Japan: Values and Beliefs
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Japan: Values and Beliefs

Contemporary Japan is a secular society. Creating harmonious relations with others through reciprocity and the fulfillment of social obligations is more significant for most Japanese.

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Traditions Only Egyptians Can Understand
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Traditions Only Egyptians Can Understand

Egypt has impressed the world with its breathtaking attractions and unique touristic places—the country even has two of the world’s Seven Wonders; nevertheless, some of the Egyptian traditions are more astonishing and harder to understand their meaning than most of these wonders. Here are some of the top traditions only Egyptians can understand.

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Teacher and Astronaut Christa McAuliffe
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Teacher and Astronaut Christa McAuliffe

McAuliffe was a great niece of Lebanese-American historian Philip Khuri Hitti. She was an American teacher and astronaut who was killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L where she was serving as a payload specialist.

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The Story of Arab Americans’ Beginning in America – And the Quest for Fair Representation
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The Story of Arab Americans’ Beginning in America – And the Quest for Fair Representation

Estebanico Azemmouri, a Moroccan man, landed in the United States of America in 1527, and Antonio Bishallany who immigrated from Lebanon became the first member of a community today known as “Arab Americans.” This is the story of Arab Americans’ beginning in America – and the origins of their quest for fair representation.

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April Fools’ Day
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April Fools’ Day

April Fools’ Day—occurring on April 1 each year—has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, though its exact origins remain a mystery.

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