Middle East

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Nasserism

Nasserism

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Chapter Six explores Nasserism. As a nationalist and socialist ideology, Nasserism, which took its name from the Egyptian leader and president Gamal Abed Nasser, greatly influenced and inspired … 19 $1.90 Add
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Organizing Under Suspicion
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Organizing Under Suspicion

From: Identifying as Arab in Canada

Chapter eight, Organizing Under Suspicion, traces the political organizing activities of the Canadian Arab Federation, including its major organizing goals of influencing Canada’s foreign … 29 $2.90 Add
Pay No Heed to the Rockets

Pay No Heed to the Rockets

Palestine in the Present Tense

Marcello Di Cintio first visited Palestine in 1999. Like most outsiders, the Palestinian narrative that he knew had been simplified by a seemingly unending struggle, a near-Sisyphean curse of … 264 View
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Pioneers and Adventurers
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Pioneers and Adventurers

From: Identifying as Arab in Canada

The second chapter, Pioneers and Adventurers, looks first at the identities of the first wave of Arab immigrants to North America. Then it considers the geographic spread and presence of this … 20 $2.00 Add
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Progress

Progress

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Chapter Eight focuses on the progress being made by Third World countries in the United Nations General Assembly as they began to overthrow the virtual monopoly of First World countries with … 12 $1.20 Add
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Regime Change

Regime Change

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

Two forces sought to topple the secular Arab nationalists of Ba’athist Syria, each for its own, and separate reasons. Both forces were equally determined to end the influence of secular … 31 $3.10 Add
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Saddam

Saddam

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Chapter Nine focuses on Saddam Hussian. During the 1970s, Saddam used Iraq’s oil wealth to pursue ambitious programs of social reform and economic uplift, earning him the plaudits of the … 12 $1.20 Add
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Settlers

Settlers

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Chapter Eleven focuses on the ideology of the Israeli Settlers. Settler colonialism is a system through which natives are displaced by immigrants. Under this system, the natives are defined as … 13 $1.30 Add
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She is Oranges that Explode

She is Oranges that Explode

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

In this chapter, the author explores the experience of refugees living in camps in Palestine. 38 $3.80 Add
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Syria

Syria

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Chapter Ten focuses on Syria. Before the British and French divided Turkey’s West Asian possessions in 1920, Syria comprised territory covering today’s Palestine, Israel, Jordan, … 13 $1.30 Add
Syria
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Syria

Anatomy of Regime Change

In December 2024, Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad departed for Russia after militia forces took Damascus. An Al-Qaeda affiliated group led by Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani (aka Ahmed Hussein … ; 248 View
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The 1948 Killing of Un Mediator on Palestine Count Bernadotte

The 1948 Killing of Un Mediator on Palestine Count Bernadotte

From: Einstein on Israel and Zionism

In this appendix, Jerome examines the 1948 assassination of Swedish Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations’ first mediator in Palestine. 19 $1.90 Add
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The 2011 Distemper

The 2011 Distemper

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

There are three views on the origins of the 2011 uprising in Syria whose wide circulation is inversely proportional to the degree to which the views have been critically examined. All are highly … 28 $2.80 Add
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The Arab World as Seen From Canada
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The Arab World as Seen From Canada

From: Identifying as Arab in Canada

The third chapter begins the second period of the authors study period, from 1930 to 1950, the period of establishment. Collective organizing began in 1930. This happened through English language … 28 $2.80 Add
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The Ba'athists' Islamic Ally

The Ba’athists’ Islamic Ally

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

There were two officially recognized Islamic states in the Middle East which played key roles in the conflict in Syria. One, Saudi Arabia, an important regional satellite of the United States, … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Backstory

The Backstory

From: Einstein on Israel and Zionism

In this chapter, Jerome traces Albert Einstein’s evolving relationship with Jewish identity and Zionism against the broader history of the movement from the late nineteenth into the early … 17 $1.70 Add