For centuries the Arab world was a massive multicultural civilization and enterprise that joined many communities in the east. As a nation, not only do Arabs have a language in common, but they also have cultural features such as morals, traditions, similar food and clothing that join and connect them together. Due to this fact, it is preferable to call them “Arabized” people rather than Arabs. So, what are the origins of those individuals? As there are many Myths, research based upon historical assertions and studies based upon this topic, it is vital to clear the definition and origins of the Arabs. The origin of the word ‘Arab’ is a controversial topic. The exact period of when those individuals were labeled as ‘Arabs’ remains unknown. …show more content…
The first settlement made by the “pure” Arabs was recorded and preserved in old pre-Islamic literature in writings such as Kitab al-aghanee, the stories of Antarah and writings of Musaoodee and Abu Feda (Jaide, 2010). Through using those reliable sources the first settlement of the “pure” Arabs were identified. The Arabs first settled in the southwestern point of peninsula, and from there onward they began spreading east and north towards Yemen and Oman. The “pure” Arabs spoke the Himyaritic language (extinct language that was spoken in Yemen). This explains how the grammar of “pure” Arabs differs from the Abyssinian people. Also, the physical appearance of the “pure” Arabs in Yemen and Oman is of an African path rather than Asiatic and this is due to their shape and size, the narrowness of their lower limbs and their hair …show more content…
This migration was caused by the search of water and shelter. However the lingual, mental and physical characteristics of those individuals unified them with the Arabs of the South. The Arabs of the South were able to learn many important methods (which had an Asiatic impress) from them and apply them on themselves. An example of this would be their rural experiences and proneness from nomadic life. It is vaguely indicated that this branch of the Arab race started emigrating towards the east and passing through Asia, however unlike the “pure” Arabs they continued to the north until they reached the Red Sea (Jaide, 2010). They then pursued their means of living and even modified them in the lands Chaldea and Mesopotamia. The tribes then returned towards the west to the lands that were already occupied by some of their relatives (Jaide,
How does one region have a prolonged battle for authority, and conflict with the opposing force for eternity? After the Ottoman Empire sided the Central Powers during World War I, they didn’t foresee that they would lose their empire based off of this decision. European countries that won the war came in and partitioned the Middle Eastern region. Soon after the Sykes-Picot Agreement was established, and the Arabs felt betrayed because they weren't granted their deserved independence. The new borders set caused continuous conflict because of the artificial blending of different ethnic and religious groups. International conflicts have contributed to regional conflict in Southwest Asia by forming borders without regards to the different ethnic and religious groups, creation of the state Israel in 1948, and the U.S. being involved in the matters of the Middle
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As mentioned before, the majority of the information from the book is firsthand experience by Barbara Gallatin Anderson, but other sources were used and cited to make the structure more cohesive. Anderson takes advantage of the “Notes” section at the end of each chapter to add credibility to any information that she did not receive directly: “Half a century ago, H. A. H. Gibb ventured a brief but cogent definition of the Arab. ‘All those are Arabs,’ he wrote, ‘for whom the central fact of history is the mission of Muhammad and the memory of the Arab Empire. (88)”.
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“Araby” is about a young boy (the narrator) who is misled through false hopes by his uncle who bestows the despondency upon the narrator by tricking him into thinking that the boy would make it to the local bazaar “Araby” in time. The boy has a strong sense of respect for his elders as his morals are very religious, and his environment try’s to push the religion which is Christianity on him as well. All the effort the narrator made to get to that crowed, heat infested market was just to impress the neighbor girl who he had been fond of. After many days of stalking the girl (who is referred to as manga’s sister) every morning like a predator, she finally speaks to him. That instant the boy felt all the sensations of being of a boy undergoing his sexual transformation from a young boy to a curios teen and all the troubles he would go through to get that girl’s attention.
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“When you spend a whole day among the trees, waking up with walls as horizons becomes unbearable (Mernissi, 59).”
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Arab is not a race, but is a group of individuals that are united by their culture and history (ADC, 2014). There are many different variations commonly based on a particular individual’s country of origin such as Arab Americans. Other variations are based on their social class, the level of their education, if they live urbanely or rurally, or the time they have spent in the United States (Lipson & Dubble, 2007). Most Arabs also practice Islamic religion and are Muslim. When working with an Arab or Muslim client, nurses should ask what the client wishes to be referred to so as not to offend them in any way (Lipson & Dubble, 2007).
Settings have always been the ‘within the scenes’ hero in many stories both old and new. From the Wall of China of Mulan’s story, the Blue Seas of One Piece, to the Reichenbach Falls of Sherlock Holmes’s ‘demise’ settings have been an ever important feature to any story. In James Joyce ‘Araby’ is a story concerning an adolescent’s sudden infatuation for a girl he just met, and how his own delusions set him up for an abrupt fall to reality of his pitiful state. Araby’s setting helped define its importance by describing how formative it was in the narrator’s early years and how it helped set the stage for the coming tensions within the plot.
Cairo As Egypt’s capital having a population as high as 12 million, as well as being the 17th largest metropolitan area in the world. Cairo is one of the largest city in Africa as well as the middle East, (Cairo Population, 2017). Having only two seasons (summer and winter), Cairo has been standing for more than 1,000 years on the same location with lavish vegetation and tall sky scrapers facing the Nile River. In A. D. 969 Jawhar, the leader of Fatimids, established a new city near al-Fustat, initially naming it al-Mansuriyah (its name was later changed to al-Qahirah, or Cairo). The Fatimids eventually became the rulers of Egypt, establishing an empire that lasted for two centuries, Cairo became their capital (Sanders, 2008).