Wikipedia:List of missing Middle Eastern topics

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This is a list of topics related to the Middle East which should be created for Wikipedia. Many of these topics were taken from the index to Walter Cleveland's A History of the Modern Middle East.

Middle Eastern articles which have been created, but still need substantial work, can be found within Category:Middle East stubs.

[edit] A-C

  1. Abd al-Hakim Amer (g, a9) - One of the group of the 1952 Revolution In Egypt and The Military minister till 1967
  2. Arab Executive (g, a9)
  3. A'yan (g, a9) - means "Arab leadership", especially relating to Palestine in 1929.
  4. Rafiq al-Azm (g, a9)
  5. Basic Law of Government (g, a9)
  6. The Beacon (g, a9) - It's not any of these, is it? Beacon (disambiguation)
  7. Caisse de la Dette Publique (g, a9)
  8. Charter for National Action (g, a9)
  9. Civil Service School (g, a9)
  10. Constitutional Reform Party (g, a9)
  11. Council of the Islamic Republic (g, a9)

[edit] D-K

  1. Dual containment (g, a9)
  2. Dubai Sports City- A world class city in Dubai with sports venues, academies, and housing. Also looks to host major international competions in world class venues.

Try this link to start: http://www.dubaisportscity.ae/

  1. Fadayan-i Khalq (g, a9) - I suppose this is the Aghan fighters mentioned in Khalq?
  2. February Fourth Incident (g, a9) - Which February 4 incident? France abolishing slavery in its colonies in 1794? Outbreak of revolution in Angola? Arafat chairing the PLO in 1969?
    • Probably refers to Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn using british armor to install a Wafd prime minister in Egypt in 1942. Probably not worth an article just better coverage in existing articles.
  1. Five Feddan Law (g, a9)
  2. Haqqani School (g, a9) - a school in Iran from which counts many influential Iranian government officials as alumni. Curious for more background/information, since this seems to be a common thread to many people in the Iranian government
  3. Islamic Front (g, a9) - Is this the National Islamic Front in Sudan?
  4. Jordan Inbound Tourism Association ([1], JITOA is a business association set up in 2003 to represent the interest of the inbound tour operators in Jordan.
  5. Khurbaj (g, a9) kurbaj courbash a whip the symbol of corvée labour in egypt good article here
  6. Dov Soll-holocaust survivor immigrated to israel became Israeli army engineer

[edit] L-Z

  1. Laleh Sedigh(Sadigh) (Champion of Iranian Racing, the only woman in Iran and the fourth woman in the world who has the license of driving formula 3, and after becoming the first in Iran, she was banned to join other competitions.
  2. Law of Liquidation (g, a9)
  3. Liberation Rally Party (g, a9)
  4. Lutfi al-Sayyid (g, a9) - 20th century Egyptian scholar and nationalist, also linked as Ahmad Lutfi al-Sayyid
  5. Reuven Pedatzur, a lecturer at the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University and a journalist.
  6. Al-Manar (g, a9)
  7. The Meaning of the Disaster (g, a9)
  8. Mixed courts (g, a9)
  9. Morality Police (g, a9)
  10. The Mother of Cities (g, a9)
  11. Hossein Mousavian, controversial Iranian figure
  12. Al-Muayyad (g, a9) - The first Arabic journal, led by Refa'a Al Tahtawi.
  13. Muharram demonstrations (g, a9)
  14. al-Muqattam (g, a9) - also linked as Muqattam Mountain, the legend is described at Pope Abraham of Alexandria
  15. Mutasarrifiyyah (g, a9)
  16. Palestinian Media ([2], [3], [4])
  17. Quantar -- a unit of measure used in Egypt? It's used in Milton-Edwards's Contemporary Politics in the Middle East.
  18. Nassons Entertainment Studios -- A game development company in Jordan, founded by George Shomali, found here: [5].
  19. Petra Tours ([6], -- Is a tour and travel company set up in Jordan in 1965, specializing in Inbound/outbound tourism.