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Arab Spring |
Series of protests and uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa that commenced in 2010. |
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Harragas |
North African migrants who attempt to illegally immigrate to Europe or islands under European control, burning their passports, visas, or ID papers in the process in order to gain access. |
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Arab Nationalism |
The premise of Arab Nationalism is that there should be political, cultural, religious and historical unity among the people of Arab nations. |
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Fatwah |
Legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar, mostly seen in class used as orders of death among Algerian intellectuals. |
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Sykes Picot |
Secret agreement between the UK & France defining the proposed spheres of influence and control in the Middle East if the Triple Entente (UK, France, Russia) succeed in defeating the Ottoman Empire during WWI. |
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CUP (Young Turks) |
Committee of Union and Progress, political movement favoring constitutional monarchy. |
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Zionism |
Political and Nationalist movement of the Jewish culture supporting the reestablishment of a Jewish homeland in Israel. |
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FLN |
National Liberation Front - socialist party to obtain independence for Algeria from France. |
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FIS |
Islamic Salvation Front - Islamist party in Algeria to establish Islamic State ruled by Sharia Law. |
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Ayatollah Khomeini |
Supreme religious leader of Islamic Republic of Iran. |
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Wahhabism |
Religious movement of Sunni Islam to restore pure monotheistic worship. |
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Gamal Abdel Nasser |
Second president of Egypt. |
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Sayyid Qutb |
Leading member of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in 1950s-60s. |
