Word: easternism
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...always gone to an all-Arabic school in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, and only moved to the U.S. for my college education. My transition from the Saudi educational system to that of the United States has been far from easy. This is a result of the conflicting approaches to education adopted in the U.S. and in my native country...
...Richard B. Primack ’72 and Abraham J. Miller-Rushing of the USA National Phenology Network and the Wildlife Society. The pair hunted for botanical records from Concord’s past to track changes in plant traits over the last 150 years—and fortunately, eastern Massachusetts proved to be “a treasure trove of historical records,” Primack said...
...discussion about national identity. But those numbers quickly reversed themselves as media commentators attacked the debates for stigmatizing foreigners and their children and as conservative politicians participating in the town hall meetings made what many considered to be racist or xenophobic comments. For example, a conservative mayor in eastern France argued that the country would be "eaten up" by immigrants who already constitute "10 million (people) we pay to do [expletive]," while a former right-wing minister warned that France risked disappearing "when there are as many minarets as cathedrals." Secretary of State for Family Affairs Nadine Morano also provoked...
Feng said that while CUHK’s better financial offer played an important role in driving his decision, Hong Kong’s location—which serves to fuse eastern and western cultures—is also appealing, as it provides him with an ideal environment to pursue research on Chinese linguistics...
...graduate of Stanford University, where he majored in history and mathematics, and Oxford University, where he earned a Master of Philosophy in Modern Middle Eastern Studies, Schauf said he ran because he has enjoyed being a part of the Law Review’s “very special community of talented people...