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Above is an image of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Syrian president Shukry Al-Qawatli celebrating the unity of Syria and Egypt. I did not know of the UAR prior to this course, very thanful I learned something new!

“Plan for Greater Baghdad”

I found this chart while learning about the Latin alphabet reform introduced in Turkey under Atatürk. It helps visualize how the Turkish writing system shifted from the Arabic script to a Latin-based alphabet. What stood out to me is that … Continue reading →