Middle East & North Africa Archives - Page 9 of 14

The Arabian peninsula has historically been the domain of individual Arab clans and families

The Gulf Sheikhs

The title of sheikh is often held by royalty in the Middle East, but it can mean so much more. In Arabic, the term sheikh means man of old age, and it’s a title that is not easily earned.

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Pearling the Persian Gulf

It became an international merchant network and consolidated the power of the local rulers.

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Meteoric Museums of Arab Gulf States

The Louvre project has been called France’s largest cultural project abroad and allows for the licencing of the Louvre name abroad and sharing of its treasures until 2037. Already it is the largest and most visited museum in the Arabian peninsula .

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Nazis and the Arab World

In Algeria, where the French Vichy regime also held power in the early years of the war, tens of thousands of Jews were stripped of their citizenship and many placed in internment camps.