Vartan Igidbashian Research Paper

Since Amin Ahmad immigrated into the United States from India, he has real life experience that contributes to his claims. He is able to connect specific occurrences he faced with immigrants like himself, and their comparable situations. He explains that, “my passport tells the story of my immigrant life: my student and work visas; all the entry and exit stamps as I traveled between India and the United States” (Ahmad 38). His passport is a constant reminder of the journey he has traveled and the experiences that define him as a person. Ahmad demonstrates a perspective of immigration that is unique to many. Not only has he made the steps towards leaving his country, he has successfully created a life for himself. He has lived in the United States for a long period of time and even has an American fiancé. With this unique situation, he can connect with a vast amount of different people, both citizens and immigrants.

Hello, today I'm to tell you about congressman and Dr. Ami Berra. Berra is a first generation American he was born and raised in California. His parents moved to California for east India. Growing up Berra had a sense of commitment and service to people this what led to Berra going to school at University of California Irvin and to become a doctor he got his undergraduate degree in biological science and then also got his Doctorate of medicine degree also from the University of California Irvin. Congressman Berra spent almost twenty two years in the medical field, during this time he received numerous accolades from assistance dean to chief medical officer of Sacramento County. Congressman Berra then decided to run for California Congressional District seventh. Congressman Berra felt the need to run for congress because he always enjoyed helping people and had always felt he spoke up for the people around him. Fun fact about Congressman Berra is the longest-serving Indian American currently serving in Congress.

A terrified 12-year-old boy ran from his home, screaming for help, after watching his father pick up a knife and used it on his mother.

Mehmet is a thirteen year old boy, from Kosovo. He is living in a time when his country Kosovo is at war from 1999-2001, the KLA (Kosovo army) is battling the Serbians. Mehmet is inspired by the war it excites him, he wants to become a KLA soldier one day, when he is old enough. He has a large family and everyone in it disagrees with his point of view about war. His most influential family consists of Bada his father, Mama his mother, and Meli his sister. He has many more family members that live with him and experience life journeys together, but they do not have the same impact on him, as Bada, Mama, and Meli. The entire family had to move to a refugee camp because of the war. Their house was burned to the ground, and all their stuff was gone thanks to the Serbians. When it was finally clear to go home about a year later they realised they had no home to go home to, only the tiny apartment above the store. This small appartment was not going to fit the entire Lleshi family, so Bada, Mama, Mehmet, and Meli decided to go to the United States, more specifically a small town in Vermont called Barre.

With the help of Pierio Valeriano, Vasari even learnt the art of interpreting symbols and heliographics and “their relation to artistic and literary movements of the 16th century”.(Liana Cheney) Vasari had been admiring many writers and artists of the time, and had been noticing the writer’s styles and use of language while writing about an artistic piece. Noticing Vasari’s curiosity and exceptional talent in writing, Paolo Giovio, a consequential scholar and historian “at the papal court with close ties to the Medici family, suggested to Vasari he should write biographies of the great Italian artists.” (Liana Cheney) Vasari enthusiastically started working on his first part of Lives and completed it in 1550. From then on, Vasari received major

Sidikat Ishola is a recent graduate of Houston Baptist University. Graduating with honors, she obtained her B.A. in Government and a minor in Latin American studies. She is a member of the HBU Pre-Law Society and has competed on the HBU Mock Trial Team. Her degree has allowed her to have a global view, of not only understanding the way the U.S. government works, but also the structure of government and culture in Latin America. Her interest in matters of international relations began with her seeking to combine her love for both culture and government. Her passion for advocating for change, is powered by the belief that everyone deserves to have a voice. She aspires to pursue a career in international-comparative law and write policies that

Mohammad Reza Shah governed Iran for thirty-seven years. Because of the political chaos triggered by foreign infiltrations at early phase of his authority, the developments processed slowly hence little constructions took place. However because of increase in oil profits and political relations’ stability later, construction activities commenced increasingly

