Middle East

close to one another and having strong relationships as our manners, as Muslims, urge us to communicate and connect with each other, to help one another, to be compassionate and kind, to be peaceful and not hurt others. Living in a working class, middle class family, it was important to learn to be strong and fight to survive. Education is crucial back home for success. As many Palestinians were driven out of Palestine by the Israeli occupation, we were raised to love…

played in U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East prior to the Civil War. Missionaries played an important part in determining the US foreign policy in the Middle East preceding the civil war. In their foreign mission, missionaries applied a broad impact on the connection between the Middle East and America. With the developing alliance between the congregation leaders, missionary movement became mainstream, changing American relation with the Middle East. Through faith, Muslims trusted…

connection to clean and secure water. Even one of the resolutions of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) agreed to the “right to safe and adequate water”. However, the Middle East has been actively facing scarce water sources since ten of the fifteen most water deficient countries are located in the Middle East. A study presented by American Water Works Associated (AWWA), states that Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Syria, and Yemen are some of the many countries that are…

(generally, the region of the Middle East to East Asia), with no recognition of change over time of the diversity within its many cultures (243). In other words, it is a prescribed collective identity or stereotypical and underappreciated view for a wide range of cultures and nationalities that span across the region of the Middle East to East Asia. When these nationalities are lumped together as one (Arabs), little attention is given the fact that the Middle East is composed of 22 nations of…

For a very long time women have been suffering in the middle east, with restrictive rules and laws women are forced to surrender to the men who control their lives. Could you imagine a world where women aren't allowed to do basic everyday tasks like drive a car, vote in political elections, or choose which outfit to wear that day. Life in the middle east is significantly easier for men, men get to make the decisions, they have authority over any females in their life. “In Saudi Arabia, every…

a misconception over the Middle East. With mass media only broadcasting the negative stories of the Middle East, a land of beauty, culture, and morality has been painted as a land of terror, destruction and anger from those who do not wish to understand the “why” behind it all. The three variables I believe impacted the Middle Eastern societies was first, the spread of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Second being the migration of western imperialism in the Middle East, in which the British…

If the US were to strive for peaceable upkeep in the Middle East, then they wouldn’t need to keep the many troops stationed in the land, but rather train few specific individuals for teaching the Middle Eastern people sustainability; this minimalistic approach will save the US economy from the billions of dollars spent on warfare. This “teach a man to fish” concept will ultimately leave the Middle East with the tools necessary to create their own sustainable government without draining the…

A climate map is a map that helps you determine climate in different areas.The most dominant climate in the middle east is an arid or desert climate (pg: 362) . Some countries that have an arid climate is Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Yemen. All four of these countries have an arid climate. Countries that have a Mediterranean climate are the countries that are located near the Mediterranean sea. Some of those countries are Iraq, Turkey, Israel, and Iran. Climate has a huge impact on where…

Difficulties in the Middle East can be dated back to the Old Testament and Abraham and Sarai’s and their lack of faith to give them a child. The first conflicts between European’s and the Middle East first started with the Crusades trying to overthrow the Middle East between 1095 and 1250. At the end of World War II and the world found out about the Holocaust, gave a new argument for the Jews to have their own land. “The origins of the problems can be found in imperialism, poverty, government…

especially in a seemingly anarchic international arena. The United States has strategically chosen the nation of Israel as one of its allies. Whether this choice stems from an ideal American rapport with the most stable democratic nation in the Middle East, or from shared values and interests, such as security, education, democracy and independence, it has been said (by numerous American presidents) and proven that Israel can be confident in a lasting friendship with the United States.…