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Category: "Middle Eastern Studies"
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The Balfour Declaration: The Central U.S. Role in Israeli-Palestinian Relations
Joseph Rappaport, New York
The United States has played a role in the Middle East conflict going back at least as far as 1917. Learn more about the modern history of Israeli-Palestinian relations, America's involvement in key milestones along the way, and the current challenges facing Israelis and Palestinians.
Why Persian Literature? Why Now? Tending Saadi's 13th Century Rose Garden in Today's World
Richard Jeffrey Newman, Jackson Heights
Discover Saadi's Gulistan, one of the literary treasures Iran has given the world. It has a lot to teach us about ourselves and about Iran.
The History and Archaeology of Jerusalem: Second Temple Period
Esther Grushkin, Staten Island
In this slide presentation, you will see a model of Herod's glorious temple, and learn how Jerusalemites lived, worshipped, and died during the Second Temple Period.
The Philistines: Peleshet to Palestine
Robert R. Stieglitz, Forest Hills
Recent archaeological evidence unearthed in Israel and on Cyprus has shed new light on the history of the Philistines, newcomers to the Promised Land who brought from their Aegeo-Anatolian homeland a highly sophisticated heritage.
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