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The Armenian Genocide: Time for Turkey to Face Up to Its Own History

No matter how much Turkish leaders today try to sugarcoat the legacy of the Ottoman Empire, the result will always come out bitter. Turkish President, Erdoğan can bemoan European imperialism as much as he wants, but that will never whitewash … Continue reading

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Straightening the Crooked Furrow

By Louay Khraish Imagining Lebanon The Protestant missionary W. M. Thomson wrote that the people of Lebanon “do not coalesce into one homogeneous community, nor do they regard each other with fraternal feelings.  The Sunnites excommunicate the Shiites; both hate … Continue reading

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