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    Arab Culture and MTV

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    Western cultural influence as decadent and divisive. From a sociological point of view, the sharing of cultures as society becomes more global can only bring people closer together, binding them in the commonalities of music, dance, and the arts (The Arab World, 2007). However, history has shown that while the Arabian culture has a large number of youths who desire more openness and contact with the west, Arabian culture itself is known for reacting negatively to anything controversial. This is primarily

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    The United Arab Emirates.

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    Abstract The United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates also known as the Emirates or the UAE, is a country located in the southeast end of Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing sea borders with Qatar and Iran. The United Arab Emirates was establish in 1971, and it is a federation of seven emirates; which include Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.

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    The United Arab Emirates

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    extreme example of this would be the city of Dubai, which is part of one of the seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates. Dubai is one of the most impressive and wealthiest cities in the world and is well known for the luxurious lifestyle, extremely modernized architecture, and can be viewed as the epitome of a Westernized society. However, the land of the United Arab Emirates is sandy and barren, and not capable of being used for agricultural purposes, there is no major fresh water supply

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    Arab Americans have been targets of discrimination long before the 9/11 event happened. If they are immigrants in America, they are seen as bombers or terrorists. And if they are American citizens, they are seen as spies. The way Arabs are portrayed in Hollywood movies have been reflected in the way the government and society as a whole view them. And the way Americans show their discrimination is by rejecting or denying Arabs in all aspects of society which makes it harder for them to succeed. Overall

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    According to the data from the Arab Social Media Report 2011 by Mourtada and Salem, the amount social media usage increased immensely during the Arab Spring period from January 1 to March 30. The number of Facebook users in the Arab nations had almost doubled, up from 14,791,972 (as of April 2010) to 27,711,503 (as of April 2011) (Mourtada and Salem 9). Similarly, in the first three months of 2011, the number of tweets increased from 55 million to 155 million a day (Mourtada and Salem 15). This increase

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    Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, is planning a new megaproject, The Mall of the World. This project will be located in Al Sufouh, Dubai, which is one of the seven emirates that compose the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates is located in the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It also extends part of the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf on its southern coast. This positioned the country to have bordering countries such as Saudi Arabia

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    United Arab Emirates

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    The gulf country that I chose as my analysis topic is UAE (United Arab Emirates). In this essay I have mentioned touch languages, religions, life style, economy and political factors. The population of UAE was 9.27 million in 2016, with the GDP of 3.847 billion USD, these statistics show that United Arab Emirates is a developed and economically strong country situated in Middle East. United Arab Emirates (UAE) could be a country on the Arabian Peninsula set on the southeastern coast of the Persian

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    The Arab Spring Revolution is a Failure

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    The Arab Spring Revolution is a Failure “Arab spring mishap leads to sharp increase of oil smuggling”, “Syrian revolution starts experiencing causalities”, “Overthrown Egyptian government a downright failure”, “Tunisia on the verge of economic collapse post being struck by the Arab spring revolution”, “Bombing in Libya kills 20 in the proximity of a ration distribution unit”. These were the kind of news headlines the modern world was bombarded with when the riots in the Middle East were instigated

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    On December 18, 2010, a revolution in Tunisia initiated a rise in rebellion across the Arab world. Egypt, Lybia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, and Syria arose in revolutionary demonstrations, riots, protests (violent and non-violent), and in some civil wars. Syria had the most ruinous ramification. In fear of his regime being overthrown the president of Syria Bashar al-Assad initiated fire in a nonviolent protest in attempts to restore order. His retaliation only inculcated more anger in

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    Arab Representation in the Media vs. the Internet The Arab culture is one that traces far into religious and cultural roots. Family is considered the most influential, supportive, and important aspect in Arabic life. The value held on religion has had such a grave effect that even laws have been established following various religious guidelines. Basically, the Arab culture is not what most have come to understand. Stereotypes perpetuated by the media and press have had more subtle effects

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