Mosul, Key to the Future of a Unified Iraq Take Back the City . . . and Then What? Myriam Benraad, October 2016 Iraqi Premier Haïdar Al-Abadi and US President Barack Obama have promised impending defeat of the Islamic State organization (IS) in Mosul. However the battle for the nerve (…) The Expulsion of the Jews from Tel Aviv-Jaffa to the Lower Galilee, 1917-1918 Gur Alroey, September 2016 Before the advance of the British troops in Palestine, the Ottoman military governor, Jamal Pasha, ordered in March 1917 the evacuation of residents of Tel Aviv and (…) German Asymmetric Warfare in World War I Reassessing the Strategy of Holy War in the Middle East Alexander Will, August 2016 Germany’s unorthodox World-War-I-operations in the Near and Middle East do not suit as proof for aggressive imperialism. These operations were rather (…) A Consul for all Seasons: the Spanish Diplomatic Mission in Jerusalem during World War I Roberto Mazza, June 2016 Antonio de la Cierva y Lewita, Count of Ballobar, was a Spanish consul in Jerusalem from 1913 to 1919. In charge of protecting Spanish (…) Algerians and the First World War Gilbert Meynier, May 2016 Throughout the First World War, Algeria has provided the French colonial power not only substantial material support, but especially thousands of “indigenous” soldiers. Zouaves and “tirailleurs”, praised for their bravery, yet never had (…) The Veil and the Political Unconscious of French Republicanism Joan W. Scott, April 2016 The French obsession with the veil exceeds that of most other countries in the West. Why? Analysis of an American historian specializing in France. The official French preoccupation with (…) [Reporting Stories of Egyptian atheists in a hyper-religious society Clothilde Mraffko, March 2016 Although atheists are a tiny minority in Egypt, their convictions have provoked many debates, especially since the uprising of January-February 2011. Yet it is still very difficult for anyone to (…) Germany’s Failed Pan-Islamic Propaganda Campaign of 1914-1918 Colonialism, Islam and Nationalism Tilman Luedke, September 2015 The strategic and economic situation of Germany at the outbreak of war was, in fact, rather bleak. Mainly for fault of its own, the country (…) British Anxiety about Jihad in the Middle East Donald M. McKale, June 2015 Historiography on World War I in the Middle East has emphasized overwhelmingly Britain’s role in encouraging the Arab revolt in 1916 against Turkey and in establishing the Allies’ controversial peace settlements. T.E.(…) The Armenian Question and the Turkish-German Alliance (1913-1914) Thomas Schmutz, March 2015 This article examines the German role concerning the reform question in Eastern Anatolia in 1913 and 1914, in particular to resolve the Armenian issue. It sheds new light on the degree (…) The Jewish Yishuv in Ottoman Palestine Contradictions of the Ottoman Policy Yuval Ben-Bassat, February 2015 Even before the birth of political Zionism and then from 1882, the first wave of Jewish immigration settled in Palestine. On the eve of 1914, Jews accounted for 80 000, namely about (…) What was Different about the Ottoman War? Erik Jan Zürcher, October 2014 We can approach the immense historical phenomenon of World War I on different levels: global, national, regional and even local. On one level World War I, or the “Great War” as it was known until 1939, certainly was a world (…) 0 | ... | 456 | 468 | 480 | 492 | 504 | 516 | 528 | 540 | 552 | 564