Mordechai Nisan has written extensively on Zionism and the Arab-Israeli conflict. He teaches Middle East Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rothberg International School and lives in Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Preface

INTRODUCTION: THE MIDDLE EASTERN MOSAIC

States and Nations

Minorities in the Middle East

The Debate About Minorities

Principles and Means of Conflict Resolution

PART 1: MUSLIM MINORITIES

Kurds: A Legacy of Struggle and Suffering

Berbers: Between Rebellion and Submission

Baluch: From Obscurity to Geostrategic Importance

PART II: HETERODOX MUSLIM MINORITIES

Druzes: Freedom Without Independence

'Alawites: To Power and the Unknown

PART III: CHRISTIAN MINORITIES

Copts: From Majority People to Minority Religion

Armenians: Talent, Tragedy, and Territorial Loss

Assyrians: An Ancient People, a Perennial Struggle

Maronites: Sophistication and Missed Opportunities

Sudanese Christians: Tribulations and War in Black Africa

PART IV: JEWS, ISRAEL AND OTHER MIDDLE EASTERN MINORITIES

Jews: Zionist Achievement, Lingering Question

Jews, Israel, and the Minorities

CONCLUSIONS

The Elusiveness of Political Rule: A Comparison

Minority Mobilization and the Crusader Case

Minority Particularity and the Israeli Case

Peoples and State Across the Region

The Middle East and the World

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