POLS 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Myofascial Trigger Point, Free Syrian Army, Syrian Civil War
18 Jan 2017
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The middle east is composed of the arabic speaking world, not only arab states. Identity is key in separating the two: the arab world is dominating arabic speaking, the arbs were an empire, spreading the language across the land, lebanon is an arab face but not arab identity. 20 countries in the arab world, broken into 3 regions: the arab west(maghrib) Tunisia is part of it, and it is where the. Algeria - former french colony, independence war in 1960"s. Libya - small population and oil = wealth. Former italian colony: egypt - the largest bi-population arab country, strongest military, borders israel. What happens in egypt influences the rest of the arab world. Very large and very poor country: mashria - the arab east. Very poor: sudan - straddles arab muslim speaking world and african world. What binds the three areas is language - predominantly arabic: different dialects in different regions.
