Social Norms In Iraq

However, through their constant interaction, both sides began to recognize some benefits each culture possessed. It takes time when you are immersed in a particular community to understand the cultural ethos and eventually the community as a whole. Through Elizabeth Fernea’s ethnography on Iraq’s El Nahra village, we learn that all cultures have unique and equally important aspects. In El Nahra, for example, the cultural ethos is family honor. The actions of the community are based on the solid family bonds that exist throughout. However, individualism drives the majority of America. Our actions seem to be a direct result of the cultural ethos. In this, lied much of the uncertainty between Bob, BJ and the El Nahran people. In America, we spend a great deal of the time away from home and our families and completing tasks that will further the success of the individual. Generally, Americans are willing to sacrifice a lot of their family solidity for individual success. A sacrifice of this magnitude would be unheard of in a community such as El Nahra. Their relationships, both marriage and friendship are based on their family, and no one seems to know any other lifestyle. Marriages in El Nahra were, for the large majority, predetermined. This tradition in America would be strongly questioned and completely disregarded, based on the cultural ethos of individualism. Americans put a large emphasis on

"You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo."

You are Fatima, a middle-aged, middle-class woman in El Nahra, Iraq in 1954. You have met an American woman for the first time in your life, and have come to know her pretty well. But you just cannot understand how she can be happy living according to the American customs she has described to you. Construct Fatima’s argument for why the customs of Iraq, especially as they relate to gender roles and gender relationships, are vastly superior to those of the United States.

The Vietnam War was the critical conflict that altered our “post modern” societal view of what war is really about. Tim O’Brien shows the brutal reality of war to our “post modern” society without adding the propaganda and fluff that our society has come to accept. In our trying times today, Operation Iraqi freedom has supposedly come to an end. With the amounts of embedded reporting, our society has been able to see battles as they occur. The news ran non stop coverage on the war, where T.V. audiences were enthralled with scenes of battle. These broadcasts did not accurately depict the American casualties. The only live broadcasts were images of U.S. soldiers were taking out objectives with little resistance from Iraqi forces.

Iraq is a different world than where we live in North America. Canadian values and culture of North America are vastly different from those of the Middle Eastern country that is the subject of an-article by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam titled Abu Gharib and Insaniyat. Following the terrorist attacks in New York in 2001 the differences between these two cultures seemed immense. The stories and images that were beamed into our houses by television and other media were unreal to our eyes. From our perspective we feel fortunate to live in a different place and wonder how the world got to a point where things can be so different in two places,

It is noted that every Middle Eastern Country are publicly fascinated of the Dabke dance. Each of the Middle Eastern nation claims they are the best at dancing Dabke. They also claim to have to have invented the dance (Hussein, 2016). However, there is the truth and reality behind the dance. Dabke is also referred to as Dabka or even Dabkeh. It is those names that the Middle Eastern people refer to the actual dance that is normally used by different dialect. The dance is universal irrespective of someone’s roots and cultural background. Whether one comes from Iraq, Lebanon, or even Palestine, the dance is still the same. The term Dabka basically means the act of stomping (Haugbolle, 2010). The dance found its inception back in the early 1990s before the segmentation of the Middle East took place. The Middle East was segmented through the colonization process. The colonies were either the French or the British. The Middle East was a single peaceful land that had a common Dabke art. The Dabke art was widely used in celebrations, joyful events, at the weddings, at the graduation, and also in birthdays. Therefore, Dabke was well known to be a tradition that was shared. Meaning the tradition was not owned by anybody and it originated in the Middle East intended for everyone to celebrate.

One of the arguments that you will hear frequently these days, is the insistence that the war in Iraq is this generation’s Vietnam. For the number of times that I have heard the correlation drawn I have never really taken the time to delve deeper into the conflicts and see what similarities and correlations may or may not exist. Both conflicts have drastically different starts and for drastically different reasons, but is there a greater underlying relationship between the two conflicts? It will be my aim in the paper to evaluate the conflict in Vietnam, and draw correlations to the present day political and social climate surrounding the war in Iraq; the decision on if the wars really are connected through the decades will rest with you.

How was life in Iraq and how is it in the United States. I am writing about this topic because it´s important to me. I came from a place that is different from where live today. And also where I was born. Life there was different then here by the streets. The environment there was different. The people all talked the same language. Here in the united states most people don't talk the same language. Everyone knew each other in the neighborhood. All parents trusted their kids with their neighbors if they were gone for hours. Its different then here. In Iraq all the neighbors would give each other food or feast together. If someone had a problem with their house or with their life. They would all help out each other and through no matter

On these days 3 years ago, IS' followers attacked the Yazidi's towns. They kidnapped, raped, and killed the innocent people who were living there. As well, they confiscated the houses of the Yazidis, which later became rubble.

Oh, that's great Matt!. Our last camping and canoeing were amazing and unforgotten. Yes, we do have some rivers and lakes near by. However, people don't canoe; it's not common here. In southern Iraq, there is marshes and all people living their have boats and using them in normal life i.e. in transporting, fishing,

The primary influences accountable for the actions executed by Saddam Hussein throughout his term consist of the harsh and abusive nature of his childhood which, when explored in detail, evidently show that had there been the absence of his stepfather, Saddam’s antagonistic outlook would not exist. Kairallah Tulfah, Saddam’s maternal uncle had a severe political impact on Hussein due to his support of Arab-Nationalism, Ba’athism and Nazi-Germany. Kairallah Tulfah’s influence is also integrated throughout the idea regarding Saddam Hussein’s uprising as a political figure as being a significant influence due to the resilience, determination and support that was developed throughout this time. Finally, the weaponry-aid that was provided by the

In order to fully interpret the nation of Iraq’s holistic condition during and after the Saddam Era, Social, Political, and Economic factors must be weighed accordingly and in contrast to each other. In order to do this, the span of years leading up to 1989, and

In recent years, the Iraqi nation has endured a crisis that will forever remain in the hearts and minds of the Middle Eastern culture. However, the outcomes of the War on Iraq will not change the long-lasting and passionate traditions and memories that have been held in the country for decades. One major event that happened in Iraq’s history is that on October 3, 1932 Iraq was established as an independent nation. Iraq has always been a country in which respect and generosity have been highly valued and play an important cultural role in everyday life. Additionally, approximately ninety-five percent of Iraqis are Muslim, and therefore Islam is the official religion of this nation (Gutierrez 1). Furthermore, Iraq is a

The early 20th century saw major changes in Arabic societies, which initiated a new cultural order that changed the lives of men and women alike. The sweeping changes associated with this period were catalyzed by a massive immigration from the countryside into the rapidly expanding urban centers of the region. There exist a variety of contributing factors to this migration: systems of land inheritance that fragmented land into smaller parcels (decreasing an already declining income per capita); the world-wide economic crisis of the 1930s that further crippled the income of farmers, and the disappearance of sustainable jobs. As a result, millions of rural dwelling peoples flocked to the cities where the prospect of employment was most probable. The population of cities such as Cairo grew at an even faster rate than that of the country itself, surging from 800,000 to 1,300,000 between 1917 and 1937 ( Hourani 335). This rapid increase led to a change in the layout of the cities, forming a variety of different, class-dividing quarters. Furthermore, the inter-mingling of a variety of different cultures and nationalities in these major urban centers stimulated the formation of a new era of social norms, especially in Muslim societies.

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