In his 1989 book From Beirut To Jerusalem, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote that “when you think about the Middle East, you must consider what happens the morning after the morning after”.
The region has long been the theatre of dramatic events – wars, uprisings, massacres and other tragedies – but each has evolved and morphed and had ripple effects, sometimes of wider geopolitical significance.
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