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| Protest throughout the Arab world has washed the shores of North Africa in recent months and has spread to the eastern Mediterranean, and to Yemen and Bahrain in the Arabian Peninsula. The mass outcry that has already succeeded in deposing unjust, longtime dictators has been dubbed by the media “the Arab Spring,” inspired by the wave of revolutions in Europe in 1848 and 1849. Like Louis-Philippe of France, Hosny Mubarak of Egypt and Zine al-Abidin Ben Ali of Tunis have been overthrown at the behest of their people. Other rulers, such as the leaders of Syria,Libya and Yemen, face protests... |
| "a critical discussion of two books that illustrate the significance of the ongoing reappraisal of the national past in Greece and Turkey. Andrekos Varnava and Merav Mack review two books that deal with the Christian space of the Levant. Future issues will feature books written in Mediterranean countries and published " | |
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Anthony O'Mahony and John Flannery, eds. The Catholic Church in the Contemporary Middle East: Studies for the Synod for the Middle East (London: Melisende, 2010), 352 pp.
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| "of great dogmatic differences, and able to reflect on its own historical mistakes, is not yet ready to live in communion with its own community. Merav Mack The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and the Centre de recherche franais Jrusalem (CRFJ ) Notes 1 Synod of Bishops: Special Assembly for the " | |
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