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Israel
Negev Desert >>>
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”