Mapping the Middle East. During the British Mandate of Palestine from 1917 to 1947, British surveyors mapped the territories to exercise their control over the land and its people.It was an ...

Violent upheaval in the Middle East has recently spawned all manner of maps purporting to explain how the region got this way. Here, instead, are 15 maps that don’t claim as much.

More on: Middle East and North Africa This publication is now archived.What is the "road map?"A U.S.-backed peace proposal first floated in 2002, the road map sets a series of bench… ...

UNHCR // Click to Expand. 2. THE MIDDLE EAST'S MANY ETHNIC GROUPS. While the majority of individuals in many Middle Eastern countries are Arab, the region has ethnic and religious diversity to spare.

The New Map of the Middle East . ... By Jeffrey Goldberg. The Atlantic's late-2007 rendering of what the Middle East might eventually look like (The Atlantic) June 19, 2014. Share. Save.

Middle East borders, in place for nearly a century, are in flux as sectarian battles rage and governments lose control of territory, says Owen Bennett-Jones ...

Vintage film posters show the Middle East as imagined by the West A new exhibition gathers posters from the 1920s to the 1970s advertising films set in the Arab world. Mar 7th 2019.