...Enrico (“Rico”) Bandello who epitomized the rise and fall of the gangster. Edward G. Robinson was the first Gangster star in this genre. These career criminals live double lives as respectable business men, who defy the law, and are tough who also operate under a cloak of fear portrayed as respect. The popularity and appeal of these films during the 30’s was divided among the public. Some would see these films as a sort of participation in the rebellion against a failed government and others would see them as revenge against the bad guys. Hollywood would put the gangster in a mostly retributive frame with the negativity of the gangster myth ratifying the belief in the public enemy system. This would be seen as the result of the collapse of law enforcement in a society or loss of morality, and ultimately social disorder. William Wellman’s The Public Enemy (1931) starred James Cagney as the fast talking and cocky Tom Powers and his most famous line, “I’m on top of the world Ma!” This is an example of a well dressed man with street smarts who is a criminal bootlegger and womanizer. One of the films most controversial and pivotal scenes is when Tom Powers assaults his floozy girlfriend with a grapefruit by slamming it into her face at the breakfast table. Howard Hawkins “Scarface: The Shame of a Nation” (1932) starred Paul Muni as a Immature, power hungry, monstrous and beastly hood in prohibition era Chicago, whose character was loosely based on Al Capone. This is the first movie...
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...Anwar Sadat was the president of Egypt and an in depth member of the Egyptian Free Officers. He was one of the more successful leaders of the Egyptian state due to his great military leadership and his control over enemy states. However, on October 6, 1981 he was assassinated because on his ideal of peace with Israel. Israel had been under attack from Egypt and other Arabic countries for years because of their Jewish origin and way of current life and was completely looked down upon. Israel was the original ‘Holy Land’ mentioned in the Bible and other holy books but the Arabic people denied that the Jews have any ownership of the area. Therefore, the Arabic states constantly try to invade and take over via Nationalism, however, Sadat had...
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...Lessons in Leadership from the Life of the Prophet Muhammad: Arabic Knowledge@Wharton ( http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/arabic/article.cfm?articleid=2540) Lessons in Leadership from the Life of the Prophet Muhammad Published October 05, 2010 in Arabic Knowledge@Wharton The Leadership of Muhammad is a new book by British management scholar John Adair that mines the life of the Prophet Muhammad to highlight his extraordinary qualities as a leader. According to Adair, success is a function of leadership, and his short work provides anyone interested in learning how to lead and motivate with a wealth of insight, according to this review by Muqtedar Khan, an associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware. Over the years, Muslim and non-Muslim historians have written many books about Prophet Muhammad as a leader, highlighting the divinely guided qualities of his personality as the final messenger of God, according to Islamic beliefs. But in the past century or so, a modernist, rationalist school of Islamic thought has emerged, which focuses on examining Prophet Muhammad as a charismatic leader as well as being the messenger of God. Developed by thinkers like Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and Shibli Nomani in India and Sheikh Muhammad Abduh and Rashid Rida in the Arab world, this school seeks to minimize the miraculous nature of the Prophet's biography to explore the rationalist and humanist dimensions of his personality. Their interpretations...
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...communities, which the central government was not capable to get to the bottom of or control. Nevertheless for about 15 years they did not express to large-scale interference on the part of the enormous powers of Europe. The most aggressive internal conflict of these years was fought in the Lebanon. The tough man of the region was the Emir Bashir II, who belonged to the miniature religious group of the people of Druzes 3, but he was converted to Christianity and he ruled the Lebanon from his stronghold in the Shuf Mountains for almost 50 years. He had associated his providence strongly to the Egyptian professional forces, and when the concluding they had to leave Syria, his position became unsustainable and he was discharged by his enemies in the heart of the Druze tribal commanders’. After his downfall in 1843, the Ottoman government introduced a cantonal system, whereby Lebanon north of the Beirut–Damascus thoroughfare was governed by a Christian kaymakam (governor), while the region to the south of the road was ruled by a Druze...
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...nature. Her tattoos have been one of the three things she admires most. The other two are quirks and kids. Angeline Jolie Tatoos have been talked by many in the back yard and in different TV shows as well. Angelina Jolie tattoos started all the way back in 1993 which stated “Death”. Since then, they have been coming thick and fast till they have become 13 in number. Every Angelina Jolie tattoo is having a story or some lesson to the general public. 2nd Angelina Jolie Tattoo was in Japanese language which means courage but was later removed by the sultry actress and was replaced by Arabic word which means “Power of Will”. Then she had roman “XIII” on her left arm to show that she is not a superstition but later this number has been changed to “XIII V MCMXL” which means 13 May, 1940 which is basically the date on which Winston Churchill gave his famous speech. This tattoo fully means “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat”. Few of the best known Angelina Jolie tattoos are “Know your rights” and a Buddhist prayer “May your enemies run far away from you. If you acquire riches, may they remain your’s always. Your beauty will be that of Apsara. Wherever you may go, many will attend, serve and protect you, surrounding you on all sides”. In 1999, in the presence of her mother she had a tattoo which states “A Prayer for the wild at...
