over-consumption of energy, different kinds of pollution, over-construction, which are incurring serious climate change and global warming. The replacement on the Millenium Development Goals to 17 sustainable development goals also alerted people to concern about how to make a better environment in a sustainable way under a high density urban city, where there are constructions contributed to this community. Especially in hotel industry, a surge of travelers leaded to the increase of hotel, which required…

religion, attitude, social habits, music, dance and more. Dance differs from country to country although a dance could be practiced in other countries. In the Middle Eastern part of the world, they have a famous type of dance called the “Belly Dance”. The Middle Eastern dance is an umbrella term that consists of all dances of the Middle East and its neighboring areas from both the past and present. However it’s also a term usually used to refer to Raqs Sharqi or “belly dance” and its various styles…

Ethnicity 1 I believe they, the Middle Eastern people and Asians were already being stigmatized way before 9/11, especially the Asians during WW II, and it took them 20 years later to repeal the two laws which allowed for imprisonment of people, deemed to be in collaboration with foreign enemies and the second which was the Executive Order 9066, that used the presidential power of the Chief Executive Officer to order the wartime imprisonment…

Sustainable building Introduction As concerns of climate change and global warming rises, reducing the impact on environment and human health have became the priorities to consider before the construction of buildings. Therefore, the concept of sustainable building (also known as green building, green construction)was brought up, aiming to create structures which is environmentally responsible and source-efficient during its lifespan. [1] Compared to conventional buildings, sustainable buildings…

parts of the Middle East are unstable politically, socially and economically due to several factors such as internal conflicts (civil wars, wars between Middle Eastern countries, etc.), external conflicts (wars between Middle Eastern countries and countries that are outside of the Middle East), Islamic extremist groups such as the Taliban, and Islamic extremist groups that cause global terror such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Each of these factors can be linked to the instability in the Middle East as they…

Tradition and heritage culture has been and remains prevalent throughout the Middle East. Two of those traditions or heritage cultures includes kinship and tribal affiliation. The two go hand and hand and is seen throughout a wide spread of the modern Middle East. As Americans, or any allies of the Middle East, it is important to understand the tribal system in order to interact with the Middle East. The purpose tribes serve in the modern Middle East is protection. This protection comes in many forms…

Centuries of cultural development, the establishment of Islam as the dominant religion in the region, conquest and expansion across the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa all played pivotal roles in the creation of a Middle Eastern identity, but what truly defined nation states as we know them today were individuals: political and religious leaders who acted through or even overthrew institutions to further their dreams for their people and the region. Gamal Abdel Nasser, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,…

Over five years ago, the middle-eastern country of Syria was plunged into the worst civil war of its history, culminating in large scale death and destruction nationwide. As at October 2015 the devastating death toll of the war exceeded half a million people, over 100,000 of those being civilians. Approximately 18 million people still live in the war torn country, with over 7 million of those people being internally displaced, meaning they have been forced to leave their homes (Gardner, 2016). Now…

Middle Eastern Borders The part of the Middle East being discussed involves the following: Iraq, Transjordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. All of which were directly impacted by the borders which were set up by European countries in the early 20th century. The borders had benefits of course, but they also brought with them quite a few problems. While the Middle Eastern borders are important to dividing that part of the world into different countries, the borders seem to have brought with them…

American Middle Eastern Minority One of the least known minority groups in the United States is the Middle Eastern minority. Although the place of Middle Easterners became the forefront of public discussions recently, especially with relation to Islam and terrorism after 9/11, Middle Easterners in the United States have a long history. They have become part of the American society, and many second- and third generation Americans with Middle Eastern background have become publicly recognizable…