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Middle East
The Middle East (also called the Mid East) is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia.
The term "Middle East" usually includes the Levant countries (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestinian territories), the Arabian Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen), Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Some definitions may include the Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia), Afghanistan, Pakistan, and/or Cyprus.
The corresponding adjective is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner. Formerly, the Eurocentric synonym Near East (as oppo ...more
The term "Middle East" usually includes the Levant countries (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestinian territories), the Arabian Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen), Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Some definitions may include the Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia), Afghanistan, Pakistan, and/or Cyprus.
The corresponding adjective is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner. Formerly, the Eurocentric synonym Near East (as oppo ...more
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The Orient and Islam have a kind of extrareal, phenomenologically reduced status that puts them out of reach of everyone except the Western expert. From the beginning of Western speculation about the Orient, the one thing the orient could not do was to represent itself. Evidence of the Orient was credible only after it had passed through and been made firm by the refining fire of the Orientalist’s work.
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― Orientalism
― Orientalism
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If the Palestinian people really suffered a nakba, it was largely of their own making — and that of their grand mufti.
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― A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred
― A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred
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