Arab Essays

The Arab American National Museum is the only museum in the United States that have information about the Arab Americans life and history. It provides an inside look at the cultural aspects of both Middle Eastern and American lifestyles. Also, it highlights the struggles of immigration and the success of famous Arab-Americans. At the museum, there are many interesting exhibits; for instance, the historical exhibits with real artifacts. In the second floor, also there are three particular exhibits;

documentary Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People, the title holds a significant meaning. It represents the movement of how Hollywood has portrayed Arabs through the decades. This is very important understand because it has lead society to significantly change the way it view Arabs. Nevertheless, there’s more to the documentary then just its title. The documentary attempts to show why the view of Arabs has changed, and what events have contributed to that change and how it affects Arabs today. The

In the Middle East due to the Arab uprising it has caused for the government to have limited control of the resources and policies being made. Since, in most of the countries still having uprising leaders and government officials are being overthrown or taking the blame and leaving. This causes the government to be halted until the positions can be placed and they can start all over from scratch to please the people for a short time frame. While the Middle East earns most of its money from the abundance

There are many arguments surrounding US foreign policy in Middle East. Many scholars argue that US foreign policy in Arab-Israel conflict is manly driven by political and economic interests. John H. McFadden points out that Middle East is one of the most strategically important region in the world since World War II. Before the collapse of Soviet Union, the world was going through a bipolar international power structure where the Soviet Union and United States fought each other. The competition between

Arabs have been immigrating into the United States since the 1880’s. Arab-speaking countries are found southwestern Asia and North Africa. There are 22 Arab countries, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Yemen to list a few. Their heritage can be dated back a thousand years old. Arab Immigrants arrived to the United States in three particular groups. The first group of 250,000 arrived between 1890 and 1920 from the Country of Syria and regions surrounding. This group was primarily made

Arab Israel conflict is a controversial topic and there are differing views for this conflict. While going into the details on the history of conflict, the viewpoints change dramatically based on the person narrating the story. It differs from the Israeli perspective and a Palestinian perspective. History: In the 1800s, a group of Jewish population known as Zionists decided to create a homeland for themselves and considered various locations such as America and Africa before settling on Palestine

Arab Americans are among the many ethnic groups that make up the population of the United States. They trace their roots to the Arab World, which stretches from the Morocco to Northern Africa towards the Persian Gulf and Western Asia. Arab Americans have been an integral part of American society since America was recognized as a country. The first recorded Arab came in 1528 from the Arab African country of Morocco. Many other Arabs came as slaves from Arab African countries. With an estimated population

sudden and dramatic movements of people in history is the expansion of the Arabs in the 7th century. The love of warfare and natural ferocity of Muslim armies, combined with the sense of moral principles provided by their new religion, formed an irresistible blend. When Prophet Muhammad PBUH died in 632 AD, the western half of Arabia was Muslim. Two years later the entire peninsula was brought to faith. It was in the Arab land that man first organized into a settled form of society, raising livestock

What is happening to the Arab family today? What are these changes doing to the family in the Arab world? Traditional or postmodern Arab family? What are the forces that have shaped Arab families of the past and families today? What are the family values in the Arab world today? What's next for Arab families? These are some of the questions raised and discussed throughout this proposed study. The Family in the Arab World has been the focus on governments, media and research since many decades and

Arab American food literature certainly reflects the impulse of ethnic Americans to cook home foods for their comforting powers. 81 food appears thematically in the new world writings as a means of physically reconstructing the old world in a new and distant place. The familiar tastes and aromas provide a welcome repose from the estrangement Arab American face in the United States, whether as immigrants or marginalized citizens. In old world writings, too, there is more than a hint of this same

to exist. However the Arab world saw a major splitting of land and later on one of the greatest revolutions in its history. So what is the Arab revolution and how did it affect the Arab world? The Arab Revolt is an uprising started by Sharif Hussein bin Ali with the hope of gaining independence from the Ottomans and creating a united Arab State. Sharif Hussein forged an alliance with France and The United Kingdom on the 6th of June, 1916 and on the 10th of June 3500 Arabs siding with the Hashemite

The term Arab is used to label an individual from the Middle East. Regardless of the fact that all these people do not come from the same background and have diverse cultures, principles, and religions, they are still branded with one single word, “Arabs”. The term reduces the originality each of the countries has, that distinguishes it from the other countries and opens it to stereotypes. A stereotype is a creation of a subjective opinion or view. An individual will take the actions and behavior

draw an image closer to our senses. For example, whenever she uses “..our palms peeled like snakes (What Does a True Arab Do Now? n.p.). Also, she uses the words such as “Today the headlines clot in my blood” (What Does a True Arab Do Now? n.p.), which refers to the shock or surprise. Also, symbolism takes over. The poem uses diction choices such as “A true Arab..” (What Does a True Arab Do Now? n.p.), which help the readers realize the characteristics of one another. Also, the name “Shihab” means a

Arab women are "imprisoned behind a veil of powerlessness,” is one of the few stereotypes people especially in the west hold against Arab women. People all over the world from different countries and different religions stereotype Arab women. People of the American and European nationality are unaware and don’t have the right information causing Arab women to unfortunately be victims of the stereotyping process. Nouha al-Helegan, a law graduate in Damascus, since her arrival in the U.S in 1979, has

While reading this novel I was curious as to the geographical route that the boy had to take to get to Egypt and before he began his journey he referenced only having to cross a strait, since I am not familiar at all with this part of the world I was also curious as to what body of water he had to cross to enter Africa. I did actually look into these things and found that the boy’s journey must have taken quite a long time because by plane it would take almost 9 hours. The boy first had to cross

are the same in both these cultures. Within the Arab culture religion plays a significant role in establishing the taboos; unlike in the American culture were most of the taboos are based on socially accepted norms. One of the major differences in this area is first cousin marriages. In the Arab culture it is encouraged that first cousins marry each other if they fail to do so a stigma will be attached to the woman; this is common in some of the Arab Badwin (Nomads) subculture. In some western societies

or affiliations. Especially during times of war and during or after terrorist attacks, people tend to stereotype certain ethnicities and release hurtful and discriminating things. This has happened, at one point in time, to both German-Americans and Arab-Americans. During World War 1, the effect on the German-Americans was devastating. Many German-Americans attempted to shed their heritage and become fully “American.” By assimilating into American society, the German-Language was dropped from

Critique The Arab World Edward Hall is a famous anthropologist who wrote “The Arab World”, where he explains the differences between the Arabs’ behaviors and the Americans. Hall is a professor of anthropology and an author of many books in anthropology, his publications includes “The Silent Language” published in 1959 and “The Dance of Life” published in 1983. Halls book was written to inform the different behaviors of Arabs in public and how different they are from the Americans in forms of communication

Morality is the cornerstone of any society and can have a major role on how well that society develops and is run. Laws are based on these basic principles of right and wrong and they are what dictate the punishment for breaking these principles of right and wrong. The problem with this system is that it does not always work, especially when an individual has a flaw in their character. This predicament can be seen in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Candide by Voltaire, and The Stranger by Albert Camus

Greece, Bulgaria and other Balkans subject revolt against ottoman empire. In this era the Arab nationalist movement was also significant. This article is about Arab nationalism and some assessment of Arab nationalism. In first, I will explain a historical evolution about Arab nationalism and then I will explain some assessment about Arab nationalism. There are three sub-part of historical revolution of Arab nationalism.