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Israel Shamir, Counterpunch, 2/22/2012: “What Really Happened in the “Yom Kippur” War?”

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Where exactly is Israel?

Rachel Havrelock — “Where Exactly is Biblical Israel?” from the Huffington Post Havrelock briefly reviews the biblical literature describing the outlines of the Holy Land, and concludes that today’s perception of what constitutes the “Holy Land” is entirely a creation of 20th century British imperialism. Continue reading

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The Holy Land Experience

The Holy Land Experience
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1951 Air France Holiday to Israel Ad

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Nuri Pelit on Palestinians in Israeli History Textbooks

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Nabil Al-Tikriti

Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, is currently serving as a short term observer (STO) for the May 8 municipal elections in Durres, Albania. For these elections, he is affiliated with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Euro… Continue reading

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Nabil Al-Tikriti

Nabil Al-TikritiNabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, gave a keynote address, “The State of Middle East Studies in the American Academy,” at the 5th Joint International Workshop held in Tokyo, Japan February 12-13.  Al-Tikrit also served as a discussant for the graduate student workshop ”Science, Institutions, and Identity in the Muslim Societies” organized jointly by Kyoto University and the Tokyo University of […] Continue reading

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Nabil Al-Tikriti

Nabil Al-TikritiNabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, made presentations entitled “Shifting Borders and State Prerogatives: Iraqi Provincial Border Changes from the Ottoman Era to Today” at the July WOCMES conference in Barcelona, “Messiah Lovers, Sola Scriptura, and the Early Evolution of both an Ottoman Islam and Protestantism” at the October WHA conference in Istanbul, and “Iraqi […] Continue reading

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