An Ethnology of the Kurdish People The Kurds are a Sunni Muslim people of Indo-European origin and speech who inhabit the mountainous region where the frontiers of Iraq‚ Iran‚ Russia‚ Syria and Turkey come together. Kurdish communities can also be found in Lebanon‚ Armenia‚ and Azerbaijan (Etheridge 2009). It is difficult to conclusively determine the exact number of Kurdish people in the world‚ however‚ it is estimated that 30-35 million live in various countries around the world (Houston 2009)
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Forms of Government "I believe that government is servant of the people and not their master." A statement told by David Rockfeller powerfully telling that a government is not a hinder to tranquility‚ thus‚ a way for each nation to gain system in peace and order. A government is the organization through which the state articulates and enforces its will. Government comes from the term govern. From Old French governer‚ derived from Latin gubernare "to direct‚ rule‚ guide‚ govern"‚ which is derived
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The current Tajik Republic harkens to the Samanid Empire (AD 875–999). The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860. Tajikistan became an autonomous Soviet socialist republic within Uzbekistan in 1924; Basmachi resistance in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was quelled in 1925‚ and Tajikistan became one of the component Soviet socialist republics in 1929 called Tadzhik SSR from 1936 to 1991. Tajikistan gained independence in 1991‚ and has experienced three changes in government
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attempting to set up an independent News cannel in the Middle East‚ basing them selves in Saudi Arabia. They were unable to do this due to the Saudi government not allowing the BBC full editorial freedom. This resulted in them abandoning their plans. The Emir of Qatar saw the opportunity to set up the first independent news channel in the area not influenced by the government. It was set up in 1996 with an initial investment of $150 million. Al Jazeera means ‘the island’ in Arabic. They also managed to
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not all workers are employees‚Broadbent v Crisp and Halawi v WDFG UK Ltd applied‚ and Equality Act 2010 s.83(2) considered. Since the term “employee” is narrower than the term “worker”‚ the rights and liabilities are consequently different in law(Emir‚ 2012). As mentioned‚ a salaried partner can or cannot be an employee‚ which relates to handling member departures‚ tax payment and many other restrictions(Gannon‚ 2014). However‚
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 Geography of Lebanon Lebanon is today a small republic stretching approximately 160 kilometers along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea with a total area of 10‚452 kilometers square and an estimated population of 3‚874‚050 according to an independent 2006 estimate‚ including Palestinian refugees and foreign workers‚ mainly Syrian. Lebanese territory is dominated mostly by mountains which consist of the parallel ranges of the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon. Between the Lebanon
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"Racial Preferences in Dating‚" an article by Raymond Fisman‚ Sheena Iyengar‚ Emir Kamenia‚ and Itamar Simonson‚ was published in the Review of Economic Studies in 2008. The article was written to examine racial preference in dating by using a speed dating experiment that was designed to observe the decisions of the study participants. The thing about this article which most immediately stood out was that women‚ older people‚ and more attractive people displayed weaker preferences about the race
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Al-Shabaab or the “Youth” terrorist organization HLSS June 9‚ 2013 The organization Al-Shabaab‚ or "The Youth‚" is an al-Qaeda-linked group and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization fighting for the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia.i The group‚ also known as Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen‚ and its Islamist affiliates once held sway over Mogadishu and major portions of the Somali countryside‚ but a sustained African Union military
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teachers and students to stand up straight for the singing of ourNational Anthem ‘NegaraKu’…… Thank you very much. Teachers may be seated. Ladies and Gentlemen‚ so as to pray for blessings for this morning’s gathering‚ I would like to invite Mohd Shafiq Emir from Form 5 Cekal for the recital of Doa. Thank you Mohd Shafiq. Every journey has its end and every path does stop somewhere. During the Language Month‚ we have had many fun and entertaining activities where we have heard screams of joy‚ hilarious
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He attached himself to the army of Emir Faisal where he used his maps and understanding of the region to fight the Turks. They raided on the Turks’ railroads which crippled their supplies providing more opportunities for Britain to fight against the Turks. Lawrence was captured by the Turks
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