Jordan

Early Jordan . Before 8,000 BC stone age hunters lived in what is now Jordan. However, in 8,000 BC people in the region began farming although they still used stone tools. People began to live happily in the village .In 5000 BC people were started making pottery. By 4000Bc they started to smelted copper & […]

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Kuwait

Early history Kuwait is a country in the Arabian Peninsula, surrounding the Gulf of Kuwait at the head of the Persian Gulf.  In 1521, Kuwait was under Portuguese control in the late 16th century, the Portuguese built a defensive settlement in Kuwait. In 1613, the town of Kuwait was founded in modern-day Kuwait City. Administratively, it was a sheikhdom, ruled by local sheikhs In […]

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PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation)

The PLO is regarded as one of the most infamous terrorist organisation around the world. Created in 1964 during the Arab League summit in Cairo, the PLO originally stated goal was the “liberation of Palestine” through arm struggle while seeking to destroy the existence of Zionism in the Middle East. It was long before that […]

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Arab- Israeli Conflict

The conflict between Arabs and the Zionist (now Israeli) is a struggle between the Jewish state of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East concerning the area known as the Palestine. Middle East has not known peace for many years, this conflict have also seen many lives wasted as each camp argues its rights […]

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Iran Iraq War 1980-1988

The Middle East and the Arab world were thrown into fresh confusion in September 1980 when Iraqi troops invaded Iran. Iraq motives President Saddam Hussein of Iraq had several motive for launching the attack He was afraid of militant Islam spreading across the border into Iraq and  Iran. Iran had become Islamic republic in 1979 […]

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Syria

Syria is home to perhaps the most established development on the planet, with a rich imaginative and social legacy. From its antiquated roots to its ongoing political shakiness and the Syrian Civil War, the nation has a complex and, on occasion, wild history. Ancient Syria Current Syria, a nation situated in the Middle East on […]

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The UAE – The United Arab Emirates

Geography The UAE is a coastal nation with many islands in the Middle-East. It extends from the Qatar peninsula to the Strait of Hormuz and along the Gulf of Oman. It shares its borders with Oman and Saudi Arabia. Most part of the country is covered by the Arabian Desert. Only a small part of […]

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Oil and Development – Middle East – Introduction

Throughout the twentieth century, international oil and the Middle East have been inexorably linked. The region, as an increasingly important oil producer and exporter, played and still plays a major role in influencing developments in the international oil industry. Equally, since the first oil was exported, the oil revenues and the oil operations have had […]

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Hamas

PALESTINIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT Hamas is an acronym of Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmiyyah, English Islamic Resistance Movement, militant Islamic Palestinian nationalist movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that is dedicated to the establishment of an independent Islamic state in historical Palestine. Founded in 1987, Hamas opposed the secular approach of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and rejected attempts to cede any part of Palestine. Formation and […]

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Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 until his death in 2004, a tumultuous period in which clashes with neighbouring Israel were prevalent. Synopsis Born in Cairo in 1929, Yasser Arafat was named chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization 40 years later. From this post, he was at the forefront of […]

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