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Middle East

The keyword Middle East is tagged in the following 10 articles.

Cedars to the East: A Study of Modern Lebanon
December 23, 2011 - 8201 words | Political Science » Lebanon
The political history of the Middle East is a complex story wrought with instability, conflict, religious and ethnic cleavages, and artificial imperial and colonial borders. These challenges manifest themselves in varied political systems, norms, and tensions--both... Read Article »

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Lebanon Political Systems Elections International Relations Middle East
The African Dimension of Egyptian Foreign Policy
September 14, 2011 - 4101 words | International Affairs » Egypt
In the era since the removal of the monarchy in Egypt, a distance seems to have developed between the Egyptian people and the African aspect of their identity. This kind of sentiment has also been corroborated by Egypt’s elite such as Isma’il Pasha or Taha... Read Article »

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Egypt Africa Foreign Policy International Relations Middle East
Israel and Palestine: An E.U. Model For Peace
June 13, 2011 - 1781 words | Political Science » Israeli Palestinian Conflict
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a perplexing problem that weighs heavily on the world. For over seventy-five years, blood has been spilt over a piece of land about the size of New Jersey. Numerous attempts have been made to find peace in what is referred to as... Read Article »

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Israel Palestine Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Middle East Peace Building
Understanding Iran: Between Central Asia and the Gulf Cooperation Council
April 5, 2011 - 4259 words | International Affairs » Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran today sits at the crossroads of Asia between the Middle East and Central Asia. This inherently places it in very close proximity to over half of the world's known energy reserves both in the form of petroleum and natural gas. Thus, an understanding... Read Article »

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Iran Central Asia Middle East International Relations Gulf Cooperation Council
Transjordan and Israel: Examining the Foundations of a Special Relationship
March 17, 2011 - 4787 words | Political Science » International Relations
With the Great Arab Revolt in 1915, the Hashemite family was catapulted to the forefront of Middle Eastern politics and became the literal symbols of Arab unity. Even after their failure to create a single Arab state, and the defeat of Prince Faisal at the hand of... Read Article »

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Middle East Israel Jordan Palestine Arab World Zionism
A Response to Tanzimat: Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Pan-Islamism
May 14, 2010 - 3120 words | History » Tanzimat
Under the rule of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II in the late nineteenth century the concept of Pan-Islamism, the concept that all Islamic peoples should unite under the Caliphate, was used as a means of supporting the declining power of the Ottoman ruler. This was done... Read Article »

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Middle East History Ottoman Caliphate Sultanate Islam Pan-Islam Tanzimat Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Islamic Modernism: Responses to Western Modernization in the Middle East
May 10, 2010 - 1245 words | History » Islamic Modernism
By the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, a large part of the Muslim world had begun to lose much of its cultural and political sovereignty to Christian occupiers from Europe. This came as a result of European trade missions during earlier centuries that had... Read Article »

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Islamic Modernism Islamic Modernization Westernization Arab Modernism Middle East Western Modernization
The Position of Jews and Christians in the Ottoman Empire
May 4, 2010 - 1382 words | History » Ottoman Empire
The position of Jewish and Christian peoples under the Ottoman Empire is an issue that continues to be disputed today, almost a century after the official end of the Empire itself. Religious association typically determined status in the predominantly Muslim Ottoman... Read Article »

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Ottoman Empire Minorities Jews Christians Middle East Muslim Ottomans Jewish Judaism Islam Islamic Republic
Prompts for Progress: Feminism in the Islamic World
March 3, 2010 - 2830 words | Religious Studies » Women in Islam
From skimpy skirts to smoldering skivvies, American’s remember the 1960’s as a decade of social change and assertion of the rights and strengths of women. True to American style, the women’s movement was fought and won boldly and bluntly in the public... Read Article »

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Feminism Islam Women in Islam Women's Rights Religious Studies Women in Arab World Arab World Middle East
Jean De Joinville and his Biography of Saint Louis on the Seventh Crusade
December 18, 2009 - 1990 words | History » Jean De Joinville
The French historian Jean de Joinville was born into a noble and influential family in Champagne in 1224.[1] He took the cross in 1248 to join the first crusade of Louis IX. His decision to go on crusade was at least in part influenced by the long and illustrious history... Read Article »

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Jean De Joinville Crusade Medieval Chronicles Middle Ages Crusades Seventh Crusade Saint Louis France Middle East Christianity Louis Xi The Crusades Damietta