Harira – Ramadan Soup
Chop the cilantro and flat-leaf parsley and grind in pestle and mortar and release the flavours.
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Middle East & North Africa
Pagan Faith: Beware the Evil Eye
Culture Facts Where: Pagan roots, believed in by modern Arabs, Jews, and Christians around the world, from India to North
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Ibn Batouta – the Great Moslem Traveller
Ibn Batoutta was one of the Moslem world’s great travellers, making historic journeys throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia centuries before many Europeans made similar journeys and discoveries.
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Life in the Roman Army
The Roman empire spanned more than a million square miles and owed its existence to its military might. By promising citizenship to those without it, the Roman army – the West’s first modern, professional fighting force – also became an engine for creating citizens, offering a better life for soldiers who survived their service.
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A Short History of Palestine
The word Palestine derives from Philistia, the name given by Greek writers to the land of the Philistines, who in the 12th century BC occupied a small pocket of land on the southern coast, between modern day Tel Aviv and Gaza.
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