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    Arabian Camels

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    Arabian Camels Arabian camels have been domesticated for approximately 3‚500 years and have been long valued as pack animals. Throughout history‚ humans have in fact assured the survival of camels for thousands of years and quite literally led them to success as a species that they probably would never have had on their own. Furthermore‚ the camel has played such an important role in Arab culture and have served the needs of humans‚ and have benefited from that service as a species. In fact

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    Arabian Oud

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    1. Executive Summary The following research paper focuses on the brand awareness of Arabian Oud‚ a perfume retailer from Saudi Arabia to help them identify and define marketing strategies to penetrate the United Kingdom perfume market. It primarily tries to understand and evaluate various parameters of decision making like importance of brand attributes‚ reasons to try new perfumes‚ occasions on which perfumes highly preferred and the role of age‚ income and ethnicity group whilst purchasing a perfume

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    The Decameron: A Feminist or Misogynist text? Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the leading Italian writers in the 1300s and has been considered as the father of Italian writing style through his composition of one hundred novelle. The Decameron continuously pictures women not as the objects of discussion but as the active producers and interpreters of their actions. Women are portrayed as they are or as they should be; they are shown to be as aggressive as men are while at the same time they can be

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    Global Projects Service GPS and Be Consult profile 1. Introduction: GPS Holding established in 2006 as Capital Investment Company acquiring shares in large successful companies; in 2008 the company has gone through a complete restructure in ownership and thus the strategy shifted to not only acquiring companies but rather operating profitable businesses. The Company operations spans internationally across several industrial sectors that can be summarized into five main business divisions:

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    In Naguib Mahfouz’s text Arabian Nights and Days‚ the magical elements within the story reveal Gamasa al- Bulti as a man with strong morals. However‚ he needs guidance to stay on the righteous path. The magic opens Gamasa’s mind. He transforms into a God fearing man with strong morals. The believing genie pushes him to begin on his jihad and to change from a corrupt police officer to a guide for others on their paths. They believe he is a good man and should be able to start his life over. Gamsa

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    I have read an excerpt called A Thousand and One Arabian Nights‚ which is a Persian work written by multiple anonymous Arab storytellers. The excerpt recounts the story of a character named Sinbad’s first merchant voyage‚ out of the seven total voyages he took. The story was written in a time where trade was booming and merchants in Iraq were especially fortunate being able to trade from the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. The story starts out with Sinbad talking about how he began the voyage

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    1. Analyze the satire revealed in the bawdy tale of Alibech and Rustico ("putting the devil in hell") from The Decameron. Of what does it make fun? What moral or lesson does it teach? The Decameron is a comedy that can can be taken in a variety of ways. It is a story of a The serious message underlying the comedy is Don’t entertain temptation! Monks practice religious asceticism. This describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various worldly pleasures. They practice strict self-denial

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    Arabian Horse

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    The Arabian Horse The Arabian horse is unlike any creature created by Allah. He is a very rare combination of a very unique set of attributes. He combines both beauty and power in such a way that balances both values equally. His physical appearance demands respect and his character represents the very best of human qualities. His origin is to date still a mystery. Many theories revolve around his origin adding more to his mystery. We have El-Khamsa theory‚ the creation from the south wind theory

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    The Story of the Fisherman and The First Voyage of Sinbad are two Arabian Nights’ stories that seem to have some things in common‚ but yet have some things unalike. First‚ we have the setting. These two stories both take place by the sea‚ but the appearances are completely different. In Sinbad’s story‚ he sailed on the Persian Gulf‚ where beautiful islands with beautiful kingdoms lay still‚ filled with luscious fruit and clear springs. The beautiful springs of water flowed through the islands‚ watering

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    The stories in the Arabian Nights have gripped the world’s imagination now for more than 1000 years. From at least the 9th century part of the repertoire of storytellers in India‚ China‚ Iran‚ Turkey and the Arab world that is why this paper aims not only to give a suffice background of one of the most celebrated tales of the millennia but also explore the cultural treasury it has brought world that serves a fertile material ready to discover—The Arabian Nights. It delves in most cultural elements

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