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The Final Weeks of King Hussein of Jordan: Memories of Queen Noor Taken From Her Book Leap of Faith

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Samarkand – Timur's Royal Capital City: Uzbekistan's Cultural Masterpiece and UNESCO World Heritage Site

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Jesus Christ – Accidental Prophet? A Look for the Man behind the God

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By: Hari Navarro

The Church of the Nativity Bethlehem: According to Tradition the Birthplace of Jesus Christ

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Codex Sinaiticus Reproduced in Digital Form: St Catherine's Monastery Sinai and One of the World's Oldest Bibles

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Suleiman's Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City: Northern Entrance in Emperor Hadrian's Aelia Capitolina

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Conflict behind Women Wearing the Veil in Egypt: How Colonialism Turned the Veil into a Symbol of Resistance

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By: Michelle MacNeill

The Crusader's Castle at Karak, Jordan: 12th Century Construction Begun by Crusader Lord, Pagan the Butler

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

The Umayyad Mosque, Damascus Syria: Great Mosque, Site of Shrine to John the Baptist and Saladin's Tomb

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Hatra Iraq a Parthian City and UNESCO Site: Capital of First Arab Kingdom - Location of Exorcist Opening Scenes

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Early History of Lebanon: Lebanon's Independence and Early Politics

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By: Ronald Smith

Ancient Biblical City of Ur of the Chaldees: Ur, Beside the Tallil Airbase, a Juxtaposition of Old and New

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

The Role of Water in Middle Eastern Politics: Mahmud Abbas Says Israel is Causing Water Shortage for Palestinians

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Jordan's Role During the First Persian Gulf War: Was King Hussein a Consparitor in the Iraqi Annexation of Kuwait?

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

A History of Baalbeck Lebanon: Site of the Imperial Roman Temples of Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Events Leading to the1970 Jordanian Civil War: Jordan's Slide Into War and its Request to Israel for Military Help

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

The Importance of the Occupied Golan Heights: Will a New Israeli Government Pull Out of Syrian Territory?

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Jerusalem After the June 1967 War: The Work of Teddy Kollek — a Defining Moment in Israeli History

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Secret Talks in 1963 Between Jordan and Israel: King Hussein's Meeting With Israeli Representative Yaacov Herzog

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

The Emergence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: The Role of Hussein at the End of British Mandate in Transjordan

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Hamas and its Role in Gaza: Islamic Resistance Movement or Government in the Gaza Strip?

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

The Temple Mount Site of Solomon's First Temple: The Al-Haram-al-Sharif the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque

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By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

History of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Violence in the Middle East

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By: Cassie Tweten

The Inconvenient Palestine Facts: What the Media Don't Know or Never Tell

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By: David Hornestay

The Templars Genealogy Quest: What was so valuable under Solomon's Temple?

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By: Anastacia Prisbrey

The Kurds: History and Culture of the Kurdish People

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By: Jerome Jayanth

Palestine and Israel: A History: The Palestinian Israeli Conflict

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By: Joel Wittnebel

The Divisions of Islam: Islam's Sects

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By: Jonas Gamso

The Wahhabi Sect: The Center of Islam Fundamentalism

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By: Feature Writer Robert Dailey

The Fall of Constantinople, 1453: The End of An Era –The Beginning of Another

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By: Feature Writer Robert Dailey

Petra - City in Stone: An ancient city, Petra is famous for its monuments carved in rock

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By: Jerome Jayanth

Whose Temple Mount? Or Is It The Noble Sanctuary?

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By: David Hornestay

Oversimplifying History: Background of 9/11

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By: Feature Writer Linda Sue Grimes

The Middle East Before Islam: Pagans and Monotheists

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By: Feature Writer Robert Dailey

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