Nisan, Mordechai, <br/><br/>
Minorities in the Middle East :  a history of struggle and self-expression /  [print] 
Mordechai Nisan. 
 - second edition. 
 - Jefferson, North Carolina :  McFarland and Company,  (c)2002. 
 - ix, 341 pages :  map ;  23 cm. 
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<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780786413751 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002008470 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethnology--Middle East.<br/>Minorities--History.--Middle East
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS58.N722.M566 2002 DS58