Presentation Summary:

The first presentation was presented by Timmy & Ayoola. This is some of the information they have mentioned :

• The riots started on the 6th of August and ended on the 9th of August
• The police action was blamed the for the initial riots
• Community leaders and politician were called upon to condemn the riots 
• Disturbances were spread from the centre of London to the outer fringe

Reference :
BBC (2012) 'UL Riots 2011' Looking back at the english riots. Available at:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14452097 (Accessed: 22 November 2012).

In my opinion i think they were both good. However, it would look more professional if there weren't lots of paragraphs in every slide .

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The second presentation was presented by Nimesh & Praygod. This is some of the information they have mentioned :

They have mentioned the causes of the riots (Muir, 2011) 

• Death of Mark Duggan 
• Police pushed Stafford Scott ( community activist) 
• Unemployment

Some of the effect they have mentioned were 

• Death of people 
• People living in fear 
• Mobile phones

Reference :

Muir, H. (2012)' Tottenham riots : misssteps in the dance of police and frustrated community', The Guardian , 5 September[online]. Available at : http://www.gurdian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/05/tottenham-riots-police-community  (Accessed: 22 November 2012).

The presentation was very well presented and it was clear and brief. However, it was 3 minutes long which supposed to be 5 minutes.

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The third presentation was presented by Ishan & Willie. This is some of the information they have mentioned :

Causes of the riots

• Disagreement between two or more people 
• oppression 
• Lack of fathers
• Racism 
• opportunism 
• Social exclusion 

Reference: 

BBC (2012) ' The competing agreement used to explain the riots.' Available at : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14483149  (Accessed: 23 November 2012).

In my opinion the presentation wasnt really good because lots of reading rather than explaining the points. However ,very useful information is used.
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The fourth presentation was presented by Happiness & James. This is some of the information they have mentioned :

• The riots took place on the 6th of August 2011
• Mark Duggan 29 years old man shot down by a police officer 
• The economic situation might have facilitated the riot to take place 
• The riot occurred in Tottenham city of London 
• Private and public properties were destroyed  (BBC, 2011)

Reference:
BBC (2011) Available at: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59851000/jpg/_59851787_012618269-1.jpg
(Accessed: 22 November 2012).

Cooper, C. and Nicholls, A (2011) ‘what's caused the England's riot?’ The Guardian [online]  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic
(Accessed: 22 November 2012).

The presentation was good and clear.

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My personal view : 

• Mark Duggan a 29 years old guy , a father of 4 children was shot by a police officer claiming that he was holding a gun.
• The riots took place in Tottenham on the 6th of August , it also affected other areas in the UK.
• Over 1500 people were arrested 
• Too many innocent people were suffering from these riots and many of them were killed
• Lots of people felt insecure and terror.
• People were burned out of there homes.
• Lots of distraction were caused by the riots whereas many cars were burnt down and shops were also destroyed.

(flickr.com, 2011)

Reference: 

Reeve, J. (2011) London Riots [Online]. Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36250307@N03/6084069512/(Accessed: 7 December 2012)

Comparing news paper articles

Comparing and contrasting newspaper article

	The Guardian	The Sun
Language	A very Formal language has been used in this article.  Words Such as (Assassination & struck). The tittle of the article gives a lot of details about the article itself. “ Israel and Gaza militants in deadly exchanges.” There weren’t any informal language used in this article.	In this article there were a balance between both informal & formal language. Formal word such as: harrowing.  Informal word such as: hit. The title is very simple and brief "The innocent."
Reporter’s view point	Objective o   Resources such as quotations and actions made o   Evidence  & proof from many people (Gazza) o   Referring back to what      Israeli have said and done o   Referring to Hamas	Subjective o   The writer did not include enough resources which makes the reader believes that this is true. o   Many people will not believe or trust the piece of information the writer mentioned without giving strong evidence.
Content details	More Details In the article the writer mentioned every part of the story and explained everything in full details.	Lack of details The article only discussed the main part of the story with brief informations.
Reference	Reliable & strong evidence The writer referred to other resources (in text reference, quotes)           Hamas          Israeli police          Israeli prime minister          Palestinian UN      observer          Palestinian health       Official Israel	Not enough evidence The writer did not include strong evidence but there were few references.          Mr Masharawi          Prime Minister        Hamas       David Cameron
Visual images	In this Article there were no pictures instead 1 video was posted.  The blast in Gazza (video)	In this article six pictures are posted in a medium size and one video. ­          Israeli baby          Blast in Gazza          Body of Ahmed Jabari's          Barrage           A map that show Gazza and Israel and few surrounding countries             Rocket attacks after Israel strike on Hamas commander (video)

Arabic langauge

 Language

Arabic is becoming one of the most popular languages in the world. As a Muslim, everyone would speak Arabic. Gulf countries and other arab countries in the surroundings like Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Mauritania, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco have arabic as their official first language. Although, each country has a different accent or dialects and some different terms used. 

Arabic started among nomadic tribes in the Arabian Peninsula before Islam was introduced. It started nourishing in the 7th century AD. Many arabs have moved to the UK with the aim of setting up a business during the oil-boom in the 70's. They lived in the affluent areas of London. There is also many refugees from countries that are facing many problems. Multiple newspapers are actually published in the UK such as Al Hayat and Kufa Gallery. The holy Qur'an is written in Classical arabic, where now, arabic is spoken in a modern standard way. But classical arabic is still highly present and taught. 

In the UK they have shops that sells stuff such as hejab and other traditional clothes. They also have many arabian restaurants and caffe , specially in London. There are many arabic people visiting London which lead British people in starting to learn Arabic to help out Arabic tourist.

The arabic language is written from right to left. Vowels are used to complete a word, they can actually change the whole meaning of a word. These vowels are used by small marks placed above or below each letter of the word. When people learn Arabic, it makes it easier to also learn Aramaic and Hebrew since there is some similarities with Semitic languages. There are a couple of letters that many western people find hard to pronounce such as, خ ح ع ق and غ. 

                        

noor-maryam.deviantart.com (2009)

Bibliography:

Noor (2009) Arabic Calligraphy [Online]. Availabe at: http://noor-maryam.deviantart.com/art/Arabic-calligraphy-65927050 
(Accessed: 24 November 2012).