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...Prophet Muhammad Muhammad was a man who was loved by over 1.2 billion Muslims. Others think that Muhammad was a violent warlord. He was the last Prophet of Islam and was the great founder of the religion of Islam. Muhammad was a humble man and had an unlimited amount of compassion and had a strong sense of justice, (www.beliefnet.com). Muhammad believes in keeping the five pillars to get you to go to heaven, (www.gotquestions.org). It also helps you have a responsible and good life, according to Islam. The five pillars are, Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, Sawm, and Hajj. All of them practically means to worship God daily, and help the state of Islam, (www.bbc.co.uk). Muhammad was born in the year (570) in the town of Mecca. Mecca is a city in Saudi...
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...Egypt: Secular State to Religious State Egypt has been well known throughout history for major significant monuments, but in the 1900’s Egypt was under the control of the British. They had one major leader (Nasser) in Egypt who helped Egypt declare their independence from Britain conquest. Gamal Abdel Nasser, who formed and established the Arab Socialist Union (ASU), was the second President of Egypt serving from 1956 until his death. He planned the 1952 overthrow of the monarchy, and was deputy prime minister in the new government. While Nasser was controlling the state of Egypt it was still a secular state, leaving the minority religions under somewhat stable state under the constitution of Egypt. Nasser kept the state secular such as having an one-party system which prevented religious groups like the Muslim Brotherhood from an opportunity to voice their political views. This made the Arab Socialist Union the sole party in parliament under the Nasser era. After the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970, there was a huge shift once Anwar Sadat seized control as being the secretary of the former Prime Minister Nasser. Anwar Sadat drafted a new constitution, which included the principles of Sharia into the Egyptian constitution. The state changed from being a secular state to becoming a religious state. Anwar Sadat abolished certain views of Nasser, which he did not agree with. He abolished the one party rule, which gave an opportunity to Islamic groups such as the Muslim...
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...Empire declined and eventually dissolved at the end of WWI. It shows that the internal problems of the Empire, such as its backward political and economic system, failed to compete with the increasing influence of the Western European countries, whose government was more efficient and more industrialized than the former, in the Middle East. The paper starts with a discussion of the contemporary situation in the Empire, and then deals with the problems that led to the conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the European powers over the Middle East during WWI. It finally analyzes how the defeat of the Ottomans and the increasing British and French dominance in the Middle East laid the ground for today's conflicts in the region between the Arabic states and the Jewish nation, which is supported by the West. Since 1600s the Ottoman Empire had controlled a large territory extended from Persian Gulf to Atlantic and from Hungary in the north to Egypt in the south. For about two hundred years, it enjoyed prosperity and power. By 1800s, many sultans became corrupted. They had more interests in running the empire through surrendering authority to their grand viziers. Their...
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...film that insults Islam as a religion by featuring Muhammad as a cynical character. This paper analyzes the film in terms of its audience and purpose. The paper takes the dimension of critiquing the ideas about Islam offered in the film since most of them are not founded on facts but rather on malice. The controversial film was uploaded on Youtube in 2012 as a trailer for a movie that was in its production. There were two versions of the videos one titled Muhammad Movie Trailer and the other The Real Life of Muhammad. The videos were dubbed in Islam’s common language: Arabic. This point leads us to know who the intended audience was. The film was intended to gain viewership in the Islam world as a way of criticizing their religion. It is also arguable that other religions such as the Jews and Christians would be subscribed to the video in huge numbers as it talks negatively about Islam which is supposedly an enemy to their religions. Actually, there were suspicions that the film could have been funded by the Jewish fraternity. Throughout the plot of the ‘trailer,’ the actors make inflammatory remarks about Muhammad while others defend him. Muhammad himself is presented as a bloody killer and thug, child molester, homosexual and a polygamous man who mishandles his wives, and is a child of unknown parentage. In his marriage, he is chased away by his wives by his wives who are aggrieved that he favors one of them instead of practicing equality in handling them. In his presentation...
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...AFGHANISTAN DONALD HITCHCOCK Soc 300 Soc of Developed Countries August 22, 2012 PROFESSOR: Dawn Mcclanahan ABSTRACT The afghan people have been subject to take over’s, turmoil, and cultural disruptions for many years. Afghanistan is a nation comprised eight different ethnic groups and was founded in 1747 by the Pashtu tribes. The local government went through a transformation in 2004 with the adoption of a new constitution and the election of a new president. Today the nation is in turmoil due to the rise of the Taliban, and with help of the United Nations they are still fighting the war on terrorism. The local economy in the nation is doing better, due to it being landlocked. They are highly dependent on foreign aid, due to much of the country being very poor, having poor medical coverage, and housing. AFGHANISTAN . The fall of the Taliban in 2001 has helped the people of Afghanistan. The local economy is very dependent of foreign trade due to the country being land locked. The religions of Afghanistan are predominantly Islamic, but a small percentage worships other religions. The global war has made times hard in Afghanistan, but with all the NATO help things are looking like they are turning around. The main religion in Afghanistan is Islam; however it hasn’t always been that way. The Islamic drive started in Afghanistan from 1880-1901 and was primarily started by Amir Abdur Rahman during his drive to centralize the laws of Islam in state building. This enhanced...
