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Minorities Link to syllabus Link to Encyclopedia of the Orient

MENA map

Armenian Massacre

Armenia

Armenia as per President Wilson

Palestinian Refugees

Distribution and Density of Kurdish People, ~ 1990

Abdullah Ocalan Born around 1950, to a peasant family in a small village in southern Turkey. Fled Turkey before 1980, living in Syria, Italy, and Russia. Captured by Turkish Intelligence (in Kenya) in Death sentence commuted to life.

Muslim Distribution

Boutrous Boutrous Ghali Born: Secretary General of United Nations Grandfather was Prime Minister Famous Coptic Christian from Egypt