Umm Kulthum

1. How is the history of European and Arabic cultural contact reveal through musical characteristics in places such as Spain and Bulgaria?

Egypt was born in 1903 and raised near Clarksville in northeast rural Texas (Ward, 2011). She lived with her parents and older half sister, Sudie, for the first five years of her life. Egypt’s father was a teacher who valued education and emphasized the importance of reading, writing, and oral presentation to his children. When Egypt was five years old, her mother died. After this tragic event, Egypt and Sudie were sent to live on a farm with their maternal grandparents because their father felt incapable of raising two daughters alone. Egypt’s

Rights movement. She was willing to go the distance to get the equal rights she felt was owed to

“All of us were working for so many movements at that time. Everyone was involved with the women's movement, the peace movement, the civil-rights movement. We were all radicals. I believe that's what brought it around,” she later told Workers World Service. “You get tired of being just pushed around.”

courage they were. The women were willing to do anything for them to be heard and make a

She was arrested for attempting to vote but her persistence lead to a huge change in women’s history.

Anthony believed in women’s rights especially equal education and suffrage. In her childhood, she participated in anti-slavery marches because her parents were Quakers. Later, she participated in marches for temperance based on her beliefs as a Quaker. Susan B. Anthony’s interest in equality for women started when she taught at multiple schools including Canajoharie Academy. She spoke out at many conferences including the State Teachers Convention for coeducation of girls and boys claiming that their minds were no different from each other (National Susan B. Anthony House). She started a newspaper The Revolution with Elizabeth Cady Stanton who also was an active protester for women’s rights. The Revolution was an influential newspaper at the time, it was the “official voice of the National Women Suffrage Association” (The Revolution). Susan B. Anthony traveled the country delivering speeches to persuade people to stand up for women’s rights. Susan B. Anthony is well known for her active protests, speeches, and articles for women’s

Ilhan Omar was born in Somalia in 1982, she is the youngest of the seven siblings and grew up in an upper middle class

It wasn 't until 1851 where she took up the cause to participate into the women 's rights division. Up until that time she was devoted to temperance movement (daughter of temperance "focusing on the dangers of alcohol until the male members of the movement would not allow her to speak because she was a woman. Her eyes opened to realize that woman had to win the right to speak in public and the right to vote before they achieved anything else. In 1851 Susan B Anthony was introduced to Elizabeth Stanton and they both made a great team working together. Together they edited and published a woman 's newspaper called the Revolution from the time of 1868 to 1870. In 1869, Anthony and Stanton formed the National Woman Suffrage Association and they traveled all over the country promoting woman 's rights.

If you want to know what her name is her name is queen Tiye. She is married to Amenhotep III and she had 8 kids and their name are Akhenaten, Tuthmose, Sitamun, Henut-taneb, Isis, Nebet-iah, and Baketaten. Queen Tiye mother and father names are used to be queen Yuya and king Tuya but they past away. Then we queen Tyie was gave birth to her kids then i think either 2 or 3 year ago one of her son died. She was a queen of Egypt of the 18th dynasty. She had exerted an enormous and a big influence of her dear husband and her son. Queen tiye believed in a formal traditional polytheistic in her own religion in Egypt. So she really wanted to do something about it. After she completed her mission of what she was doing. She died in her early sixites

Muhammad was born in the year 570 A.D. in the city of Mecca, located now in what is known as Saudi Arabia. His father, Abdullah died before he was born and his mother, Amina passed away when Muhammad was around five or six years old. He was then brought up by his grandfather, ‘Abdul-Muttalib, who treated him with the utmost love. Two years passed before his grandfather also passed away and Muhammad was left in the care of his uncle, Abu Talib and his wife, Fatima. They treated him just as well if not better than their own children. The love they had for the young boy was matched by no one.

Just as it was a crucial time for America in terms of politics and social issues, it was just as big for the music industry. People expressed their social opinions and political beliefs in a way that was the most true to them. Music was, and still is, a worldwide phenomenon for it has been able to take the shape of justice and to mold the minds of it’s listeners. Artists at the time had extreme social and political influence and used their defined stances on cultural issues to influence their music as well as their

We felt this to be a misguided policy on the part of the Government of Egypt.” (Eisenhower Radio and Television Report)

Languages form an essential part of every human experience. To express oneself is one of the simplest joys we can experience. English and Music are two such languages in my life, that indirectly relate to, have a profound impact on mine. My interests in Music, just as in Literature, extend to a wide array of genres, whether it be Bob Dylan or Tchaikovsky. After relentless perseverance at the age of 16, My father bought me a black dreadnought. I spent hours upon hours practicing by watching instructional videos and my favorite guitar players play. In no time I was playing shows, from winning school competitions to performing at live music theatre events. I had soon established a name for myself as a singer-songwriter by being a supporting act for many bands. I soon began recording my rendition of songs on my laptop, eventually writing my own music and now working on my album. This has proved to be a huge learning curve, in enabling me to understand the dynamics of a composition, Thereby continually improving myself. In my spare time, I have been teaching English to Arab students. It has been a remarkably challenging experience. I have learned far more teaching than I had as a student, in trying to articulate my thoughts in words they could understand. This has been a humbling and rewarding experience. I realize there remains a vast ocean of knowledge I am still unaware of, which empowers me to thrive and work hard in an undergraduate environment.

The Bedouins became the foundational symbol of Arab nationhood identity (Hoyland, 2001). They became the nationhood identity through their significant oral transmitted poetry and written Arabic literature, which became the basis and core language and humanity of Islam (Hoyland, 2001). The pre-Islamic poetry was very fine and unique, it became the linguistic standard of the interpretations of the Qu 'ran. It is noted that the