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“Although the national curriculum has changed since 2004, a militaristic and ultra-nationalist mindset still exists in elementary school textbooks, according to research by the History Foundation.”
This summarizes all of the problems that Turkey has, and will have for more than a decade, unless there is change and development. The reason is simple enough: the educational system [...]
Maronite bishops warned that growing divisions between Lebanese political groups would only lead to “chaos” in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Some political voices have made statements that the current political situation in Lebanon is not conducive to elections. The bishops came out criticizing these statements saying that it would create chaos and be more costly [...]
Imad Moustapha, Syria’s ambassador to the U.S., gave an interview with U.S News about Syria’s fragile and tentative relationship with the United States, especially after the U.S. launched a raid in eastern Syria in October killing eight civilians, in an attempt to target supposed Al Qaeda operatives.
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An Israeli reporter who defied her country’s blockade of Gaza returned to Israel after Hamas told her to leave due to security concerns. Amira Hass is an award-winning writer for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. She arrived by boat with pro-Palestinian activists who were trying to draw attention to the hardship in Gaza. Israel let the [...]
Hamas has blocked thousands of Pilgrims from making the trip to Mecca “in the latest twist of the territory’s internal political divisions.”
Pilgrims were turned back from the Rafah border by Hamas forces, and some even claimed they were beaten in their attempts to make the Hajj. Egyptian officials have reported that the border has been [...]
Where does our image of Syria come from?
What are your first thoughts on Syria as a Middle Eastern nation and where and how was that idea formed?
How big of a role has Israel played in forming that image and how big a role has Syria played in letting that image pass as the truth? Here’s [...]
Amidst an already tense situation in Iraq, three planeloads of small arms, delivered in September to the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq, are at the center of an expanding controversy. In Kurd-controlled Sulaymaniyah, officials are discussing the implications of the imported arms in terms of regional autonomy and the long held Kurdish aspiration for an [...]
The US Department of State has a useful statistics and information page, covering the geographical, economic, and historical aspects of Syria. This page gives good background and provides testimony to its people, culture, and religion.
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Nir Barkat, a former high-tech business executive, has been elected Jerusalem’s mayor and is “determined to save the city.” He has brought new hope, because he is a secularist and not Orthodox, unlike his predecessor.
He was born in Jerusalem and has degrees in computer science and business management. He later founded the BRM group, which [...]
This past Friday marked the start of the joint meeting of the Standing Committee of Arab Information and Arab Standing Committee for Communications and Information Technology. The conference is meant to maintain and stabilize ties between and Syria and the rest of the Arab world. Assistant Information Minister Taleb Qadhi Amin pointed to this conference [...]
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