Word count: 2927 minus 446 = 2479 words Issue (3pts): Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting II. Kairos (4pts): In July 2013 UNICEF published the largest report yet into the extent of FGM. (Report “Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change.”) In July 2013 Germany also passed the first law against FGM‚ including a maximum penalty up to 15 years jail sentence. With this newly introduced law Germany is now considered to be among the strictest
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creating strong central administrations‚ he was able to finance‚ equip‚ train and mobilize gunpowder armies. The Safavids of Iran‚ beginning with Shah Ismail I set up a gunpowder empire in the early 16th century which continued under Shah Abbas the Great until 1722. The Shah’s army carried muskets and used large artillery weapons like the canon. Shah Abbas hired English advisors to train soldiers in firearms. The Mughals of India under Babur and then Akbar was able to consolidate power in Central
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described in atrocious detail by Doctor Qari Shah in a page-long description (Kushner‚ Homebody 31-32) that brings‚ this time verbally‚ the body to the centre of attention. Interestingly‚ one of the main events of Homebody/Kabul—whatever happened to the Homebody in Kabul—is not shown on stage but only recovered through narration. But it is not recovered univocally because we get two vastly differing narratives‚ the first one representing the account of Qari Shah‚ a representative of the Taliban establishment
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Ramzi Yousef Wali Khan Amin Shah and Abdul Hakim Murad appealed from judgments of conviction presented in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges pertaining to a conspiracy to destroy twelve U.S. commercial airliners in Southeast Asia. Ramzi Yousef entered into the U.S. airliners‚ to stage his attacks. Ramzi mission sent him to place bombs within twelve U.S. aircraft which headed in the direction of Southeast Asia by five members. The conspirators made
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revolution‚ however only a few are major reasons. One of the larger reasons to overthrow the government was because the Iranian population did not accept the policies of westernization that Shāh Mohammad Rezā Pahlavi had imposed. The Iranians believed that these policies were an insult to their culture and that the Shah was being controlled by the united states of america. The oil boom was another reason for which the population of Iran was not content with the Pahlavi government. Iran had invested close
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she constantly holds conversations with God. Her close relationship with her religion caused her to feel certain ways about things‚ like when she is devastated and confused at finding out that God did not actually choose the Shah. Religion also shows up in the book when the Shah begins to enforce the religion more strictly upon the country. The women are forced to wear the veil‚ alcohol and parties are banned‚ and posters‚ tapes‚ and memorabilia no longer are allowed into the country. The Guardians
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DOWNFALL OF MUGHAL EMPIRE BACKGROUND The downfall of the mughal empire can be attributed to two major factors: 1) Weaknesses of the mughals 2) Strength of the East India Company. The Mughal Empire‚ which had reached its zenith during the rule of Shah Jahan and his son‚ began to decline after the rule of Aurangzeb. In fact‚ the decline began during the last days of Aurangzeb.The Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent in the time of Aurangzeb Alamgir‚ but it collapsed with dramatic suddenness
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DEMOGRAPHY - Vol. I - Family Planning and Reproductive Health - Iqbal H. Shah FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Iqbal H. Shah Department of Reproductive Health and Research‚ World Health Organization‚ Geneva‚ Switzerland Keywords: Family planning‚ reproductive health‚ fertility levels and trends‚ contraceptive prevalence‚ method mix‚ contraceptive continuation and switching‚ contraceptive failure‚ male participation‚ induced abortion‚ maternal mortality ratio‚ HIV/AIDS‚ developing
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of this time period in the story and the children are shown wearing white clothing at school and playing with their veils rather than wearing them (Satrapi 3). The reason the children are portrayed in white is because they are uneducated about the Shah at this point in time since religion was not taught at Marjane’s school before the revolution. There is a panel showing people demonstrating for and against the veil. The demonstrators on the right are chanting‚ “freedom!” and they are shown in white
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under house arrest. The Shah was reinstated‚ the West regained control of the oil fields‚ and the CIA created the Iranian secret police‚ SAVAK‚ and a twenty-five year reign of terror and torture commenced. The operation was seen as a huge success towards western intelligence agencies‚ but it was just one small operation of continued foreign influence in Iran. Most importantly‚ the decision to overthrow Mossadegh was to preserve Western control of Iran’s oil by reinstating the Shah who was friendly towards
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