Faisal I of Iraq

later, the Byzantines. Finally, the Arab Muslims gained control of the land. Syria’s struggle of power was not over yet because it soon fell to the Ottoman Empire, where it remained a part of that empire for four hundred years. At last, during World War I, the Syrians revolted against the Turks with the help of British soldiers and the sons of Sherif Hussein(the leader of the Hashemites). The Syrians

At present, many Arabs have suspended their belief in the Arab nation, and now openly doubt whether there is a collective Arab mission. Those recently swept up by Islamic activism prefer to think of themselves first and foremost as Muslims, and do so without apology. However, for a significant period of time, Arab nationalism was considered the leading ideology in the Arab world. In the 20th century, Arab nationalism proved to be a dominant and influential movement. However, the inability of the

super-power. However, Saudi Arabia is not without its faults. In this paper, I will paint a brief picture of where the Saudi military originated from and how it evolved into its current state. I will then address significant issues with manpower in the Saudi armed forces, the most critical failure of their military

The emergence of Arabism has been an endless debate amongst scholars. The primordialists claim Arabism is a creation of historical formation, whilst on the other hand, the modernists refer to Arabism as a product of modernity. Similarly, the end of Arabism is also contested. The orthodox position argues Arabism ended following the defeat of 1967 and the death of Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt between 1954-70 (Ajami, 1978). Whereas, Kramer (1996) states the rise of political Islam weakened

Margaret Macmillan’s Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World attempts to provide a complete narrative of the tense six months in which the world met in Paris after the Armistice that ended the First World War. Macmillan herself is a Professor of International History at the University of Oxford as well as the Warden of St Antony’s College . She is also the great granddaughter of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George . In the book Macmillan provides unprecedented insight into this Peace

April 28, 1937 1) was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. A rising star in the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and socialism, Saddam (see 2 regarding names) played a key role in the bloodless 1968 coup that brought the party to power. As vice president under the frail and elderly

weapons. The idea of military intervention will just increase the casualties in both sides. For example, after NATO’s air assault on Yugoslavia kicked off in March 1999, the number of civilian casualties and refugees in Kosovo went up, not down. In Iraq and Afghanistan, tens of thousands of innocents lost their lives at the hands of western troops as well as home-grown terrorists (Hasan). Furthermore, in their book “Why Civil Resistance Works”, the US academics Erica Chenoweth and Maria J Stephan

Living in America, we are given the freedom to practice the faith of our choice, but at the same time it does not give us the right to violate our laws or to organize, finance or develop a group whose motives are to attack and destroy the country they claim to be a citizen of, while practicing that faith or religion. We are now in the midst of a movement where homegrown American jihad will be the destruction of the United States. In the United States, we have Americans that are waiting and wanting

arguments and unrelenting Arab/Israeli conflicts that continues to this day. In this paper, I will outline and discuss the controversial “Partition Plan’s”, of 1937 and 1947 respectively, which have concurrently shaped and reflected the state of the conflict throughout the 20th century. This paper will attempt to provide an unbiased account of the positions of both parties on the presented issues, however I will, in my conclusion, provide my opinion on the matter in light of all the information and

Standing in front of the Knesset, the Prime Minister-designate gives a stern welcome to his fellow legislators. “I do not stand here with the glee of victory, but with a sense of grave responsibility in testing times,” he says. What has brought Benjamin Netanyahu to the head of government in Israel is the need to bring peace, to bring about an end to violence, and to erase the misdeeds of the past and renew the spirit of cooperation and harmony in the Middle East. It is a task of mammoth proportions