Middle East Biographies Samples For Students

Introduction

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 ...

Country of Origin

The country of origin that I identify with the most is Morocco. Located in the Africa, Morocco has a very diverse and vibrant culture. It is a multiethnic society, rich in religious activity as well as civilization and customs. Primarily, the citizens of Morocco are Arab in race. Being a part of this culture is something that I am very proud about.

Proverbs

My family identifies themselves as Moroccan. We are all proud of being a part of the culture this country provides us. There are many mottos and proverbs that have been passed down through the generations. This is surprising to others when ...

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 ...

My name is NAME from Saudi Arabia, Jeddah. I have a bachelor degree in sociology from the University of King Abdul-Aziz and have a Pre- MBA from the University of New Brunswick Saint John. I am currently working hard to finish at UNB, where I still have two modules to left to complete my MBA.
I do not have a lot of work experience now, as I have only worked at King Abdul Aziz hospital as a social work intern. My internship with the hospital gave me the opportunity to horn my experience as a social worker in a hospital setting. As earlier stated ...

In order to provide a successful bio-geography, one needs to go as much back in years as possible and provide their family’s events, regarding the changes the family members made to get a better life, as influenced by any external reasons, such as the economic situation at the time being, politics and culture. For that reason, my family’s bio-geography is shaped as followed:
My great great grandfather was a proud private school owner in Uzbekistan that also loved farming in the 1930’s. According to my father, being a farmer in this particular geographical spot was considered a great advantage that ...

Annotated Bibliography

Alexanian, Nicole, Wiebke Bebermeier, Dirk Blaschta, and Arne Ramisch

2012 The Pyramid Complexes and the Ancient Landscape of Dahshur/Egypt. Journal for Ancient Studies (3):131-133.

This short article demonstrates the changes in sand levels since the time of the Old Kingdom (About 2600-2150 BCE). Geomorphic and sediment investigations conducted by the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Institute of Geographical Sciences of the Free University of Berlin were able to determine the landscape during the Old Kingdom. Utilizing information from 80 sondages and several excavation trenches, researchers found that up to 7m of alluvial and aeolian deposits had occurred ...

Muhammad’s name appears only four times in the Qu’ran, and all the thousands of details that are known about his life in Mecca and Medina during the 6th Century were probably passed down as oral traditions before being written down in the Hadiths about 100-200 years after his death. He believed that the Islamic faith was the final and perfect revelation of God. Muhammad claimed to be only a Prophet and Messenger rather than a Messiah or Son of God. Salvation came not from believing in him but from following the moral and spiritual teachings of the Qu’ran ...

Ramses II was a renowned pharaoh of Egypt and he was formally famous for his greatness, authoritative command and several armed expeditions. His reigned lasted for over 60 years between 1290-1224 Before Christ. He acquiredthe status of pharaoh when he was just 24years old and Greeks call him Sesostris. Seti I was his father and Queen Tuya happened to be his loving mother and had a brother who died at an early age. His well know wives were Nefetari, Princess from Katti, Maetnefure and Istnofret and he had many children and on record the number appeared is over 200. The early ...

There are several considerations to take into account when considering the laws and legal rights of citizens in other countries. It is important to realize that other nations and societies have different values that our own. Some Saudi Arab’s are horrified at how American women are exposed to danger by uncaring men folk who do not go with them to protect them. Just as we are appalled at the loss of freedom women suffer when they cannot drive themselves. However, Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that does not give women the right to drive. ...

Biography on Steve Israel, a U.S. Representative for New York
Steve Israel is a member of the U.S House of Representatives from the Third Congressional District of New York since 2001. Steve is a true leader. He values education. He respects the middle class and the low-income group. Even in the worst situations, Steve always raised his voice and stood up for his people. He has sponsored and co-sponsored numerous bills and voted in favor of several reforms that benefit the public to a great extent. He has been in power since 2001 and never misled his people. He introduced acts and ...

Introduction

In the highpoint of my English teaching career, I found myself teaching English to Grade 4 Australian English learners. It was interesting because I am an Arab lady from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And many people found it rather unusual for me to be teaching Native English speakers their own mother tongue. This essay will outline the progression of my career as an English teacher and how I got to the climax of my career, teaching native speakers of English. I will outline my background, origins, immersion into the Anglo-American culture and how my professional career developed as ...

Thelonious Monk is known as one of the most gifted jazz musicians. He was the pioneer of bebop and his influence as a pianist and composer had significant effects on different kinds of music (Monkinstitute). Music of Thelonious Monk is based on Ingrid Monson’s and Paul Berliner’s work (Solis 3). Nevertheless, Monk is famous for his improvisations, which are so outstanding that a jazz critic Whitney Balliett once pointed out “His improvisations were molten Monk compositions, and his compositions were frozen Monk improvisations.” (Deveaux 169)
Thelonious was born in North Carolina on October 10, 1917, but his ...

Each of us has a set of events or traits which make up the unique person that they are. The various sociological factors that may not be special on their own come together to create a society who is a different as they are the same. My story is not that different from millions of others, but it is what has formed my life and who I am. I grew up in a middle class home in Kuwait City. I am the youngest of three children, and the only boy. My father owns his own business, while my mother ...

Introduction

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a Lutheran pastor and theologian in Germany. As the Nazi Party grew in power, he protested against their atrocities and was one of the central founders of the Confessing Church (Metaxas 2010). He wrote The Cost of Discipleship, one of the modern classics when it comes to the role of the Christian in a secular world. He was also well known for his strident opposition to the euthanasia program and the genocide of the Jews, both pet programs of Adolf Hitler. The Gestapo arrested him in the spring of 1943, ...

Book Reviewed

Metaxas, E. (2010). Bonhoeffer: Pastor, martyr, prophet, spy: a Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Introduction and Thesis

God has a purpose for each and every human being. From the biblical teachings, God uses certain individuals, especially the least expected, to achieve His plans for human beings. All difficulties can be overcome by these chosen individuals, although before humans it may appear impossible to realize certain things, but to God nothing is impossible. Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a good example of how God works through people to show his greatness, especially a time when it appears to be no hope. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born ...

Annotated bibliography

Bodden, V. (2008). The 9/11 terror attacks. Mankato, Minn: Creative Education.
Bodden discusses events that culminated to the terror attack of 9/11. He further describes the relationship between U.S. and the Middle East as well as, the global response after terror attack and how the attacked transformed the world.
Bolton, M. (2008). U.S. national security and foreign policymaking after 9/11 : present at the re-creation. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
In his book, Bolton has analyzed the 109th congress of Dec 2004 that was passed signed under President Bush: Intelligence Reform and intelligent Prevention Act (IRTPA). ...

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” These famous words uttered by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi while leading India to independence serve as a peephole into the magnanimity that his life and work were. Raised in a Jain family, where non-violence and vegetarianism form the root of their philosophy, Gandhi was inspired since a young age in the ways of truth and benevolence.

His faith was put to an early test when he first came face to face with the situation of Apartheid in South Africa where Indians living in the British colonies were denied basic rights and were subjected ...

This paper will look at the similarities and differences in the Presidencies of Barack Obama and Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt became President during a trying time for America. The Great Depression was in full swing caused by the fact that Wall Street and the banks had collapsed causing millions of people or about 25 percent of the population. to be without jobs or financial security (Miller). When Roosevelt came into office he put together an economic package known as the New Deal in order to help alleviate the crisis and get men back to work.
Almost seventy years later in ...

Jane Addams is one of the influential philosophers in the history. She is regarded as one of the most important thinkers in the history of the modern America. Her thought and influence in the western thought cannot be measured. She is considered as the starting point of the inspiration of the idealism in America during the late 19th and early 20th century. Her contributions to the metaphysics, ethics, epistemology, as well as aesthetics have had an effect on almost all the philosophical movements after him (Addams 4). Her masterworks include the critique of critical thinking as well as the ...

Biography

Sergeant Maurice Churchill Rice was born Michigan in the United States of America in the year 1940. He was the third born in the family of Mr. Calpa Rice and Mrs. Reecho Rice. The two got married and had four children and lived in America .His other siblings include Mr. Kennedy, Mr.Samwel and Miss Brenda the last born in their family. The father worked as a doctor in the Michigan, while the mother served as a nurse in the same town. The parents were black Americans who lived in the early time of their in the states before moving to Canada. ...

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Introduction
Euclid (near 365 - 300 BC) is a Greek mathematician, lived in Alexandria, in the 3rd BC. The main work "Elements" (15 books), containing the basics of ancient mathematics, elementary geometry, number theory, the general theory of relations and the method of determining areas and volumes, which included elements of the theory of limits, has had an enormous influence on the development of mathematics. He worked on astronomy, optics, music theory.
Information about the time and place of his birth did not reach us, but we know that ...

I am Ghada Aldossary, a 35 years-old Echocardiogram Technologist of Saudi Arabian descent. I am married with four kids. I graduated from Dammam College in 1999 with Chemistry major. I always thought that chemistry major would quickly get me a placement but after graduation it dawned on me that there were overly many graduates with chemistry major who yet to get employed. I did not find a good offer until I heard that one of our best Hospitals in Eastern province was seeking Electrocardiogram Technician. The hospital, Aramco Hospital as it is called, is located in Dhahran on the eastern coast of ...

Harry Truman became the 33rd president of United States of America in the year 1945, following the sudden death of President Franklin Roosevelt. He encountered challenges during his two terms in office. First, the republicans and the press, severely, criticized his administration in terms of both domestic and foreign affairs. However, his policies abroad helped many generations. Domestically, he protected reforms. This paper discusses Harry Truman’s background, early life, accomplishments, shortcomings, and failures.

Background and early life

Harry Truman was born in Lamar, in the year 1884. Different historians give varying stories about Truman’s childhood. Some believe that he enjoyed his ...