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