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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Nisan, Mordechai. Minorities in the Middle East. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2002 (OCoLC)608614064 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mordechai Nisan |
ISBN: | 0786413751 9780786413751 |
OCLC Number: | 49902149 |
Description: | ix, 341 pages : map ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: the Middle Eastern mosaic -- Kurds: a legacy of struggle and suffering -- Berbers: between rebellion and submission -- Baluch: from obscurity to geostrategic importance -- Druzes: freedom without independence -- ʻAlawites: to power and the unknown -- Copts: from majority people to minority religion -- Armenians: talent, tragedy, and territorial loss -- Assyrians: an ancient people, a perennial struggle -- Maronites: sophistication and missed opportunities -- Sudanese Christians: tribulations and war in Black Africa -- Jews: Zionist achievement, lingering question -- Jews, Israel, and the minorities. The Middle Eastern mosaic -- States and nations -- Minorities in the Middle East -- The debate about minorities -- Principles and means of conict resolution -- Muslim minorities -- Kurds -- Berbers -- Baluch -- Heterodox Muslim minorities -- Druzes -- ʻAlawites -- Christian minorities -- Copts -- Armenians -- Assyrians -- Maronites -- Sudanese Christians -- Jews, Israel, and other Middle Eastern minorities -- Zionist achievement -- Judaism -- Toward Jewish independence -- Jews, Israel, and the minorities -- Elusiveness of political rule. |
Responsibility: | Mordechai Nisan. |
Abstract:
A study of all the indigenous peoples of the Middle East. Pressed to persist in a threatening environment, these minorities (including Kurds, Berbers, Baluchi, Druzes, 'Alawites, Armenians, Assyrians, Sudanese Christians, Jews, Egyptian Copts, and others) share similar experiences.
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