Leila Ahmed, A Border Passage: From Cairo to America – A Woman's Journey. 1999- 2000 New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. In regard to Leila Ahmed's latest novel, the truth is definitely in the title. A border passage is an intimate account of life, and the journey one embarks on when one truly w...

The Islamic civilization has been considered by any to be one of the greatest civilizations to survive. It is an excellent example of how a society can be influenced by ancient cultures and cosmopolitan ideas at the same time. The post-classical Arab world in the seventh century was known f...

Religions Spread Through Conquest When studying history, both in a professional and academic sense, we try to make connections between civilizations and time periods. Historians have attempted to discover universal conezts of human nature, a bond that forms from continent to continen...

Al-Qaeda What drives individuals to resort to such violent acts as hi-jacking a plane, bombing a building, and/or assassinating a religious or political figure? How do individuals and organizations justify thes...

The truck sped down Beirut's airport road, quickly arriving outside the heavily guarded walls of its target. The driver ignored the shouted orders to stop and crashed the truck through a flimsy wooden barricade. In front of him stood a long, concrete building. The driver rammed the front of ...