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Despite this perception by the general, western population, some westerners like Adelard of Bath did not think of the Arabs as dangerous; instead, he saw them as learned and went in search of the arab knowledge.... As most Westerners denounced the Muslims, an Englishman named Aderlard of Bath one of the early pioneers of the arab teachings who brought about the wonder of astronomy geometry astrology and other fields to the medieval West, looked at the Muslims differently, he left his home in search for education....
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(1000 words)
Essay
The strategic decision that was taken in order to make Emirates the center of commerce in the arab world resulted in a notable economic growth of Abu-Dhabi as a city.... The role of international institutions became very important in terms of coordinating the corporate efforts all over the world.... The needs of both the nations submerged and an alliance emerged that initiated global oil industry in the world.... However, the companies faced a challenge of finding crude oil while, developed nations had the needed technology and United arab Emirates had vast and unchartered oil fields....
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Research Paper
Al-Jazeera has revolutionized the arab media, forging an independent identity and maverick reputation that has attracted a colossal following throughout the Middle East and beyond.... 2
This relatively new phenomenon on the global media scene has transformed the perception of Arab news coverage by taking on tough, hard hitting reporting assignments with a young, fresh and professional staff of reporters.... With over 35 million regular viewers in 22 arab countries and some 10 million subscribers outside, it has one of the largest audience bases ever....
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Case Study
There are opinions that globalisation in a way helped the arab world to unite further.... It must be agreed that till recently with the closed laws of property and citizenship, the arab countries had an uninterrupted flow of their own culture, unmixed with and undaunted by other cultures.... Finally it is necessary to know how Lebanon is fairing under globalisation and media explosion because Lebanon is in a unique position as it is caught in the political upheaval for a long time, a struggle for supremacy with Israel, a difficult problem of maintaining and working with Hezbollah, and at the same time, trying to contain the terrorist and militant fractions of the society....
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Essay
Rifa'a Rafi' al-Tahtawis An Imam in Paris is one such document which is considered to be a comprehensive record of European society observed and narrated by an Arab.... Muhammad Alis mission was to assimilate the knowledge fields, language, logic and arithmetic of the West to the East (particularly Egypt) to better comprehend European society.... As a lt, the existence of such evidences is considered a rarity and must be evaluated for its authenticity, credibility, and basis for furthering assimilation knowledge....
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Essay
However, it is only through the Islamic conquest outside of the arab peninsula that the ultimate challenge of consolidating Islam as an irrevocable religion and complete theology text was achieved (Bamyeh, 261).... Thus, although the Quran and the changing economic lifestyle can be credited with achieving the full transformation of the pre-Islamic Arabian culture into a consolidate Islamic way of life, the pre-Islamic poetry had long suggested of a society that was already in transition, and which simply required a force that would drive the process of transition, owing to the fact that the pre-Islamic culture of Arabs was so disconnected and disjointed, that it could pave way for any meaningful transformation (Bamyeh, 97)....
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Book Report/Review
For this purpose, they followed already established categorization of people in large abstract classes based on the color of their skin, but Orientalism formalized the whole process and transformed it into objective knowledge.... The paper also recommends everyone to watch this movie to better understand the conflicting world and media representation....
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Term Paper
This research is a detailed investigation of how the culture of Middle Eastern society influences visual communication in the arab world.... The early society developed many crafts during successive civilisations.... The design process can be defined as a method of thinking creatively and strategically.... hellip; This philosophy can be applied across different creative fields and cultures, transcending the background of designers....
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Research Paper