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THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? The region's very name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on maps: they were lines that did not exist in reality and created some of the most artificial borders the world has seen. An attempt is now being made to redraw them in blood.

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Back to 1923

Iraq is a prime example of the ensuing conflicts and chaos. The more religious among the Shia never accepted that a Sunni-led government should have control over their holy cities such as Najaf and Karbala, where their martyrs Ali and Hussein are said to be buried. These communal feelings go back centuries; a few decades of being called ‘Iraqis’ was never going to dilute such emotions.

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How can it get worse?!!!

There's always a way

لترلي😂

ابد مو اني 🌚😹

‏لها بشر مثل الحرير ومنطقٌ
‏رخيمُ الحواشي، لا هراء ولا نزر!

‏وعينان قال الله: كونا، فكانتا!
‏فعولان بالألبابِ ما تفعل الخمر!

‏"ذو الرمة"

وتنالُ مِنْكَ بِحَدّ مُقْلَتِها
ما لا يَنالُ بِحَدِّهِ النَّصْلُ
شَغَلَتْكَ وهْيَ لِكُلِّ ذي بَصَرٍ
لاقى مَحاسِنَ وَجْهِها شُغْلُ
فَلِقَلْبِها حِلْمٌ يُباعِدُها
عن ذي الهَوى وَلِطَرْفِها جَهْلُ
وإذا نَظَرْتَ إلى مَحاسِنها
فَلِكُلِّ مَوْضِعِ نَظْرَةٍ قَتْلُ
ولِوَجْهها مِنْ وَجْهِها قَمَرٌ
ولِعَيْنِها مِنْ عَيْنِها كُحْلُ

— هارون الرشيد

the magnitude of what is going on in Iraq and Syria with ISIS has finally enabled at least some observers to understand that the problems of the region are not down to the existence of Israel. That was a lie peddled by the Arab dictators as they sought to deflect attention from their own brutality, and it was bought by many people across the area and the dictators’ useful idiots in the West.

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حجم الأحداث التي جرت في العراق وسوريا مع داعش، بيّن على الأقل للبعض أن مشاكل الشرق الأوسط لا يمكن إختزالها بـ "إسرائيل". هذه كانت كذبة إستخدمها الطغاة العرب ليبعدوا الأنظار عن القسوة والظلم الذي يرتكبونه، وقد صدّق هذه الخدعة العديد من الأشخاص في المنطقة، بالإضافة إلى الحمقى الغربيين الذين إستفاد منهم الطغاة.

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