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The question of whether “Midaq Alley” qualifies as an “Arab” novel and how this affects its impact on a global audience is worth examining. Naguib Mahfouz’s literary work delves into Arab culture by portraying a range of characters inhabiting the alley, each individual serving as a metaphor for varied beliefs and ambitions. Furthermore, Mahfouz’s characters…

The Aztecs were an American Indian civilization that ruled over a powerful empire in Mexico from the 1400’s to the 1500’s. They had a highly advanced society in the Americas and constructed cities on a massive scale comparable to those found in Europe during that era. Additionally, their religion encompassed the remarkable custom of human…

Rudyard Kipling was a great poet and also a great author. He contributed much in the world of literature. One of his poems was called “Gunga Din”, and I personally enjoyed it. Warfare has always fascinated me, and the setting for this poem was in a battle scene. Well, Gunga Din is actually a character,…

Its fundamental teaching is that the Buddha who, through his enlightenment, showed the way out of the wheel Of rebirth or conditioned reality created by inorganic and attachment; its fundamental sociological expression is the samara, or order of monks in the succession of the Buddha disciples. The Buddha, among the first of the great religious…

The Position From the Bottom Rail is a papers covering with the ways in which historiographers have tried to retrieve the freshly freed slaves ’ feelings and point of position after the Civil War. In about every manner, it is impossible to find what the slaves truly thought and felt about bondage and their Masterss…

Christianization of Rome In the third and the fourth century, the course of becoming a follower of the Christian faith was thorny and a complex one. But something was appealing enough that motivated and encouraged people to take dire measures and become a Christian and motivated the pagan Constantine to change not only the course…

Recent Study Shows That the Bible Is WrongThe Christian Bible says the words of God and states that God is omnipotent and cannot lie. If you think about that statement you realize that if God is omnipotent then he should have the power to lie. The error could not be corrected by any additions made…

Its no wonder why Tupac Shakur – aka 2Pac sounds so irritated and/or hungry in his second studio album Strictly 4 My N.***.A.Z… released on February 13 1993. The 22-year- old former drug dealer had problems of his own with the law. During the early 90’s Tupac Shakur had been accused of various lawsuits including…

In the play Othello by William Shakespeare, one of the most important characters of the play is Othello’s lieutenant, Michael Cassio. The protagonist, Cassio, is important to the plot because of the role he plays in Iago’s devious plan towards the other characters in the book. Cassio plays a critical role in the play because…

George Orwell’s “1984” is not merely a chilling dystopian narrative of totalitarianism; it is a rich tapestry woven with numerous symbols that enhance its depth and dimension. These symbols serve to amplify the novel’s central themes, drawing readers into the bleak reality of Oceania and illustrating the dangers of unchecked power and the erasure of…