Essays on Asad

Perhaps one of the most crucial and controversial points of difference between Islam and the West, is the extent of religious influence on the private and public lives of people. The concept of ‘a sovereign, democratic nation’ in the West is based on a strict division between church and the state (government). The rationale used for establishing this premise is that religion is entirely a personal matter for individuals; there is no logic in the faith or beliefs that people have, since they cannot be quantified and measured (Asad, 2003: 45). Hence religion, is a volatile and emotional domain, ...

Over the past couple of years, immense and drastic change has been observed in the Arab world. Long serving leaders being ousted from their thrones and various groups of individuals in conflict and clashes over certain issues that they may have not found a common ground for mutual agreement. Tension, revolts and uprising is not a new phenomenon in most of the Arab countries. In most cases, revolts takes on the form of gender relations, labor negotiations and the most violent ones emanates from political debates. However, while discussing revolts in the Arab world it is almost impossible not to mention ...

Water Problems in West Bank

Introduction Having very low availability of water resources in comparison with the global average, Israel, Jordan and Palestine have been suffering from scarcity of water and the scarcity impacts their economic and daily lives directly mostly for the higher population in Jordan and Palestine. The continuous rapid growth in population has in the region has raised the question as to whether the basic needs of water for the whole population will ever be met in the coming future. The resources of water in Israel, Jordan and Palestine are a mixture of groundwater and surface water sources. The major ...