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I Wept for Greece
When tears well in my eyes upon reading a passage in a book, I must explore the possible reasons for this. I am only sixty percent through reading “Postcards from Greece,” by Victoria Hislop. Her story is unerringly soulful and … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Literature, Geography, Government & Politics, Greece, History
Tagged "Eleni", "Z", Adolph Hitler, Albania, Alexander K. Pavellas, Alexander of Macedon, Alexander The Great, Anatolia, Armenians, Assyrians, Athens and Sparta, Benito Mussolini, Bulgaria, Cartes Postales from Greece, Christianity, Communists, Constantinople, Costa-Gavras), Democracy, Drachma, Eastern Orthodox, Egypt, eleftheria, eleftheria i thanatos, England, Euro currency, European Union, First World War, France, Freedom or Death, German Army, Golden Age of Greece, Greece, Greek, Greek Church, Greek Civil War, Greek Jews, Holy Roman Empire, Iraq, Islam, Island of Crete, Istanbul, John Fowles, Kingdom of Greece, Konstantinos Pavellas, Last Temptation of Christ, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Smyrna, Middle East, Nafplio, Nikos Kazantzakis, North Africa, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Turks, Peloponnesian wars, philhellenes, Report to Greco, Republic of Greece, Roman Empire, Romans, Russia, Smyrna, Syria, the Great War, The Magus, Theofonia Pavellas née Smirtis, Treaty of Constantinople, Turkey, Turks, Victoria Hislop
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A 100-Year Lust for Petroleum Brings the Middle East to the Brink of a Water Crisis
The title of this article is my construction from what I learned, yesterday, at a valuable presentation of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), augmented by some other history and writings from this part of the world. The title … Continue reading
Posted in Demography, Economics, Geography, Government & Politics, History, War & Peace, Water
Tagged “Vanishing water landscapes: Perceptions of water scarcity and conflict in MENA", Desertification, Dr. Dan Smith, Environmental degradation, Francesca de Châtel, Jordan River, lines in the sand, Middle East and North Africa, Ottoman Empire, SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sykes-Picot Agreement, Syria, T. E. Lawrence, Turkey, Water, Water Quality, World War One
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