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Arthur James Balfour in the Middle East, March-April
Arthur James Balfour in the Middle East, March-April 1925 “Perhaps it was an affectation, but he genuinely did not seem to realize how deeply he wa...

Where Is the Middle East? “The concept of a region called the
Where Is the Middle East? “The concept of a region called the “Middle East” is a relatively recent and unstable construction. Since the term wa...

Palestine: Dispossession Normalized In the introduction to his
Palestine: Dispossession Normalized In the introduction to his endlessly evocative, intimidatingly knowledgeable and wonderfully written, The Unmakin...

The gassings of Russians by Germans preceded the gassings at
The gassings of Russians by Germans preceded the gassings at Auschwitz—the first mass gassings were of Russian prisoners of war in the southern Ukra...

Culture Talk, The West and Two Methods for Treating the
Culture Talk, The West and Two Methods for Treating the “Barbarians”: African and Muslims “We need to distinguish between two contrasting nar...

Martyrdom and Guilt Sadly, (too) many people across the Arab and
Martyrdom and Guilt Sadly, (too) many people across the Arab and Muslim world-- and no doubt elsewhere too—will fully and painfully understand the...