Thursday, September 22, 2011

Palestinian Rally for Statehood

Here is the link to the article -

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/palestinians-rally-to-back-un-statehood-bid/2011/09/21/gIQABgyClK_story.html

You will need to perform an external search to answer the following - What is the Palestinian Authority? Within the article, why did this "carnival atmosphere" include burning the American flag on numerous occasions? Why does America have the opinion we do concerning Palestinian statehood (you very well may need to perform additional external research for this question)?

Friday, September 16, 2011

Repression Tears Apart Bahrain

Here is the link to the article -

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/world/middleeast/repression-tears-apart-bahrains-social-fabric.html?_r=1&ref=world

The first action you must perform is to identify what apartheid (as read in the 2nd paragraph) is and how it was practiced in a previous country. Afterwards, write your feelings on the outlook that is offered by the writer about the prospects for the future in Bahrain. What seems to be different here rather than in other Arab countries such as Egypt and Tunisia? On page two, what is the simple display (where one drinks coffee) of the religious differences plaguing this country?