According to Hisham b. Muhammad, the prophet married Khadija when he was 25 years old, and she was forty of age. Ibn Ishaq as well provides some cues of Khadija’s social status prior to her marriage to Muhammad; she was a wealthy- respected women merchant in which many tribal elites were burgeoned to propose for her hands, though. After what Khadija experience from Muhammad ‘s truthfulness, reliability, and integrate she proposed her marriage to the Prophet. Khadija was the only wife who had bore all of Muhammad’s children, except Ibrahim, the son of the Coptic concubine, Mariam. Khadija had a kunya prior to her marriage to Muhammad; she was called Um-Hind ascribed to both names of her daughter and son, Hind, who descend from two different

Yusra Mardini is indeed a hero, she and a few other people saved 20 people, including herself by pushing a boat from Aegean ocean to land. Some qualities that Yusra had shown in this act of heroism would be courage because she was indeed scared, but never dared to show it because other people would also become scared. She also showed selflessness because she stayed about 3 hours and a half in cold Aegean ocean water just to protect her family and the other ship members. Yusra also shows modesty because she says in the video that she just wanted to save her family and crew members. Last would be her determination this determination to be in the middle of the Aegean ocean looking for land, but not seeing any but continuing to swim for 3 hours

Growing up in a church, I would always wonder if people use the term “faith” as a Christian term that means putting faith in Christ. However, the comparison between having faith and putting faith in Christ are two different concepts. Having faith is a vague statement, unable to specify what people believe in, compare to putting faith in Christ. Teachers have to understand the true development of faith, especially when they teach their children and future students about God. Coming from a strict family who teaches their children about God, it becomes a burden when children cannot develop their own beliefs. This morning, I read a story about Shahnaz and Ebilran in Iran from the Bible App devotional called “I am N”. What this story reflects on

1. The Iboga plant is a hallucinogen whose potency goes hand in hand with the psychic experiences that follow its ingestion and are the foundation of the Bwitist creed. According to the Bwitist, the Pygmies in the interior of the jungle first discovered the hallucinogenic properties of the Iboga. It is utilized during the initiation rites and in their night communal masses which substitutes the host of the Catholic mass.

Satoru Iwata once stated: “On my business card, I am a cooperative president. In my mind, I'm a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.” In life, people are different on the outside than on the inside. Satoru Iwata was born on December 6, 1959 Satoru Iwata was a gamer in high school and started creating games on his own time. Iwata eventually became Nintendo’s 4th president and devise many popular games including Super Mario Sunshine, Star Fox Adventures and Metroid Prime. Iwata eventually died due to bile duct cancer at 55 years old. Satoru iwata created many base Nintendo games, innovated Nintendo’s popularity rate and illuminated the gaming industry Throughout the world.

Overall, despite the criticism and controversies about his business strategies, ambition and artistic style, we cannot deny Murakami’s contribution to the modern art world. As a businessman and brand manager, he completely devoted himself to the art viewers as customers and provide undeniable high production quality in his masterpiece. He also clever with business strategies as he exploited fact that the Japanese subculture has a fascination with the West and creatively sophistry his works to put on the market. However, what makes Murakami a successful international artist is not based on how much his artworks worth in numbers but how he was able to transform ‘cuteness’ element of a subculture into his “Superflat” movement and reached the highest

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Arash Sadeghi’s 70 days of hunger strike has gained international attention because of his dire situation and the social media campaign launched by Iranian users of twitter. He is not the only political prison on hunger strike in Iran. Among other prisoners on hunger strike in Nizar Zakka the Lebanese-American IT specialist who was invited to Iran by Rouhani’s Vice President only to be arrested by the IRGC for espionage. Hunger strike is the last available means to a political prisoner to fight her jailer. It widespread use in Iran sheds light on how desperate Iranian political prisoners have become in absence of support by the international community. The new administration and congress should devise a plan to create a coalition to put pressure on Tehran over its human rights dossier.