The State shall safeguard ethics, public morality and public order, and foster a high level of education and of religious and patriotic values, scientific thinking, Arab culture, and the historical and cultural heritage of the people; all as shall be regulated by law.
Article 12
The State shall safeguard the cultural and linguistic constituents of society, and foster the Arabization of education, science and knowledge. Constituent Assembly of Egypt – Constitution of Egypt (29-11-12 draft)
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This is where western cultures differ from those of the Middle East. Arab nations more wholly insert their religious/cultural beliefs into their societies by way of law.
Because of this, there are similarities and a fundamental unity shared by all Arab nations (not unlike how the smaller states in Europe are homogenous in some ways)
This may be disconcerting to some, but remember at one point, during the Abbasid caliphate, the Islamic world was at the forefront of all things related to academia!
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Regulation! Essential both on Wall Street and in the 2-1-3 (mount up!)
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“Look, I’ve got five creepy-lookin' grown up boys”
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Serving as a throwback to the first verse’s line about Stephen King, Kanye deems the girl in question similar to Kathy Bates' character in the movie Misery, which is based off of Stephen’s novel of the same name, who holds an author that she is obsessed with hostage (and eventually hobbles him, too!)
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Perhaps this is the lyric that incited Tity Boi to undergo his family-friendly transformation?
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Tinie was feeling pretty under the weather after this girl disregarded his feelings, and as a remedy for his ailment he took Gaviscon, a product from the UK used to treat heartburn (clever, right?)
Mr. Tempah may also be using this medication to rid his heart of all feelings for the girl!
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André 3000’s name is André Lauren Benjamin. Here, 3k is really awed by the fact he really just let his girl get away from him without putting up a fight
This line may also be a reference to the 1981 film My Dinner with Andre, a movie dedicated to snippets of conversation in a restaurant. At the end of this movie the main characters argue about whether or not their lives are like other peoples' or if they lead dream-like lives
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Grey matter makes up a large part of humans' brains. It contains many of the cells necessary to make us tick, and it’s functions within the noggin include making memory, speech, emotions, and the control of muscles possible.
The brain’s synapses and connections are extremely numerous in quantity and Ocean realizes the grandiosity of this complex organ.
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