Egyptian Society: Traditional Middle Eastern Values Blended with Weste

Egyptian Society traditional shopping center easterly Values Blended with Western Beliefs Amongst the turbid and disfunction that is the Middle East lies the nation of Egypt. Egypt, a major country of the Middle East, is habitually considered stereotypical of Middle easterly civilization, but further interrogation guides one to the conclusion that Egypt is far from a generic Middle Eastern country. Egypt has a strong tradition of nationalism that has been formed during its history, giving it a national unity that is often non-existent in other Middle Eastern nations (1). This, as well as other advantages that Egypt has gained during its past, has allowed it to rise above the problems plaguing the counterweight of the Middle East and to form basically its own unique lodge, which is notably different from that of its neighboring nations. Hannah Arendt is the author of The Human Condition, a book which is an impelling aid in the explanation of the difference between Egypti an society and the rest of the Middle East. The Human Condition covers several aspects of different societies end-to-end history, but the focus of this paper will be on her news of private and familiar realms as well as her definition of a society. The two civilizations she uses to describe these distinct realms are ancient Greece and present-day America. ancient Greece had a highly structured society in which private and customary lives were considered separate. A private realm consisted of the house and all that was entailed within it (2). on that point was a master of the house. The master of the house was the only one allowed to inscribe in the public realm and the only one considered a citizen. The public realm took place in a city setting, in which a large gro... ... Arabs 22117 - For further information on the Egyptian untrue sense of pride Ajami, Fouad. The Dream Palace of the Arabs Chapter 418 - Women and the Family in the Middle East 25Works CitedAjami, Fouad. The Dream Palace of the Arabs. unsanded York Vintage Books.Arendt, Hannah. The Human Condition. New York Doubleday and Company Inc., 1959.Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock. Women and the Family in the Middle East. Texas University of Texas Press, 1985.Heikal, Mohammed. The Sphinx and the Commissar. the States Times Newspapers Limited, 1978.Hinnebusch, Raymond A. Jr. Egyptian Politics Understood. Cambridge, London Cambrigdge University Press, 1985.Simon, Reeva S. Encyclopedia of the red-brick Middle East. New York Simon and Schuster Macmillan, 1996.Westbury, John. The Egypt of Nasser and Sadat. Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press, 1983.