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    In the Persian Gulf, Britain protected Saudi Arabia and the other small states in the Arabian Peninsula especially when they became oil producers. British paid Jordan’s bills, supplied, and ran the army during 1950s’. London backed North Yemen to combat the rising threat of Egypt in the Arabian Peninsula to Iraq’s designs on Kuwait. British view of the region was not the favorite to Americans. The United States prevented France and Britain from

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    Avendano, Allan 12MAY2017 Saudi Arabia, located in the middle east, takes up most of the Arabian Peninsula. This deeply rooted country, in comparison to Western culture, is different in many ways. Culture is defined as a civilization 's way of life, their beliefs, morals, laws, and customs. Similarly to how American citizens follow the rules and regulations laid out in the constitution, the Saudi Arabian citizens use the Koran as their constitution. The people of Saudi Arabia culturally identify

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    an ecosystem is a thriving of biotic and abiotic features in a region that interact with each other. or simply, an ecosystem is where animals and plants live in harmony with their surroundings. for a while now there have been issues with the care given to ecosystems and the ways in which countries deal with threats to them. we hear about the extinction of many a kind of fauna and flora and how their absence disorientates the equilibrium in many ecosystems and at the same time we also know about people

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    Cultural awareness starts with the understanding of the country in general, its people, and events, which have taken place there. Culture is a complex concept, defined by the combination of values, customs, and beliefs of the society, which characterize different groups of the community and guides their behavior. Culture applies to each person, who is considered as a member of a group, who live in the particular society (Eliot, 2014). Cultural awareness is the understanding of the traditions of

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    the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula and Located in the southwest corner of Asia, with a total Saudi population as 2010 amounted 29,195,895 million. The country was established in 1932 by King Abdulaziz Al Saud. The Kingdom is Monarchy under the leadership of Al Saud Family, current monetary unit is Riyal, the Kingdom is at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa. Geography It is surrounded by the Red Sea on the West, by Yemen and Oman on the South, the Arabian Gulf and the United Arab Emirates

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    historical evidence as the other two religions, Christianity and Judaism. Islam was one the fastest growing religion around the eastern hemisphere and it’s still growing considering Islam is the second most practiced religions worldwide. The Arabian Peninsula is known to be the birthplace of Islam. Islam rose in the early seventh century under the leadership of the prophet Muhammad, he is considered by Muslims to be the last in the line of Old and New Testament of prophets. Prophet Mohammad was born

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    Al-Qaeda on the Arab Peninsula (AQAP) and the strong re-emergence of their presence in the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of responsibility provoke not only strategic concern but re-emphasizes the importance of Global War on Terrorism mission sets. AQAP establishes training camps, strong recruiting, and bases of operations to continue jihad against the Western world emanate from Yemen. CJTF-HOA will need to be mindful of Western policy, which focuses on degrading AQAP’s

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    What are the underlying factors, cultural differences, and outside intervention leading up to the current hostilities between Yemen and Saudi Arabia today? To answer some of these fundamental questions, I will use the relevant aspects of the five core ideas about the social conflict which are championed by Louis Kriesberg and Bruce Dayton’s book “Constructive Conflicts.” Kriesberg and Dayton posit that that social conflicts are universal, and can be beneficial; social conflicts are waged with varying

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    Islam Studies Jahiliyyah

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    The essay shall explore the concept of the jahiliyyah and demonstrate the importance and impact it has to understand the origins and development of Islam. The Jahiliyyah is a core and critical part of the foundations of Islam, that certain elements of the jahiliyyah were borrowed, adopted and developed; whilst other elements were discarded as Islam evolved. It is important as aspects of the jahiliyyah period continues to have an influence after the advent of Islam. Elements of the jahiliyyah such

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    The Bedouins In Arabia

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    beginning of Islam in 622 CE, women continued to receive that respect, along with more legal rights, such as the right to divorce. However patriarchy still played a part throughout both time periods. In 550 B.C.E, before Islam was developed in the Arabian Peninsula, it was under the Bedouins rule which gave women who lived there little to no rights regarding marriage and inheritance. Towns like Mecca and Medina are extensions of these nomadic tribes. Under the customary tribal

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