Sentences with phrase «middle eastern history»

Teaching Assistant (1996 — 1997) Modern Middle Eastern History • Collaborated with Professor Yitzhak Nakash who specializes in the Arab Shiites of Iraq.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS Literature Degree — Middle Eastern History and Politics — 1990 University of Damascus, Damascus • Syria

Perhaps it's his military background — Dyer has served in the Naval reserve, not only of his native Canada, but also of the U.S. and the U.K. — or perhaps it's his academic training — he holds a PhD in Military and Middle Eastern History from King's College, London — but he is not averse to speaking unpalatable truths.

As the title of the exhibition suggests Jones is not unaffected by being alive in one of the most turbulent periods in European and Middle Eastern history and the precarious state of the world today.

Middle Eastern History: History of the Middle East: Holy Wars & Holy Cities - Sumerians to the Ottoman Empire and Todays Nation States: Israel, Iran, Iraq... East History, Quran, Islam, Saladin B

Changing demographics and global citizenship necessitate a better understanding of Middle Eastern history, culture, and literature.

For audience members whose knowledge of modern Middle Eastern history could stand some brushing up, the first act's portrait of Satrapi's early family life will contain a number of revelations.

Heba Al - Adawy recently completed an MPhil in Middle Eastern History and Politics at Oxford University.

Jason Pack is a researcher of Middle Eastern History at Cambridge University, author of In War's Wake: The Struggle for Post-Qadhafi Libya, and President of Libya - Analysis.

Mr. Pack is a researcher of Middle Eastern History at the University of Cambridge.

Ayman S. Ibrahim is postdoctoral fellow of Middle Eastern history at Haifa University and assistant professor of Islamic studies and senior fellow for the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Ayman S. Ibrahim is postdoctoral candidate in Middle Eastern history at Haifa University and assistant professor of Islamic studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

What is even more disturbing is Peters's deep and thoroughgoing misrepresentation of Middle Eastern history, particularly regarding the dhimmi status of Jews in Arab lands.

He is the Senior Fellow for the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam, and a Post-Doctoral candidate of Middle Eastern History at Haifa University.

Peters, an erudite scholar of Middle Eastern history and religion at New York University, explores the ways adherents think, how they talk about and worship God, how

-- Ayman S. Ibrahim, a post-doctoral fellow of Middle Eastern History, holds a Ph.D. from Fuller Graduate Schools, California.

Kenneth Bailey, research professor of the New Testament and scholar of Middle Eastern history and culture, uses the term «chiasm» to describe the repetitive kind of structure used in this passage.

I have studied American history, and European history, African History, and Middle Eastern history, which leads me to believe that you have no idea what you are talking about.

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The Bible (OT) is a book which includes * some * history of primitive Hebrew culture, and * some * good advice for practical, beneficial human behavior, but mostly it is a compilation of ancient Middle Eastern historical fiction, myth, legend, superst.ition and fantasy.

Buddhism (in its true form) provides a guide to the elimination of suffering, not deity worship; in fact never talks about God or gods in the sense the west does... FYI Buddha was born 630 years before Jesus, and it is proven that Buddhism traveled from eastern India all the way to Syria and the Middle East via the Silk Road... i am quite sure Jesus had heard some of his teachings... some of the things that Jesus says are a direct reflection of the eightfold path from buddhism... Jesus was the greatest salesman of all time... sold the most books in history... he really honestly does nt deserve worship but an Academy Award

This book is a collection of selected Middle Eastern folk histories eventually written down by people who lived well after the time of Jesus, and has been selectively edited since that time.

Terrorists reactively point to our corruption, our debauchery, our history of exploitive meddling in Middle Eastern affairs and their vision of a civilization under their distorted understanding of divine law, to say, «Of course, God is on our side.»

On the other hand, Middle - eastern history is around 6,000 years old.

Your old stories are the fantasy tales of ancient Middle Eastern men - creative guys, with perhaps a smidgeon of facts about their tribe's history and a few beneficial morality tales, but mainly myth, fantasy and supersit.ion.

