Muhammad
Essays

This paper discusses the depiction of Nationalism in Yakup Kadri Karaosmano?lu's novel Yaban. It describes the historical context surrounding the main character, Ahmet Selal's, settlement in the Anatolian village. It then analyzes Selal, an urban intellectual, as an agent of Turkish nation-building efforts in rural Anatolia. It analyzes his attempts to convert villagers through the Nationalist rhetoric of "liberation", "development", and "enlightenment", none of which the villagers responded to.

"Everytime I think I have forgotten, / I think I have lost the mother tongue, / it blossoms out of my mouth. / Days I try to think English: / I look up, / paylo kallo kagdo / oodto jai, huhvay jzaday pohchay / ainee…

The Middle East is a geographical region in Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa (Sluglett 2008). It consists of the countries of Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,…

Few people have impacted the history of their country in such a profound way as Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia. He was a larger than life figure who organized the Communist Party in Yugoslavia; was in the forefront of…

Project Title: Development of Health Management Systems in Saudi Arabia

Religion is a very important part of any society. Within the context of many religious groups, gender plays a major role in determining how individuals are treated and their position in society.

The purpose of this paper is to discuss Egypt as a democratic country and analyze the strength of their democracy in light of the recent boycotts done by opposition parties. A democracy is defined by the American…

Varying Conceptions of Female Genital Cutting

The story of Abraham in the Bible shares similarities and differences with the story of Abraham in the Koran. In the Bible, Abraham is quite clearly defined as one who resigned himself to a particular religion -- Judaism.

Generally, the roots of radical Islamism can be traced back almost two millennia, to the original conflict between the two principal Muslim sects, those who would later become the Sunni and the Shi 'a Muslim, over the…