Essays on Wadi

Introduction

On the shores of the Gulf of Omen lies an almost dying city called Sur. Sur was the capital city of Ash Sharqiya Region before it was split into two. The primary activity in the city today seems like prayer and religion in general as most of the very few buildings in the city are mosques. The city only looks like what it used to be that what it is currently. The sea which is said to have been once the most active as a means of transport to East Africa looks deserted with only a few boats lying ...

Cities of Salt is a rare kind of book, of Arab history, written by Abdurrahman Munif, in which an inanimate concept, a community or culture, tells its own story, a story of hypocrisy of the involved nations, after a poor oasis was discovered as an oil source. The disturbed landscape and the rural oasis towns of the Arab world are sketched in an exemplary way that any one from the region can relate well with the places. The destruction of the community as well as the countryside after the oil mining activities began is explained as “"a breaking off, like death, which nothing and ...

In the expansive novel, Cities of Salt, Mudun Al-Milh exemplifies the impact that the discovery of oil has had in the Arabian Peninsula. His outlook is not just limited to the impact on the human landscape in the Arabian Peninsula, but also the physical landscape. The authors take on the environment and the desert in Middle East compares the now and then; now being the period after the discovery of oil and arrival of American and English oil companies and then being the period of simplicity before this vital resource was discovered in the geographical region. From an environmental ...

“Cities of salt” is one of the greatest novels written in the Arabic language. It humanizes and reveals a society in the Arabic peninsula faced by invasion by the Americans. Cities of salt a tale written by Abdul Munif and translated by Peter Theroux into English talks about the changes that oil discovery brings in the Middle East (Munif,1985.pg17). It describes the effects of oil discovery in one idyllic though unnamed Arabian statelet. In his novel, Munif says “oil is our one and only chance to build our future” However, Munif still quotes that”the regimes are running it” ...

References

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Abstract:

Petra is a historical and archaeological city which is located in the Ma’an region of Jordan. It is famous for its original and unique rock cut architecture and its water conduit system. Petra is also known as the Rose City due to the beautiful and original colour of its stone which is carved and hewn out of the rock. This paper examines the historical aspect of the city in the context of the architectural prowess of those who built it. There is also an examination of how the city was built on a theoretical level as well as comparisons ...

Health Care In Saudi Arabia

Introduction: The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health supervises all public and private healthcare and hospitals. They use a two tier system of primary healthcare centers along with urban and specialized facilities. When the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was established in 1932 one of King Abdulaziz’s first priorities was to initiate a free modern health care system for citizens and Islamic pilgrims. The Saudi government set up facilities across Saudi Arabia and the results were spectacular. Life expectancy climbed, infant mortality dropped and diseases like malaria and smallpox that were once epidemic just about disappeared. The healthcare system has benefitted ...

Individual UNESCO Research Historic Cairo: The Wadi Al Hitan or the whale valley

The Wadi Al Hitan or the whale valley is a natural property that was inscribed in the world heritage list in the year 2005. This valley contains valuable remains of early and extinct fossils of archaeoceti and Whales. The fossils contained in this valley are very valuable in demonstrating the process of evolution and emergence of whales as ocean mammal rather than the land mammals. The fossils found in this this valley display the many forms and the life of the early species of whales in the transition period of their evolution (UNESCO, 2013). This is the only area ...

Summary

Bilal Haq, a scientist from the National Science Foundation Arlingtion, Virginia encountered foraminifera on his trip to Qingdao in China. Foraminifera are small creatures that grow shells on their bodies. Their shells are varied and very diverse, as if they are created by visionary artists. Haq thought the foraminifera would make beautiful pieces of art and should be put on display. Haq’s fellow colleague from China, Zheng, agreed and put things into action by involving local craft workers. It resulted in a park for foraminifera since the end of 2009 and already a million people have visited (Larkins, 2012).

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