An endergonic reaction (such as photosynthesis) is a reaction that requires energy to be driven. The activation energy for the reaction is typically larger than the overall energy of the exergonic reaction(1). Endergonic reactions are nonspontaneous. The progress of the reaction is shown by the line. The change of Gibbs free energy (Î´G) during an endergonic reaction is a positive value because energy is gained (2).
Scene for the ballet Scheherazade, by Bakst. Scheherazade is a legendary Persian queen who is the storyteller in One Thousand and One Nights. The story, which was written many hundreds of years ago, tells of a Persian king who married a young girl every night. At the end of every night she would send his new wife to have her head chopped off.
Zbaidi had previously been transformed from a militant fighter to cultural warrior as co-founder of the Jenin Freedom Theatre, a group of artists who organised Freedom Bus rides. Inspired by the 1960s Freedom Rides that travelled across the US' south to highlight and challenge the still pervasive racism of the Jim Crow era, the Palestinian version has been going on for the last three years, bringing dozens of activists from Palestine, the US and Europe to spend two weeks travelling the West ...