Essays Tagged: "Cairo"

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" A visual look at the time in which the author. Mark Twain, lived

his family. Huck decides against better reasoning to help Jim escape down the Mississippi River to Cairo.Another example of good role modeling is Huck's faithfulness to those he loves and cares for. ...

(2 pages) 43 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

18th dynasty of king tut

a and flows northward throughout the length of what are now Sudan and Egypt Northwest of modern-day Cairo, it branches out to form a broad delta, through which it empties into the Mediterranean Sea. B ...

(19 pages) 138 0 4.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Michael Ondaatje's "The English Patient" -- The characters of Katherine and Hana, and how they offer two opposing portrayals of womanhood.

rthern Africa, she is a voracious reader and seeks to learn as much as she can about the desert and Cairo. Though her husband is kind, his small mannerisms irritate her and she assertively initiates a ...

(6 pages) 61 0 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

What is terrorism.

some of which have also taken place on an airplane like the Egyptair Flight 648 that was heading to Cairo from Athens on November 23, 1985. Instead the hijacking took place in Valletta, Malta. The gro ...

(4 pages) 140 2 3.4 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Essay on the development of the theme of loyalty in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) through the actions of a young boy's abandoning class-lines in the racist antebellum years.

to Huck by remaining with Huck as almost a paternal figure once he misses his turn on the river for Cairo, thereby continuing deeper into the hazardous South. Huck, in turn, demonstrates his loyalty t ... is best demonstrated through Jim's decisions on the river. Jim, who is a runaway slave, heading to Cairo in search of work and his family, is heading downriver with Huck and misses his turn for Cairo ...

(4 pages) 38 0 4.2 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

Anwar Sadat

1918 into a family of thirteen children, Anwar was a very strong man. He grew up 40 miles north of Cairo in the town of Mit Abul Kom, Egypt; which is in the province of Minufiya. Sadat's father worke ... e of eighteen, Anwar Sadat was one of the first students to attend the Abbassia Military Academy in Cairo, Egypt from 1936-1938. In Abbassia, Students didn't only learn about math and science, but eac ...

(5 pages) 37 0 4.3 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

New Historicism and Cultural Studies

922. The resulting political tension and fighting within Palestine led Said's family to emigrate to Cairo at the end of 1947. He attended St. George's, an Anglican preparatory school, and Victoria Col ...

(2 pages) 71 2 4.5 Jul/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Australian letter depicting the strugle of Australian's at gallipoli

cept they changed the axe wielding psycho with several gun wielding Turkish psychos.The training in Cairo did nothing, they must have thought it would prepare us for victory all it did was told us wha ...

(2 pages) 25 0 4.4 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

My Summer Vacation

elves.We use to travel in vacations. This year my family decided to spend our summer vacation in Cairo. I was very happy and I went to pack up my bags to be ready. While packing I was thinking of t ... ere, young married couples were taking pictures beside the river. The last place we went to was the Cairo tour. It is considered the most preferred place for the tourists. It is higher than the pyrami ...

(3 pages) 67 0 1.7 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Spades use of Emotion

his situation he can be sent to jail for hitting a police officer. A different circumstance is when Cairo attempts to attack Miss Brigid O'Shaughnessy. During this encounter Spade emotions take contro ... to attack Miss Brigid O'Shaughnessy. During this encounter Spade emotions take control and he slaps Cairo multiple times. His emotions really boil over when he is meeting with Gutman, and he ends up t ...

(4 pages) 12 0 0.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Who or What is "Zaabalawi" in the story "Zaabalawi" by Naguib Mahfouz.

The story "Zaabalwi" by Nagub Mahfouz is about a narrator's quest for Zaabalwi. The story takes in Cairo and the narrator looks everywhere to find the mysterious character Zaabalwi. The narrator is l ... se he has a disease, which no doctor can cure, and he believes Zaabalwi can heal him. The people of Cairo refer to Zaabalwi as a saint, who possess physical healing, and religious salvation.The narrat ...

(2 pages) 28 0 0.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Prejudice and Diversity in "Gallipoli" directed by Peter Weir starring Mark Lee and Mel Gibson.

light horse and Frank (who's not able to ride a horse) goes into the infantry. They soon meet up in Cairo experiencing many things there and seeing their old rivals the British. Before leaving for Gal ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Who or what is "Zaabalwi"?

tory "Zaabalwi" by Nagub Mahfouz is about a narrator's quest for Zaabalwi. The story takes place in Cairo and the narrator looks everywhere to find the mysterious character Zaabalwi. The narrator is l ... se he has a disease, which no doctor can cure, and he believes Zaabalwi can heal him. The people of Cairo refer to Zaabalwi as a saint, who possess physical healing, and religious salvation.The narrat ...

(2 pages) 20 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

How and why did the methods used by the PLO to fight for the Palestinian cause change over time?

.* The Arab defeat in 1967 (the 6 Day War) was the catalyst that transformed the PLO from a body of Cairo-based bureaucratic notables into an independent resistance organization devoted to armed strug ... d were willing to fight for it.The PLO was set up in 1964 by leaders of Arab states at a meeting in Cairo, and throughout the years fought for Palestinian 'freedom'. It adopted a straightforward ideol ...

(6 pages) 24 0 1.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

Outline and explain the life and importance of one significant person or school of thought in Islam: Sayyid Qutb

in the Qur'an and as a result he had managed to memorise the Qur'an by the age of ten. He moved to Cairo and received a modern, secular education at Dar al-'Ulum. It was here that Qutb qualified as a ...

(6 pages) 44 0 3.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam

Seven Ancient Wonders Of The World

Man fears Time, yet Time fears the PyramidsThe Great Pyramid of Giza lies next to Cairo.It is today in greater Cairo.According to the wonders of the ancient world, the pyramid of Khu ...

(5 pages) 26 0 0.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Dreams 2

s. Freud placed a strong cologne in front of a patients nose, and the patient dreamt that he was in Cairo acting as a sort of "Zorro" type hero on an adventure. Then he placed a drop of water on the p ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Dreams

s. Freud placed a strong cologne in front of a patients nose, and the patient dreamt that he was in Cairo acting as a sort of "Zorro" type hero on an adventure. Then he placed a drop of water on the p ...

(3 pages) 29 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Isolation of Islamic Families

presents a portrait of the Abd al-Jawad clan, a devoutly Muslim family living in the old section of Cairo. It is also a portrait of a country in transition. The whole family is a relic of the old Isla ...

(5 pages) 1317 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Huckberry Finn: Path To Freedom

tself is a paradise to Huck and Jim. The only way they think they can obtain freedom is by going to Cairo, a town on the mouth of the Ohio River, so they can continue to travel north toward freedom. T ...

(2 pages) 5 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain