Israel

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The Israeli Flag with Star of David

The Negev Desert in southern Israel

An Israeli woman cooks pita bread (double on Fri.)

Ehud Barak, prime minister

Yasir Arafat

The Masada, mass suicide 73 C.E.

Roman destruction is total. The Diaspora begins.

Jerusalem, Wailing Wall, Dome of the Rock

The Dead Sea

1302 feet below sea level

Swimmers can’t sink.

The Sea of Galilee (really a lake)

Israeli shepherd

A salt cave in the Negev.

The Negev Desert, southern Israel

The Ka’ba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Familiar products in Saudi Arabia

Operation Desert Shield/Storm

Saddam Hussein of Iraq

Leader of the Ba’ath Party

A billboard of Saddam outside Baghdad.

A mural of Saddam in Baghdad.

Iraqi money (dinar)

Bombs over Baghdad, January 1991

Fuel depot in Saudi Arabia

A minaret destroyed by U.S. bombs

The Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq

Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran (1919-80) ruled Iran from 1941-1979.

The Shah in 1960.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

1902-1989

Kuwait money (dinar)

Mount Ararat

Istanbul on the Bosporus Strait - Europe and Asia meet

Istanbul as seen from Europe with a mosque in the distance

King Hussein (1935-99) and Queen Noor.

Queen Noor with her son King Abdullah and grandson.

Beirut

Religious minorities

hostages

September 1983 massacre

Alene Khalaf

Lebanese singer, she has #1 album in Lebanon, “La Li Loh”

A Cypriot priest - What religion?

Greek Orthodox

Shish kabobs in Nicosia

Cypriot fort

The sultan’s palace at sunset

Hajar Fort in Oman

Sohar, the birthplace of S

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Silver jewelry worn in Oman

Oil-rich city of Abu Dhabi

Great Mosque at Damascus

minaret

An Arab fort in southwest Syria

Doha, Qatar (capital city)

A minaret in Doha (Persian Gulf in background)

Qataris ride the “Thunderbolt”