Monday, May 18, 2009

Yemen


source: http://www.geographicguide.net/asia/maps/yemen-map.jpg

3 Physical Features:
1. The Tihamah ("hot lands") are a very arid and flat coastal plain*
2.The Red Sea is on the western coast*
3. Rub' al Khali extends through the north east*
4. The highest point in the country is Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb at 3,760 meters**

source: *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen#Geography
             **https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ym.html#Geo

Stereotypes:
1. Yemen people are Islams
2. Yemen people are Poor
3. Yemen people are Terrorists

Sources: "Yemen". Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen. (Accessed May 19, 2009)
                Dan Smith, The State of the Middle East: An Atlas of Conflict and Resolution (University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 2006, 2008), 126.

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