Heritage Biographies Samples For Students

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My Moroccan heritage has always meant so much to me. Thanks to my family’s heritage I have been grown to know the rich tapestry that is our past. From colorful, sometimes helpful proverbs, to authentic Moroccan recipes, I am proud to claim this part of my heritage. The values of the Moroccan culture have been instilled in me; I am proud of all that I am and all that my people have become. However, sometimes my heritage and the lessons or cultural values that are taught within it appear to inhibit on certain aspects of life. I have ...

Berman, Eli, et al. "Do working men rebel? Insurgency and unemployment in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines." Journal of Conflict Resolution 55.4 (2011): 496-528.A large part of the Afghan population is unemployed because of the war making any economic activity impossible. Unemployment is bad for the economy as it as wise men say, an idle mind is the devils work shop. People start thinking of illegal ways of making money.
Clarke, Richard A. Against all enemies: Inside America's war on terror. Simon and Schuster, 2004.According to this book, there are cases of insider attacks, where American soldiers ...

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Dona Marina, also called Malintzin, or La Malinche (1496-1529) was an American Indian originating from the Nahua (Aztec) ancestry. Malinche played a very important role during the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. She was believed to be a princess of the Aztec language (Nahuatl) speaking tribe and was sold as a slave in her youth to the coastal traders because of the family politics.

Malinche’s father, who was a rich and powerful Aztek chief, died when Malinche was still a young child and therefore, her mother got married for the second time and gave birth to a son with her new husband. In ...

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The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) contains a lovely harbor city on the east coast of central Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Nanaimo is the sixth largest city in British Columbia and is popular for its beauty, large variety of recreational opportunities, and shopping centres. It is the second largest urban city on the Island.

In 1891the main part of Nanaimo is what is now considered to be the northern part of the City of Nanaimo (Map 1). In the 1890s north ward was the center for retail, industry At that time the population was approximately 1300. (VIU, 2011)

In ...