You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest.
The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and - the most virulent cause of all - the absence of freedom.
The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.
In the Middle East, the conflict today is a matter of generations and not of cultures.
You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause.
No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
Ever since the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the Muslim world has been in slow decline relative to the west. With Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the creeping British annexation of Muslim India, that decline took on a malign aspect.
I must try desperately to absorb all information I can about the Middle East. I want to excel. I want to speak articulately about the politics of the Middle East and its religion.
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