of orchestrating four simultaneous and deadly hijackings will be able to get around racial profiling (Davis 1)."" Davis points out something the government may have overlooked: terrorists are not stupid. They know that law enforcement officials are looking for Arab men, and it is likely they will consider that when planning another attack. Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff agrees that if ... the minority. However, racial profiling, when used so liberally and irresponsibly, contributes to the bias and apprehension these Americans feel towards Arab people. When innocent Middle Ea...

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... and over all effectiveness. Another aspect of control, includes Egypt's self own destructive economic policies. Egypt's current economic problems stem largely from the legacy of "Arab socialism-. If the Egyptian government corruption continues, then the resulting chaos of failed state disintegration could become a significant threat across the region, to U.S. interests. Ultimately, it is imperative to state ... is essential to the war against terrorism. Ultimately, the Egyptian issue can be addressed through democratization of the Egyptian government. Political Culture: The Egyptian gov...

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... were directed against military targets, frontier strongholds, police fortresses, and army camps. In addition to these incidents, which at times became confrontations between regular Israeli and Arab military forces, other developments contributed to the generally escalating tensions between Egypt and Israel and convinced Israeli military officials that Egypt was preparing for a new war. Under ... the adaptation of foreign equipment designs to meet Israeli requirements. A high concentration of well-qualified scientists, engineers, and technicians, a growing industrial base, and a flow of g...

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... East and southern Asia) were harassed, some were even beaten, and most of them were racially profiled by just about everyone that was not an Arab or Muslim. "One of the patterns emerging from the post 9-11 government policies is the use of race,religion,and ethnicity to target particular communities in the U.S. for arrest, detention and removal. This is well documented ... for helping to "drive up the number of hate groups" that year. (www.SPLCENTER.org) Since the World Trade Center attack, many Arab-Americans have been the victims of hate crimes and hate organizations. However, the Ara...

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... or marginalize Arab voters, it will become almost impossible to continue insisting that they are not a racist state. To discriminate or not to discriminate? Could there be any doubt which course they would take? For a long time now, the Israeli government has been holding up requests for unification of families formed by the marriage of a Palestinian and an Israeli citizen (i.e.- ... within "Israel proper" are largely segregated. They live in separate communities, with separate schools. This fact alone provides an opportunity for enormous discrimination in terms of government services,...

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... refuge, these two countries share similar histories in the Arab world. With Damascus being the longest continually inhabited city in the world and Beirut one of the cultural centers of the Middle East, Syrian government has long understood that the region of Lebanon has been ... Arab Deterrent Force, which included Syrian troops already present, moved in to help separate combatants. As an uneasy quiet settled over Beirut, security conditions in the south began to deteriorate."(5) This period is important because it heightened the Israeli military in Lebanon and the Syrians, who supported...

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... life progressed, her health problems only became worse (Mann 128-130). In April of 1946, the ship Fede was turned back by the British government to Italy. The Fede held approximately 1200 Jewish refugees. Upon reaching Italy, the refugees refused to disembark from the ship and began a hunger strike ... on the sale of land to Jews. This measure was seen as a real help to the Jewish cause in Palestine (Noble 83). The government officials in London accepted this resolution at first, only to abruptly reject the Commission's recommendations altogether. The British reacted by forming the indep...

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... claimed he created, "in an afternoon," Trans-Jordan which separated Palestine into two parts(Kifner)." The new area east of the Jordan river was an Arab nation and called Trans-Jordan, meaning across the Jordan river, which today is known as Jordan. The land that lies west of the Jordan River remains ... States finally get involved to come up with a peace agreement. On September 17, 1978, President Jimmy Carter invited Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, President of the Arab Egypt, and Menachem Begin, Prime Misnister of Israel met at Camp David and the Sinai Peninsula was agreed by Israel to be gi...

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... of Representatives). Each of the three provinces of Libya, specifically Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and Fezzan, were represented in the Senate by eight representatives. Each province had its own provincial or local government (Temehu). In nineteen fifty nine, significant oil reserves were discovered in Libya (CNN). Revenue from petroleum exports moved the United Kingdom of Libya from being one of the world's poorest ... United States. This event got the dictator of Libya's attention and in nineteen ninety nine Libyan support for terrorism decreased (Nations Online). Upon assuming power, Gad...

