Rebecca Mahfouz
I'm a journalism student with a background in various of the social sciences. I've interned for fair-sized newspapers and have published articles and columns in a variety of independent publications, both local and national.
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Class & Gender in Men's Clothing AdvertisementsAn overview of advertisers' reinforcement of class divisions and gender stereotyping via men's clothing ads.
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Kiva Connects Philanthropists with Budding EntrepreneursThe Kiva Web site offers the opportunity for individuals to make small loans to assist budding entrepreneurs in developing nations.
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Single Issue - Democrats as Misguided as Their FoesDemocrats, who so often maligned the single-issue voters who re-elected George W. Bush, are supporting '08 candidates based on criteria just as flawed as those on which many Republicans voted in 2004.
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A Paper Investigating the Constructions of Race in EgyptA great deal of wrangling goes on among scholars regarding the "race" of Egyptians both ancient and modern. "Afrocentrist" and "Eurocentrists" have long sought to lay claim to the history of Egypt. This paper explains why both groups are wrong.
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755,000 Names on Terrorist Watch List Shows Hysteria, Not Terror ThreatThe government's terrorist watch list includes 755,000 names, a number so large that it's rendered the list absolutely useless. The list has grown so monstrous because it's been used for mercenary political reasons, rather than in an effort to catch terrorists.
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A Brief History of NumerationRemnants of obsolete systems of numeration have remained with us through the long evolution that led to the modern Hindu/Arabic system.
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Human Filter Absent in Secondary Oral CultureCommunication has always been influenced by media. During the era of print culture, however, there was time for a human filter. With our present-day secondary oral culture, there is no human factor, images are ready-made and disseminated immediately via electronic media.
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The Deserter's Tale The Conscience of One SoldierA young man who fell victim to the "poverty draft" recounts the atrocities he witnessed in Iraq that drove him to flee to Canada.
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Materialist and Ideologist Considerations Overlap in the Formation of Religious Rituals Within CulturesMaterialists and Ideologists would seem at first to hold opposing theories as to whether structural or superstructural considerations have more effect in shaping culture. With this paper, I argue that the two are interconnected.
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Bush Recycling Excuses for Iran InvasionThe pretenses the Bush administration is using for invading Iran are the same tired excuses used to lead us to war in Iraq.
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Spence Takes on the Bloodthirsty and the Pious in His New BookGerry Spence, renowned lawyer and author, takes aim at neocon media shills.
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Bush's New Pentagon Handout Exposes Nation's HypocrisyEven in the wake of trillions in cash lost by the Pentagon, Bush intends to dole out an even bigger windfall to them with next year's budget--paid for with cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and other health and education programs.
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Travel to Bavaria, Without Leaving MichiganFrankenmuth offers many authentic German attractions.
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U.S. Using Cold War Tactics in SomaliaWith the recent U.S. bombing of Somalia and the U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, the U.S. has reverted to the tactic of "proxy war" via client states which created so much havoc in the Cold War era.
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BBC Worldwide: Marketing "Britishness"American T.V. has a long history of remaking British series. The BBC has capitalized on this, selling BBC television throughout the world. With BBC America, the corporation has tailored their style to suit American consumer culture.
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Holiday Accounts Save Hassles and HeadachesAlthough many people intend to save up for the holidays, their good intentions usually fall by the wayside, leading to a yearly cash shortage panic. There are, however, almost painless ways to save up holiday cash all year.
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Erasing the Other : The Absence of Overweight Women in Television SitcomsFat people in general and fat women in particular, are excluded from television series. When they are portrayed, they are made to seem stupid, sloppy and otherwise unlikable. This influences audience behavior toward real life fat people.
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Ethics in Journalism and the Glass AffairToo many would-be journalists take the easy way out. When they're caught, the consequences are relatively mild, setting a poor precedent for other journalists.
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"Onward Drags a Labouring Breast": From Despair to Hope in Tennyson's in Memoriam"In Memoriam" is a Victorian example of the stages of grieving. Tennyson spent years on the poem, allowing readers to follow him through the long recovery from despair following his friend's death.
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The Bible, Pestilence and Ruskin's "Plague-Cloud."In his speech, Ruskin used religion to illustrate for his Victorian audience the evils of rampant industrialism and its attendant pollution.
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Jules Carlysle's Dumbass"Dumbass" is a collection of some of the best faux pas of President George W. Bush, interspersed with quotes from other well-known individuals.
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Choosing a Career: Forget Passion and Do What You're Good AtToo many people go into their field for the wrong reasons. Money, prestige and "just because it sounds like fun," are all bad reasons for deciding on a career.
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Multitudes of Islamic Civilizations Vs. Monolithic Islamic Civilization"Scholars," students and others too often term all Arab and predominantly Muslim history "Islamic Civilization." The astonishing variation in history and culture easily gives the lie to this term. Civilizations should be studied individualy.
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Hamas Victory Slammed by U.S. MediaU.S. media coverage of January's election of Hamas to a majority of Palestinian Parliament seats is demonstrably biased. In this paper, I demonstrate that it is all but impossible to find impartial coverage of Palestinian politics.