As we judge the Middle Eastern Islamists, we moderns often forget the bloody history of European * christianity.

The Bible is a book which includes * some * history of primitive Hebrew culture, and * some * good advice for practical, beneficial human behavior, but a great deal of it is a compilation of ancient Middle Eastern historical fiction, myth, legend, superst.ition and fantasy.

The Bible is a book which includes * some * history of primitive Hebrew culture, and * some * good advice for practical, beneficial human behavior, but mostly it is a compilation of ancient Middle Eastern historical fiction, myth, legend, superst.ition and fantasy.

The Bible is a book which includes * some * history of primitive Hebrew culture, and * some * good, practical, advice for beneficial human behavior (advice which can be gleaned in other places and by other means, btw); but mostly it is a compilation of ancient Middle Eastern historical fiction, myth, legend, superst.ition and fantasy.

Yet in our society, even among the educated, familiarity with the medieval history of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East is patchy at best.

European empires were history, the Israeli - Arab conflict had intensified, and more and more oil money was flowing to strongly Muslim Middle Eastern states.

The bits of verified Middle Eastern Hebrew history and some basic morality tales are the skivvies.

There is a purge of Christians in the Middle east over the last 10 years unlike any other time in the 2000 year history of Middle Eastern Christianity, coinciding with the Iraq war and the «Arab Spring.»

The social sciences also offer an interesting variety of subjects, such as «Natural Man and Ideal Man in Western Thought» and «Freedom and Authority in the Modern World» in the elementary courses, and «History of Far Eastern Civilization,» «Introduction to the Civilization of India,» and «Introduction to the Civilization of the Middle East» in the secondary group.

In geographic history it antedates the Louisiana Purchase, and demographically it was seriously challenged by the Celtic immigration near the middle of the nineteenth century, not to mention the arrival of millions from Southern and Eastern Europe at the close of the century.

Jason Pack is a researcher of Middle Eastern and World History based between the USA and the UK.

Written in a lush, lyrical style reminiscent of The God of Small Things, infused with the flavors and scents of Middle Eastern food, and spiced with history and fable, Crescent is a sensuous love story and a gripping tale of risk and commitment.

We seek excellence in our chosen subjects across our books and journals programmes: Classics & Ancient History • Film, Media & Cultural Studies • History • Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies • Language & Linguistics • Law • Literary Studies • Philosophy • Politics • Scottish Studies

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To understand how this transformation occurred, take a brief trip back into the history of the Middle East, where it all began.Go back to the origins of humankind, where two rivers formed the Fertile Crescent and civilization sprouted.Watch the Abrahamic Religions bud in the Levant along the eastern Mediterranean Sea and develop into Judaism and Christianity.Witness the steady march of empires hold sway over Middle Eastern trade, resources, religion and culture for millennia.Visit the sacred cities whose connections to holy people and events sparked bitter conflict.Start your study of the birthplace of human civilization today with History of the Middle East: Melting Pot - Holy Wars & Holy Cities - From the Sumerians to the Ottoman Empire and Today's Nation States: Israel, Iran, Iraq and Egypt - Shaping the Near East History.Scroll up to get your cohistory of the Middle East, where it all began.Go back to the origins of humankind, where two rivers formed the Fertile Crescent and civilization sprouted.Watch the Abrahamic Religions bud in the Levant along the eastern Mediterranean Sea and develop into Judaism and Christianity.Witness the steady march of empires hold sway over Middle Eastern trade, resources, religion and culture for millennia.Visit the sacred cities whose connections to holy people and events sparked bitter conflict.Start your study of the birthplace of human civilization today with History of the Middle East: Melting Pot - Holy Wars & Holy Cities - From the Sumerians to the Ottoman Empire and Today's Nation States: Israel, Iran, Iraq and Egypt - Shaping the Near East History.Scroll up to get your coeastern Mediterranean Sea and develop into Judaism and Christianity.Witness the steady march of empires hold sway over Middle Eastern trade, resources, religion and culture for millennia.Visit the sacred cities whose connections to holy people and events sparked bitter conflict.Start your study of the birthplace of human civilization today with History of the Middle East: Melting Pot - Holy Wars & Holy Cities - From the Sumerians to the Ottoman Empire and Today's Nation States: Israel, Iran, Iraq and Egypt - Shaping the Near East History.Scroll up to get your coEastern trade, resources, religion and culture for millennia.Visit the sacred cities whose connections to holy people and events sparked bitter conflict.Start your study of the birthplace of human civilization today with History of the Middle East: Melting Pot - Holy Wars & Holy Cities - From the Sumerians to the Ottoman Empire and Today's Nation States: Israel, Iran, Iraq and Egypt - Shaping the Near East History.Scroll up to get your coHistory of the Middle East: Melting Pot - Holy Wars & Holy Cities - From the Sumerians to the Ottoman Empire and Today's Nation States: Israel, Iran, Iraq and Egypt - Shaping the Near East History.Scroll up to get your coHistory.Scroll up to get your copy now.