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...of the strongest acts that affect people, it can develop bonds as well as conflicts, and because different religions are practiced throughout the world such as Islam, Christianity, Judaism and many more its not surprising that their followers will have disagreements. And even though it might seem like those feelings are diminishing people still feel a sense of insecurity when it comes to this issue even if they tend to hide it or refuse to admit it. Religious segregation is pretty much still alive in many parts of the world, even in countries that claim the right of freedom of religion. It has led many people to be treated unfairly and wrongfully judged just because they are the minority who practice a religion which is different from the public orthodoxy. In modern day, Arabs and Muslims in exact suffer from being labeled as extremists or terrorists especially in Western cultures. five out of ten Americans believe Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence, despite the fact that seven out ten admit they know very little about Islam. And yet Americans rank Muslims second only to atheists as group that does not share their vision of American society (Ghazal, 2008). Intolerance and discrimination against Muslims, or if you like Islamophobia, is not a new phenomenon. There are historical, cultural/religious and psychological reasons behind it.....
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...The USA Patriot policy paper University of Phoenix The USA Patriot policy paper The Patriot policy developed, after the horrible events of 9/11 attacks. It was in power to ensure that Americans would never have to deal with a tragedy as such again happening, to our beloved society and citizens. That we will protect and secure from the United States enemies and will be better equip, to prevent threats and attacks that are foreign and domestic. A paper we will discuss our point, of view of the Patriot Act and the related legislation that deal with the following areas. Like the Societal implications of the USA PATRIOT law and similar legislation limiting daily behaviors. Next are the worries associated to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and beliefs as they identify with police agencies and security services. After that are the effect with technology and globalization and the balance of individual rights against public safety. Another is the influence of domestic and international terrorism about federal agencies also private security companies, and lastly is the conclusion. Societal implications of the USA PATRIOT Act and related legislation limiting daily behaviors For some of the citizens of the United States, the Patriot Act has no tangible impact on them. Although groups feel that, it could be harsh effects on constitutional rights. The theory of the patriot act can give the government more freedom to spy on citizens and use the argument within their case...
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...Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with reality, existence, knowledge, values,reason, mind, and language Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. In more casual speech, by extension, "philosophy" can refer to "the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group". The word "philosophy" comes from the Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia), which literally means "love of wisdom". The introduction of the terms "philosopher" and "philosophy" has been ascribed to the Greek thinker Pythagoras. The Main Branches of Philosophy are divided as to the nature of the questions asked in each area. The integrity of these divisions cannot be rigidly maintained, for one area overlaps into the others. A. Axiology: the study of value; the investigation of its nature, criteria, and metaphysical status. More often than not, the term "value theory" is used instead of "axiology" in contemporary discussions even though the term “theory of value” is used with respect to the value or price of goods and services in economics. Axiology is usually divided into two main parts. Ethics: the study of values in human behavior or the study of moral problems: e.g., (1) the rightness and wrongness of actions, (2) the kinds of things which are good or desirable, and (3) whether actions are blameworthy or praiseworthy. ...
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...elements including windowing and time stamps to manipulate time in a way that emphasizes the immediacy of these actions and alters time as if it were real-time in order to show how Middle Easterners are often “othered” in a post-9/11 world. After the President of the United States has learned of the impending terrorist attack that is to occur in Los Angeles later that day, he says to a colleague that “there is a terrorist with his finger on a trigger, and [they’ve] got to get him.” While he is giving this statement, the episode employs a windowing effect in which the president is speaking in the top half of the screen and a Middle Eastern man, named Reza Naiyeer, is presented on the bottom half while he is driving in a convertible and speaking Arabic on the phone. The use of windowing in this scene helps present time as compressed by placing these two separate events simultaneously in the same screen, thus leading the audience to believe that these two events are related and that the Middle Eastern man is a terrorist involved in the anticipated attack. The placement of the president on top of Reza in this compressed windowing effect also exemplifies a portrayal...
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...Investigating the Complementary Polysemy of the Noun ‘Destruction' in an English to Arabic Parallel Corpus Hammouda Salhi University of Carthage, Tunisia hammouda_s@hotmail.com Abstract: This article investigates a topic at the interface between translation studies, lexical semantics and corpus linguistics. Its general aim is to show how translation studies could profit from the work done in both lexical semantics and corpus linguistics in an attempt to help ‘endear’ linguists to translators (Malmkjær, 1998). The specific objective is to capture the semantic and pragmatic behavior of the noun ‘destruction’ from its different translations into Arabic. The data are taken from an English-Arabic parallel corpus collected from UN texts and their translations (hereafter EAPCOUNT). While it seems that ‘destruction’ is monosemous, it turns out, after exploring its occurrences, to be highly polysemous and shows a case of complementary polysemy, where a number of alternations can be captured. These findings are broadly in line with the results reached in recent developments in lexical semantics, and more particularly the Generative Lexicon (GL) theory developed by James Pustejovsky. Some concrete suggestions are made at the end on how to enhance the relation between linguists and translators and their mutual cooperation. Key words: Lexical semantics, corpus linguistics, translation studies, complementary polysemy, coercion, parallel corpora, lexical ambiguities ...
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