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    In the 1980’s the Iranian government decided to undergo a ‘Cultural Revolution’ to better their society and beliefs. Bilingual institutes were shut down‚ classes in schools were separated by sexes and young girls were assigned to wear veils. The veil carried multiple connotations and viewpoints the “fundamentalists” believed in. “And so to protect women from all the potential rapists‚ they decreed that wearing the veil was obligatory (pg. 74).” In one scene‚ Marji’s mother had been threatened by

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    Analysis and Comparison of Iranian and American Management; The Cultural Dimensions and Values This report is aimed to represent a brief description of the Iranian management values today and compare the results with a developed country like Unites State. First it will give a description of some of the characteristics of Iran management and culture‚ then it is tried to categorize these characteristic base on Hofstede ’s Dimensions (1980) (power distance‚ avoiding uncertainty‚ masculinity/femininity

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    The Iranian Revolution 1979‚ often referred as the Islamic Revolution gives an impression of a religious movement against a non-religious regime‚ especially for having a religion mentioned in its name‚ “Islam” in the “Islamic Revolution”. How correctly does this statement describe the Iranian Revolution? How do we define religious movement and non-religious regime? I would define “religious movement” as the movement or revolution by a religious group to defend their beliefs which were challenged

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    He didn’t have a coherent or effective policy to address the economic struggles. The tense standoff that followed the Iranian Hostage Crisis‚ and his failure to free the hostages led his government to be perceived as inept and inefficient; this perception increased after the failure of a secret U.S. military mission in April 1980. Why was this significant? Carter took office just thirty months after

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    80). The US is forcing Iran to release hostages if they want the money the US owes them. Both countries have a need‚ however by American Law‚ the United States government does not negotiate with terrorists. In kidnapping or holding Americans against their will‚ the Iranians automatically became terrorists. It is more than apparent that “each party attempted to control the expectations of another party by

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    Westernization of the ruling powers and the highly religious sects led by Ayatollah Khomeini resulted in works such as The Cow by Dariush Mehrjui and Qeysar by Masoud Kimiai. Nevertheless‚ it was following the Popular Revolution in 1979 that the Iranian New Wave movement (as it is known today) began to truly take shape. In parts two and three‚ I am going to ask how and why the post-revolution cinema‚ particularly works from auteur Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi‚ took on its genre defining conventions

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    Explain the differences and similarities between hospitality and hospitality management then give examples of traditional Iranian/ Persian/ Islamic hospitality. Puya Rezayi Essay Qestion Hospitality Course January 02‚ 2007 Abstract In following paper two issues are going to be evaluated and discussed. At first the relationship between hospitality and hospitality management will be assessed and some different notions will be presented. The next part of the article is about the historical

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    Palmas kidnappings was a hostage crisis in the southern Philippines that began with the seizing of twenty hostages from an upscale island resort on Palawan by Abu Sayyaf members on May 27‚ 2001‚ and resulted in the deaths of at least 5 of the original hostages‚ including the two American citizens Guillermo Sobero and Martin Burnham.At least 22 Filipino soldiers were killed in attempts to apprehend the captors and free the hostages in the 12 months following the initial hostage taking.A unknown number

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    Black September Black September is both the name of Jordan’s war on the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in the early seventies and the name of Palestinian terrorist movement created in revenge of the aftermath of Palestinian losses of the war in Jordan. Black September was a movement created by a break away Palestinian faction of Fatah. Fatah Is a Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the PLO. In Palestinian politics it is a more liberal group on the left wing of the

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    Park hostage-taking incident” was the negative role of the Media played that added fuel to the shooting incident. Most of the major TV companies represented by their top news reporters‚ by communicating directly to the hostage-taker and by broadcasting the arrest of his brother‚ even though they know that a TV set was being used inside the bus‚ compromised and tied the hands of the negotiators to have the upper hand in the negotiation. The sight of his brother being arrested pushed the hostage-taker

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