Three Worlds: Story Of The Lost World Of Arab Jews

Shlaim’s father was a businessman and his mother society hostess in a rich and cosmopolitan Baghdad before they emigrated and lived diminished in Israel

Former Oxford professor Avi Shlaim’s book Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew uncovers what he calls ‘undeniable proof' of Zionist involvement in the attacks that forced Iraqi Jews to emigrate to Israel after over 2,500 years of presence in Babylon

Why Gertrude Bell Who Helped Create Iraq Remains Unsung

Gertrude Bell helped in creating a geo-political order for the West’s benefit but the one that spawned schisms the Middle East continues to grapple with by deciding the future of Arabs without letting them have a say in it

More Than Just Wars: What Makes Crusades Extraordinary Events In History

The Crusades were not just any other wars or an ordinary event in world history, but a theologically-justified attempt to erase Islam and the Islamic civilisation

Joined At Hip: How More Binds Than Parts Abrahamic Religions

The shared veneration for Abrahamic religious figures is common across the Middle East and is rooted in Muslim beliefs perhaps best reflected in the 13th-century Persian poet Saadi’s poem, which likened Adam’s children to valuable limbs of one body

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