Maryam Ishak February 22‚ 2012 Arabic Poetry from Nizar Qabbani Nizar Qabbani is one of the most popular and bestselling poets in the Arab world. He was born March 21‚ 1923 in Damascus‚ Syria and died April 30‚ 1998 in London England. He studied law at the University of Damascus in 1945 then started his career as a diplomat. He served in the Syrian embassies in Egypt‚ Turkey‚ Lebanon‚ Britain‚ China and Spain then retired in 1966 and finally‚ moved to Beirut‚ Lebanon where he founded a publishing
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The specter of ISIS and the oppressive Assad regime have ravaged Syria’s cities and forced millions of citizens to flee the country. Now‚ as masses of newly-minted refugees search for a new home‚ our country’s leaders are debating how to respond. The United States has historically been a refuge for the oppressed‚ a haven for Emma Lazarus’s “huddled masses” to turn to in times of trouble. These huddled masses‚ however‚ hail from a land so synonymous with terrorism that it has been dubbed a “factory
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Admittedly‚ I never truly looked at amazing pieces of Art. I recently did research on two interesting pieces of Paleolithic art‚ The Venus of Willendorf and The Venus of Laussel. It was fascinating to learn about each piece of art and what the story is behind each one. Archaeologist Josef Szombathy found a unique masterpiece in 1908‚ The Venus of Willendorf. Joesef found the sculpture near the town of Willendorf in Austria. The incredible sculpture must have been created somewhere else due to the
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Starry Night Composition Top Starry Night Vincent van Gogh The night sky depicted by van Gogh in the Starry Night painting is brimming with whirling clouds‚ shining stars‚ and a bright crescent moon. The setting is one that viewers can relate to and van Gogh´s swirling sky directs the viewer´s eye around the painting‚ with spacing between the stars and the curving contours creating a dot-to-dot effect. These internal elements ensure fluidity and such contours were important for the artist
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IS202 World History and Civilization Introduction Chapter I. Key Term: 1. Geography: is the study of people‚ their environment and their resources. 2. Latitude: line on a map or globe measure distance north and south of Equator. 3. Longitude: lines measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian‚ which runs through Greenwich‚ England. Or the lines to measure in degree. 4. Prehistory: the history before history. 5. Archaeologist: scientists who find and analyze objects left by
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Geography exists throughout our everyday lives‚ where we live‚ where we work‚ what we eat‚ and what we believe in. It plays an essential role in understanding why‚ where‚ or how something exists. For example‚ an introduction to geography gives the knowledge of understanding how certain landforms were formed‚ or why certain bodies of water exist. This further leads to how certain weather patterns form‚ thus creating different types of biomes and substantial agricultural productions. Geographers
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Major Themes of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel As Jared Diamond examines the major factors of a great civilization after being posed by Yali’s question‚ he comes to an astounding realization. It is that Asians and Europeans came to be powerful not because they were smarter or better than other civilizations‚ but because they were luckier in terms of geography. Diamond focuses on the idea that the success of a society is not catalyzed by genetics or natural superiority‚ but instead by these two major
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that the moon would go through. The way I started would be the same as the full moon (the ball is fully lit)‚ then waning Gibbous‚ then shading to the third quarter moon (part of the ball is half lit) then Waning Crescent‚ then the new moon phase (ball is fully shadowed) then Waxing Crescent‚ then the first quarter moon (the ball is half lit) then Waxing Gibbous‚ and ending back up at the full moon phase. 2. The phases of the ball result from what two basic facts? a. Half the ball always faces
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and a blue canton bearing a crescent and a 14-point star known as the Bintang Persekutuan (Federal Star). The 14 stripes‚ of equal width‚ represent the equal status in the federation of the 13 member states and the federal government‚ while the 14 points of the star represent the unity between these entities.[2] The crescent represents Islam‚ the country’s official religion; the blue canton symbolizes the unity of the Malaysian people; the yellow of the star and crescent is the royal colour of the
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The 8 Phases of the Moon Phase 1 - New Moon - The side of the moon that is facing the Earth is not lit up by the sun. At this time the moon is not visible. Phase 2 - Waxing Crescent - A small part (less than 1/2) of the moon is lit up at this point. The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger. Phase 3 - First Quarter - One half of the moon is lit up by the sun at this point. The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger. Phase 4 - Waxing Gibbous - At this time half
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