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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 -- ʻAlawites : 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. |