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... see this, and their respect for the Western world diminishes, they see that the U.S is supportive of Democracy, yet they are out to conquer the Arab world. It is said, that Arabs claim Israel is America's "little baby,"" like one of those protective parents who think "anything their baby does cannot ... flourishing country of Saudi Arabia. They could start off by protecting the oil flow, sending weapons or troops, and start buying directly from the government rather than the mobs, to increase their money supply, with them not having to spend it on mercenaries to protect them. The Arabs s...

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... achieving political objectives? Examine this from both US-led coalition and Iraqi Perspectives? This essay will examine the political objectives of the Iraqi government in the lead up to the invasion of Kuwait and afterwards and the political objectives of the US- led coalition assembled to remove Iraqi ... intimidate Kuwait into helping him financially. This build up was regarded by many as simple sabre rattling and the thought of one Arab attacking another Arab nation was unthinkable in the Middle East. The then American ambassador spelt out the United States view to Iraq, April Glasp...

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... the issue of cultural differences in business. Executive Summary This report uses information from government sources, new items, business travel publications and Arab nationals for a fairly balanced overview. It studies the differences between the West and Arab nations, for the reason of selecting one or more Arab country to study more thoroughly as potential extension for the organization. This information basically ... they are conversing (Lewis, 1995). It can be disconcerting to one accustomed to maintaining several feet between people when holding a conversation, but this is one ar...

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... the confrontations against revolutionary nationalist movements with China and Vietnam subsequently later. This explanation paired with the Jewish and Zionist influence in the American government, as well as the guilt that America felt for the Jewish people after WWII provides a solid base for explaining why the U.S. had ... Since Yiddish and other European languages were part of that culture, they were tolerated much more readily than the Arabic spoken by the Arab Jews. The "cosmopolitan- culture that the Zionists claimed to be after was really cosmopolitan/Western culture that made the...

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... , and finally interviewing an expert in American foreign policy. As citizens in a democracy we deserve the truth. The truth about how our government treats citizens of other countries and other accounts of how bad U.S. Foreign Policy creates negative feelings towards American citizens themselves. To understand how ... the government wants them to hear. Since September 11th American's see a lot of reporting coming from a station called Al-Jazeera. Al-Jazeera is the exception to the rule. It is broadcast out of Qatar, in the Persian Gulf. The station is targeted to its Arab neighbors and A...

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... British and American governments. Many things would change during the years, but the government still kept their focus on the oil. Under the 1975 Algiers Agreement, Iraq ceded 518 km2 of oil-rich borderlands along the Shatt al-Arab in exchange for an Iranian agreement to stop supporting Kurdish rebels in Iraq. ... when Ayatollah Khomeini, who had spent part of his exile in Iraq, encourages colleagues to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Khomeini decided on this because he thought Hussein government was anti-Islamic. But Iran was the weakest out of the two. With the revolution coming to an end, it...

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... been convincing to many. In the Middle East, they argue that their interests are broadly engaged, for they wish to secure and durable the Arab and Israeli peace, maintain the security and well being of Israel, and prevent regional conflicts while at the same time supporting friendly nations. Many ... biggest price if the United States was to ever be attacked. The United States is working with newly elected Netanyahu government to keep up the momentum of Israeli and Arab cooperation across a broad range of issues. The new Prime minister Netanyahu doesn't want to dismantle the accomplishm...

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... be evicted tenants. Muslims are people who follow the Islamic faith .An estimated 7 million Muslims live in the United States (USA.com).Today, most Arab Americans are native- born Americans .Christa McAuliffe, the teacher/astronaut who died aboard the space shuttle challenger; Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal, and NFL ... is one of the fastest growing religions in the United States. Overall, U.S. Muslims are about 40 percent African- American, 25 percent South Asian, 12 percent Arab, and the remainder from a mix of backgrounds (Newsweek, 1998). However, the American mainstream still has hosti...

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