Minorities in the Middle East : a history of struggle and self-expression / Mordechai Nisan. [print]

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Nisan, Mordechai [Author]

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unmediated

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volume

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9780786413751

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DS58.N722.M566 2002
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Contents:

Kurds: a legacy of struggle and suffering -- Berbers: between rebellion and submission -- Baluch: from obscurity to geostrategic importance -- Druzes: freedom without independence -- Alawites: 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.

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 -- Alawites -- 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.

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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 -- Alawites: 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 -- Alawites -- 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.

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