Monitor Istanbul.This week, we are telling the tale of two cities: Istanbul and Jerusalem. We explore how memory, resistance and street singers shape the cultural pulse of the cities from the skies ...

Its declared aim was to create a Jewish homeland in the region of Palestine, then under control of the Ottoman Empire. This was the land from which Jews were exiled in antiquity. The “founding ...

This formal recognition signed at the Congress of Paris came after Russia accepted a humiliating defeat against the alliance of Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia. The treaty itself ...

This finger food hails from the Ottoman Empire and can be served hot or cold. Falafel too, can end up on a mezze platter, often as little balls perfect for popping in your mouth. The Cyprus ...

Add to that the public presence of diverse religions and it sounds like 2025, but this was life in the Ottoman Empire 200 years ago. Yet this seeming tolerance of non-Muslim faiths was in fact ...

The Ottoman Empire’s seeming tolerance of non-Muslim religions was part of a way to manage communities that drew the empire’s suspicions, according to an Osaka Metropolitan University historian.

What did the dissolution of the Ottoman empire, the movement for Egyptian independence, or the crisis in British Mandate Palestine have to do with the decision to partition India? How did Muhammad Ali ...

What did the dissolution of the Ottoman empire , the movement for Egyptian independence , or the crisis in British Mandate Palestine have to do with the decision to partition India? How did ...

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Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (District 35) continues to support Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, going as far as visiting with Netanyahu and demanding President Biden continue sending weapons.