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    Islam And The West

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    Islam and the West: Conflict‚ Democracy‚ Identity Akeel Bilgrami‚ Columbia University This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the Western media today by looking to the abiding history of colonial relations with Islam down to this day and also looking to the relation between ideals of democracy and the formation of religious identities. The essay closes with some

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    East West

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    attracted to the beautiful young girl‚that he even offers her his advice for free. Miss Rehana conscientiously uses his advice‚ but not to”pass” the test. Instead‚ she deliberately (D.:mit Absicht) fails‚telling Muhammad afterwards that she has a job in a great house as ayah /nanny to three boys who would have been very sad to see her go. Structure of the plot Rushdie has always been fascinated by motion pictures‚ and the action of this single incident is presented to the reader as if he was watching

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    The Decline of the West

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    The Decline of the West - Hanif Kureishi Financial collapses changes the way of living for millions of people all over the world. In the short story “The Decline of the West” written by Hanif Kureishi in 2010‚ Mike and his family are represented as victims of the 2008 financial crisis (also known as the Global Financial Crisis). Mike and his family lives in a materialistic world in the modern western capitalistic society‚ to which they have lost the regularly known family values as for example

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    Franz West

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    Franz West A Brief biography of Franz West Franz West was born in Vienna in 1947 and studied at the Academy of Applied Arts‚ Vienna. He died in Vienna in July 2012. West’s work has been a fixture in countless international survey exhibitions such as Documenta and Biennales all over the world‚ and it is included in major public collections including Centre Pompidou‚ Paris; Museum Ludwig‚ Cologne‚ the Museum of Modern Art‚ New York; and MAXXI‚ Rome. Recent solo exhibitions include “We’ll Not

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    Settlement of the West

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    Settlement of the West With the closing of the frontier and the turn of the 20th century‚ the west side of America was becoming heavily populated and settled in. For America this meant many resources were needed in order to accelerate the expansion of the west. The development of the west brought many problems. How would you transport goods‚ to and from the east? Before any settlements were possible‚ a means of easy transportation was essential. In 1862 the Pacific Railway Act was passed‚

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    EAST WEST

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    East/West Characterising Toilet attendant: “this in nothing yet.” “I don’t know if it’s a threat or a boast. This is what they call Berliner Schnaeize –snont. Its attitude; it in your face.” Anna: “I liked the sweeping rouge of words from ‘heartfelt’ to ‘heartsick’. And I liked the order‚ the directness that I imagined in the people.” On the former GDR “….its bewildered people.” “The demonstrators‚ in shock‚ obediently pulled their cards from their wallets. Then they seized the buildings

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    Taliesin West

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    “Human houses should not be like boxes‚ blazing in the sun‚ nor should we outrage the Machine by trying to make dwelling places too complementary to Machinery. Any building for humane purposes should be an elemental‚ sympathetic feature of the ground‚ complementary to its nature-environment‚ belonging by kinship to the terrain.” - Frank Lloyd Wright Brilliant‚ inspirational‚ influential‚ innovative; these are a just a few adjectives that illustrate a very significant man with many traits. A pioneer

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    certain rights. The Constitution is influenced by Montesquieu’s ideas for a system of checks and balances and separation of powers. The Bill of Rights is influenced by Voltaire’s ideas of free speech and individual rights. Ideas of Enlightenment thinkers Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ and Voltaire have been woven into important American documents such as the Constitution‚ Bill of Rights‚ and the Declaration of Independence. Locke believed that all men had certain natural rights. These rights were life‚ liberty

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    West India

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    West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide Jeffrey P. Shay University of Montana In early December 1994‚ Patrick Dowd‚ a 30-year-old management consultant‚ stared out his office window at the snowy Ithaca‚ New York‚ landscape. Dowd reflected on his recent phone conversation with Jim Johnson‚ general manager of the 95-room West Indies Yacht Club Resort (WIYCR)‚ located in the British Virgin Islands. Johnson sounded desperate to pull the resort out of its apparent tailspin and noted

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    Encounter with the West

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    ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST 10. THE TRAIDING ROUTE • In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages‚ the Europeans‚ while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold‚ jewels‚ silk‚ perfumes‚ especially spices like: *pepper *onions *ginger *nutmeg *garlic is the most important items of trade from East. • Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve

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