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Routledge Library Editions Politics of the Middle East volume Volume 17
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Author
Series
Hoover Institution Press publication volume Number 623
Hoover Institution Press publication volume 623
Hoover Institution Press publication volume 623
Language
English
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Description
"In this collection of bold and wide-ranging essays, Fouad Ajami offers his views on the Middle East, commenting on the state of affairs in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Egypt, as well as providing historical perspectives on Algeria and Spain. He brings into focus the current struggles of the region through detailed historical analysis and a personal perspective immersed in the literature of the time and place. The author discussess such landmark events...
Author
Series
Contemporary Arab scholarship in the social sciences volume Volume 1
Publisher
I.B. Tauris Publishers in association with The Centre for Arab Unity Studies
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This documentary brings to life the Sahara's cruel history and the conflicts that still plague its people. It recounts the story of kings who once led caravans of 30,000 people across the desert, bearing riches beyond imagination. It tells of Roman death squads that exterminated the citizens of the Empire's most bitter rival and how the Foreign Legion crafted a legend out of last stands and lost causes. From the fabled metropolis of Timbuktu to the...