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
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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
There Are Rivers in the Sky
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When We See You Again
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L'homme qui lisait des livres
Damascus Station
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Good Girl
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East (Vintage)
Zionist willingness to compromise met by Palestinian rejection and Jew hatred.
Sol Stern, A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred

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The stars had only one task: they taught me how to read. They taught me I had a language in heaven and another language on earth.
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