The Middle East
Subtitle: the land and its people.
Series: Jackdaw -- no. A25; Jackdaw (New York, N.Y.) -- no. A25.
Publisher: Jackdaw Publications
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Amawalk, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Middle East -- Study and teaching.
Notes: Portfolio includes 1 study guide with reproducible masters (22 p.), 1 notes sheet, 4 broadsheets, 11 exhibits.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Broadsheet essays: I. The land and the people: historical background; value: II. Growth and change; value: III. People of the Arab world; value: IV. Israel.; value: Exhibits: 1. Map of the Middle East; value: 2. Languages of the Middle East: 2a. Arabic; 2b. Hebrew; 2c. Turkish; 2d. Persian; value: 3. Songs of the Middle East: 3a. El-Thahlib - an Egyptian singing game; 3b. Hevenu Shalom A'Leychem - an Israeli greeting song; value: 4. Ancient and modern arhitecture; value: 5. How and why mummies were made; value: 6. Fabulous creatures; value: 7. Whirling Dervishes; value: 8. Muezzins and minarets; value: 9. Recipes: Middle Eastern favorites; value: 10. Palestine and the creation of the State of Israel; value: 11. Transcripts of letters exchanged between PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Oslo, Norway, September 9, 1993.