Vryheid in Waarheid … Water is Lewe
*Die hoof artikel kan beskryf word as 'n kas wat menslike beendere bevat het. Beendere het altyd 'n geskiedenis, van waar en deur wie en wat dus onbeantwoorde vrae nalaat. Dit is tydens 'n bergingsuitgrawing in die Kishle, die Ottomaanse polisiekompleks in Jaffa gevind. 'n Tweede konsentrasie beendere is naby 'n 18de-eeuse vesting wat aan… Continue reading Napoleon, Egipte, Ottomans, Palestina
Why is there so much conflict, especially in the middle east? When Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot met in London and took a pen to a map of the Middle East 100 years ago this week, only one of them had ever been there. It was, some say, as if the two were playing… Continue reading Sykes-Picot Agreement Middle east – Ottomans
* The Treaty of Mudros ended Ottoman participation in World War I and effectively — if not legally—marked the dissolution of a once mighty empire. From its ruins, the victors of the First World War attempted to use the post-war peace negotiations to create a new, more unpredictable entity: the modern Middle East. It was… Continue reading Ottomans – Arabs – Palestine – Israel – England – France
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