"Images are very important to a civilization, culture and religion because as humans people wish to have a good image. There is nothing essentially good or bad in images themselves, but only in what they portray, evoke, or justify (Siddiqi 1)." It comes as no surprise, then, that people to...

Sudan is the largest country in Africa, and is one of the poorest. It is located in the northeastern part of the continent. It is mainly made up of two regional groups: an Arab African group in the north and the Nilotes in the south. It's major ethnic groups of the north are the Kababish, a cam...

On almost every continent of the world, certain issues threaten to- or already do- disrupt the fundamental right to peace which every person possesses. World leaders have the responsibility of protecting this right both within the boundaries of their state and outside of them. Few people have b...

The title of Bernard Lewis' book, "What Went Wrong: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East," immediately strikes the eye of the reader as potentially, perhaps dangerously judgmental in its nature. The phrase seems to imply that there is something wrong about the nature of Islam,...

Leila Ahmed's memoir--of her childhood on "the remote edge of Cairo"; of young adulthood at Girton College, Cambridge; of adulthood in Abu Dhabi, leading to a career in women's studies in New England--is an arresting piece of work. It reconstructs the past and its effect on the present like a song, ...

The Arab Republic of Egypt Year Book 1997 brings to light, in facts, figures and photographs the achievements made in Egypt during the year. In this edition, a new chapter on the national super-projects has been introduced. While presenting such projects, we would like to affirm that Egyptian...

Ramses the 2nd Ramses the 2nd ruled for about 70 years. He was the third Pharaoh of the 19th dynasty. Ramses the 2nd always fought for more terrority in Africa, Asia, Asia Minor and Arab Countries. Ramses had declared a war on the Hitties, of the Asia Minor and Northern Asia. Hitties were st...

The empire of Ghana was an important black trading state in West Africa. Arab camel caravans brought salt and copper from mines in the Sahara and dried fruits from North Africa to Ghana's markets. There, the products were traded for gold, ivory, and slaves from regions south of Ghana. Ghanaian jewe...

Why did the British and French bring the Israelis into the Suez Crisis? How successful was this Plan? During 1956 Nasser Gamal, the great people's leader of Egypt plan for improving living standards in Egypt by constructing the Aswan dam. This plan was rejected by the US led World Bank becau...

Why did the British and French bring the Israelis into the Suez Crisis? How successful was this Plan? During 1956 Nasser Gamal, the great people's leader of Egypt plan for improving living standards in Egypt by constructing the Aswan dam. This plan was rejected by the US led World Bank becau...