Relates how the British, aided by Arab insurgents and the French, defeated the Turks, although not without difficulty, and captured northern Palestine and most

The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied the opportuni

Explains the construction of the Syrian state over the last 100 years and decodes the events of the current crisis.

While for many years scholars and journalists have focused on the more obvious manifestations of political life in the Middle East, one major theme has been con

In the aftermath of World War I Syria paved a path towards democracy. Initially as part of the French mandate in the Middle East and latterly as an independent