Throw into the mix some beguiling history, eclectic architecture and a vibrant nightlife scene, and it is not surprising why Israel's second largest city is fast emerging as the party capital of the Middle Eastern region, and a popular a weekend getaway for young and restless Europeans.

As a key part of Kempinski's Middle Eastern growth strategy, the Kempinski Hotel Muscat, which blend the brand's European history with Omani traditions and hospitality, has opened its doors.

But after we walked of stage I realized that, in many ways, this was a momentous occasion in one more way: a Dutch - Egyptian developer handed out the Grand Prize of a major games event to an Iranian - Canadian developer, for the creation of a game about the history of a Middle - Eastern country.

«History of the Bible» features a TV bro in safari gear tearing across Middle Eastern landscapes in a jeep in both documentary TV and pneumatic jeep simulator formats.

Numerous artists have devoted their work to understanding the representational systems that inform identity and history in their respective cultures, from William Kentridge's poetic animated films on the ravages of apartheid to Michal Rovner's abstracted photographs and videos of Middle Eastern countries with contested borders.

Hayv Kahraman's work grapples with the marginal spaces between Western and Middle Eastern culture, aesthetics, and concepts of gender through her personal history as an Iraqi émigré.

Video and audio guides will be available of interviews and discussions with Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and Peter J Chelkowski, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University, taking the two paintings by Mousavi as a point of departure to discuss issues of history, context and politics.

Launching alongside Allahyari's one year research residency at Eyebeam, the show explores «forgotten, misrepresented, and suppressed histories and narratives» in «dark goddesses, monstrous, and djinn female figures of Middle - Eastern origin».

Finlay's poetic work with its focus on the language and beauty of the letter is particularly relevant to our region, where the tradition of calligraphy and the rich history of the written word are integral to Middle Eastern artistic canons.

Kheirkhah's multi - disciplinary art practice and her specific focus on decentralising the generalising cultural forms of categorization, explores the representations of the so called «Middle Eastern» female identities through a practice which is generated by the interplay of history, politics, media and visual arts within contemporary Western visual culture.

This spring, the Guggenheim is pleased to welcome the following participating artists in the series: Mohammed Kazem (b. 1969, United Arab Emirates) Tuesday, February 26 Zarina (b. 1937, India) Friday, March 1 Danh Vo (b. 1975, Vietnam) Tuesday, March 19 Mohammed Kazem and Reem Fadda Tuesday, February 26, 6:30 pm Watch the live webcast on ustream.tv / Guggenheim RSVP and see local viewing times on Facebook Reem Fadda, Associate Curator, Middle Eastern Art, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project, and recently appointed curator for the National Pavilion of the United Arab Emirates at the Venice Biennale, presents «The Contemporary History of the UAE Art Scene.»