Octavio Paz once remarked that "the whole history of Mexico, from the conquest to the revolution, can be seen as a search for a identity, whether distorted or wearing a mask".
Although the opposition in general has failed to present a clear vision of Syria after the Assad regime has fallen, Salafism, with its glorification of death in the cause of jihad, has provided its fighters with an identity.Whether Salafist groups will emerge on top, as some Western governments fear, is another matter.
Carax puts Oscar through nine (or ten) changes of character, and the ambiguity is itself a crucial part of the movie, which depends on the very question of what constitutes an identity, and whether there's any such thing, for a movie person, as a true and livable life away from movies.
You can decide how to deal with such an identity -- whether, for example, you want to be an out and proud member of the GLBT community or a total closet case.
We are a culture having an identity crisis — whether it's the debate over a woman who was born to white parents but identifies as African-American leading a chapter of the NAACP, or Jeb Bush listing himself as Hispanic on a 2009 voter registration form.
What is happening to our men -- our sons, brothers, fathers, friends -- what is the source of male violence in our world today, whether it dresses itself up in a ISIL flag or a gang identity, whether it hides behind a badge or behind religious rationalization, whether it's stoked by mental illness or a simple grudge, whether it happens in the open or behind the walls of a prison?
In communities, you need some sort of a recurring identity whether it's your real name or a fake name, you need a name, and so I think the defining part of a lot of these "anonymous apps" that a lot of people compare this to is that you don't have a recurring identity.
Most people are 'hard-wired' to a gender identity, whether this is male, female or something in between".
Everything starts with how customers feel in relation to a company identity, whether as ally or enemy.
