Meanwhile, in Africa, the Arabs had been playing an instrument called the al-ud, or 'the wood,’ for centuries. When the Moors crossed the Straits of Gibraltar in the twelfth century to conquer Spain, they brought this instrument with them. It quickly became popular, and by the time anybody who spoke English was talking about it, al-ud had become lute….The Moorish artistic influence, blowing the cobwebs away from the stodgy Spanish art and society, created an artistic climate that encouraged music to flourish. And so, the instruments on which the music was played flourished as well, and continued to evolve and improve. This is a contribution that cannot be overstated.” The section “…created an artistic climate that encouraged music to flourish. And so the instruments on which the music was played flourished as well” is an example of—

there is 2 main differences, basically which are the users and the market. the other difference is the kind of content

people who use tik tok are mainly people from east asia, kind of like the app douyin. musically, on the other hand, are used by people from america or european countries.

while tik tok videos show things like daily life videos, comedy, or just funny videos, musically are like people mimicking songs with their own actions, 'imitate' singers and video clips.

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the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.

plagiarism is the act of taking one else's work and passing it off as one's own.

consequences of plagiarism include failure on the plagiarized assignment, grade reduction on given assignment, course failure, in-school suspension, and a possible chance of dismissal.