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September 2015The Creation of the Modern Middle East – The treaties that ended World War I created new nations (Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Arabia) from what had once been the mighty Ottoman Empire. Because Europeans were determined to dominate the region to either promote imperial ambitions or control the region’s oil, there was no meaningful attempt to blend the indigenous ethnicities, religions, languages and cultures into more harmonious states. October 2015The Arab Spring – The 2011 uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria, as well as the earlier American–led liberation of Iraq, displaced or threatened autocrats who had been in power for decades. Removing the dictator is often easier than delivering on promises of creating transparent and democratic governing systems. As these nations are still in turmoil, continued violence, outside meddlers and religious fanatics have endangered Israel and Turkey, two key American allies in the region. November 2015Iran, the Bomb, Israel and the Middle East – Proudly Persian and Shiite Muslim, Iran is quite different from its Arab, Sunni Muslim neighbors. Now, with Iraq in chaos, ISIL on the rise and no end sight to the Syrian Civil War, will rising Iranian influence in the region be matched by increasing Arab hostility? Will an atomic agreement with Iran prevent a nuclear arms race in that already volatile part of the world? December 2015What Exactly is Sharia Law? – Devout Muslims believe that their holy book, the Koran, was delivered by God to the prophet Mohammed as that faith was founded in Arabia in the Seventh Century. Many of the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims live their lives according to Koranic based codes of law: Sharia law. With Islamic extremism on the rise around the world, we consider both the roots of Sharia law and the radical ways in which current regimes and entities like ISIL, Al Shabaab and Boko Haram interpret and use it.

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The Modern Middle EastLECTURES ON

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Jerusalem

The Middle East has given the world its oldest and most storied civilizations and was the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Today, the region is riddled with instability, strife, sectarian violence and brutal religious extremism. Join us as we examine how the historic “Cradle of Humanity” has become the thorny and combustible geopolitical challenge of the 21st Century.

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