SAUDI ARABIA

Amar Alshehri

SAUDI ARABIA

     The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the oldest civilizations in the Arabian Peninsula.

King Abdul Aziz Al Saud established the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932. In a

few decades, it has become a modern sophisticated country. The Kingdom is located in the  

south-west  of the continent of Asia.The official religion is Islam. In Mecca, there is a Grand Mosque

and the Kaaba,  which is the kissed by Muslims in their prayers. Also, Mecca is the holy city for all

Muslims. Saudi Arabia's population is about 17 million. Also, Saudi Arabia is the largest producer of oil.

     Every city in Saudi Arabia has different accents, foods, special clothes and dances.

 King Abdullah, the King of Saudi Arabia

 King Abdullah, the King of Saudi Arabia with Barack Obama, President of the United States

This is the abeyah, clothes for the Saudi women

These are some towers in the capital city of Saudi Arabia

This is the Holy Mosque in Mecca

This is Dammam city

This is Jeddah city

This is Abha city

2012 Year of the dragon

                                                             --- Come to the Spring Festival

     The Spring Festival is one of China's important festivals, When the festival comes, the streets will be hung with lanterns. Everybody will hang on the door a lucky wish such as " Peace Year Round", "Everything Goes Well", " Wishing You Every Success", "Business flourishes" and "May All Your Wishes Come True" . If you come to China , You will feel the spring festival in China is different than other countries. During the spring festival , The Chinese must eat foods like dumpling and fish. The dumpling symbolizes family reunion and fish symbolizes prosperity.

     If you will come to China, You must see the Chinese Spring Festival .

                                                                      Bing

Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States celebrates the historic process and growing contribution to this country by 44.3 million citizens that claim a Latin or Hispanic Heritage.

This celebration has origins with a decree on September 17th, 1968, authorized by President Lyndon Baines Johnson.  A “Hispanic Heritage Week” paid tribute to the Hispanic culture diversity established in the United States. President Gerald Ford issued a decree in 1974 which invited all the school and human rights organizations to take part in the celebration. President Ronald Reagan, on August 17th, 1988, was responsible for approving an extension to a one month celebration, with the name “Hispanic Heritage Month”, that initiated on September 15th and concluded on October 15th.

The reason for this celebration is that five countries in Latin America proclaimed and signed their independence from spain in September 15th, 1821. The counries were: Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. 10 years before Mexico and Chile had proclaimed their independence; Mexico on September 16th and Chile two days later.

The Census 2010 shows that Hispanics in the United States  develop in different places. For example, military personnel with 1.3 million and 1.1 million of 18 year old rookies in the armed forces are Hispanic.  Also, businessmen in the United States are 43.7% Hispanic. Equally, in education 63% Hispanics finish high school and 14% are university professionals.

Mgr. Gomez, Carlos

Translation of the original document

september 27th, 2011

Bibliography

http:// www.jamesnava.com/2011/09/19/mas-de-la-herencia-hispana-2011/

http;//es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanidad

http;//www.fayar.net/community/national-hispanic-heritage08.html

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Mid-Autumn Festival

                                                        

                   

Photo of a moon in Asia by Mrs. Marsha

   

     Mid-Autumn Festival is a Chinese traditional festival in August.

In China, there are a large number of legends about Mid-Autumn Festival,

such as "The Goddess Chang's Flight to the Moon". Because on this day, the 

moon is full, and the full moon means reunion,  people will do something 

together, like eat dinner and watch the moon . Come to China in 2012 for the Autumn Festival!

                                                       

                                                                                                  by  黄文  Wen (Weng Jiang) Huang

A Kuwaiti Student

Hussein : What is your name ?

Marzouq : Marzouq ALhassem .

Hussein : Where are you from ?

Marzouq : Kuwait .

Hussein : How old are you ?

Marzouq : 19 years old .
Hussein : What you will study in U.S. ?
Marzouq : Nuclear Engineering .
Hussein : Why did you choose ELS ? 
Marzouq : Because it has a good classification, so I can pass each session in one month.     
Hussein : Do you have ELS in your country ?
Marzouq : I don't think so . 
Hussein : Can you talk about yourself and your dreams ?

Marzouq : I'm a normal person who really enjoys everything. I love sports, especially basketball and tennis. My dreams are to become successful in nuclear engineering, and a Minister Education .             

Hussein : Can you talk me about the culture in your country ?

Marzouq : Kuwait's language is Arabic, and the majority in Kuwait are Muslim. Kuwait's constitution is based on democracy. So everyone can express his / her own thoughts. 

                                                               












                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                       Hussein AL Fares