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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa 2, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 128 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.This second edition reflects the far-reaching changes the Middle East has undergone in recent years, making it more relevant and necessary than ever before. Covers the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa, with major sections on Colonialism and Imperialism, the World Wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the United Nations' involvement in the region. Each country in the region is reviewed, detailing its population, economy, and government. ... Read more

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Chapters: Romani People, Albanians, Sephardi Jews, Bulgarians, Pomaks, Cham Albanians, Aromanians, Slavic-Speakers of Greek Macedonia, Macedonians, Greek Muslims, Arvanites, Sarakatsani, Corfiot Italians, Minorities in Greece, Turks of Western Thrace, Pontic Greeks, Megleno-Romanians, Vlachs, Muslim Minority of Greece, Iraqis in Greece, Italian Colonists in the Dodecanese, Karamanlides, Armenians in Greece, Vallahades, Roma in Greece, Filipinos in Greece, Albanian Immigrants in Greece, Turks of the Dodecanese, Gavoustema, Black People in Greece, Serbs in Greece, Russians in Greece, Turks in Greece. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 360. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Albanian Cham Albanians, or Chams (Albanian: , Greek: Tsámidhes), are a sub-group of Albanians who originally resided in the coastal region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Chameria. The Chams have their own peculiar cultural identity, which is a mixture of Albanian and Greek influences as well as many specifically Cham elements. Chams played an important role in starting the renaissance of the Albanian culture in the 19th century. The Chams speak their own dialect of the Albanian language, which is considered one of the two most conservative dialects, the other being Arvanitika. Following the Italian occupation of Albania in 1939, the Chams became a prominent propaganda tool for the Italians and irredentist elements among them became more vocal. As a result, on the eve of the Greco-Italian War, the adult male Cham population was deported by the Greek authorities to internment camps. After the occupation of Greece, large parts of the Muslim Cham population collaborated with Italian and German forces. This fueled resentment among the local Greek population and in the aftermath of World War I...http://booksllc.net/?id=309105 ... Read more

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A fantastic new book for both Sephardim and Ashkenazim! Biographies and inspiring stories of twenty-five famous rabbis spanning three-hundred years and the broad spectrum of Sephardic heritage: Egyptian, Moroccan, Syrian, Iraqi, Yemenite, and more! For both adults and youngsters. A first of its kind! ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yael Naïm singer-songwriter of French-Tunisian parents. She rose to fame in 2008 in the US after her hit single "New Soul" was used by Apple in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air. The success of this song made her the first Israeli solo artist to have a top ten hit in the United States. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Naïm joined with percussionist David Donatien, and over a period of two years they arranged and recorded thirteen of Naïm's songs in a studio in Naïm's apartment in Paris, and these were released as her second album, Yael Naïm, on 22 October 2007, on the Tôt ou tard label. ... Read more