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Inaccurate and biased
The author states that the 1917 Balfour Declaration (one of the most critical documents leading to the creation of Israel) proposed to divide Palestine between Jews and Arabs and make Jerusalem an international city. But Balfour Declaration made no such proposals.The Balfour Declaration declared that the British government favors "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people."The proposals to divide Palestine between Jews and Arabs and make Jerusalem an international city were in the 1947 UN partition resolution (which was accepted by the Jews and rejected by the Arabs).The author makes no mention of the 1947 UN partition resolution (apparently to avoid mentioning that the Arabs rejected the resolution). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Arab-Israeli conflict    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. History - Middle East    5. Israel-Arab War, 1967    6. Israeli-Arab conflicts    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Middle East - General   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - History - General    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. History - Middle East    4. People & Places - Middle East   

Subjects:  1. Arab Americans    2. Arabs    3. Asia - China    4. Biography    5. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    6. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    7. Ethnic Studies - General    8. History    9. History - Middle East    10. Juvenile Nonfiction    11. Multicultural Studies (Young Adult)    12. People & Places - United States - Other    13. Social Problems (General) (Young Adult)    14. United States    15. United States - General   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Civilization    4. History - Middle East    5. Iran    6. Juvenile Multicultural Studies    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. People & Places - Middle East    10. Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology    11. Social life and customs    12. Human geography / peoples of the world   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Foreign relations    4. History - Middle East    5. History - Military & Wars    6. Iraq    7. Iraq War, 2003    8. Iraq War, 2003-    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile Political Science    11. Juvenile literature    12. People & Places - Middle East    13. Social Science - Politics & Government    14. United States   

Subjects:  1. 1948-    2. Arab-Israeli conflict    3. Astronomy (Young Adult)    4. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    5. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    6. General    7. History - General History    8. History - Middle East    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Middle East - Israel    11. Palestine    12. People & Places - Middle East    13. Politics and government    14. Social Problems (General) (Young Adult)    15. Social Science - Politics & Government    16. Social Sciences   

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Informative
The book on Jordan was informative, and the informationacurate.While reading the book, it felt like Jordan from twodecades ago and not the current Jordan of the new millenium.The pictures and words showed an older poorer Jordan.Jordan has both poor and wealthy and everything inbetween.I was disappointed.Especially having traveled to Jordan. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Sociology    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. History - Middle East    5. Jordan    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. People & Places - Middle East   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Civilization    4. History - Ancient    5. History - Middle East    6. Iraq    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Social life and customs    10. To 634   

Subjects:  1. 1979-    2. Children's 9-12 - History - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. History - Middle East    6. History - Military & Wars    7. Influence    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile Social Science (General)    10. Middle East    11. People & Places - Middle East    12. Persian Gulf War, 1991    13. Politics and government    14. Non-Classifiable   

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Yasir Arafat
I used this to do a report about Yasir Arafat. It was a great book! Good photos and information. Also, it was easy to read.I learned that Yasir means "easy going." Pretty cool. I can't wait to read more books by Colleen Madonna Flood Williams.Her name is long, but it's still a nice name. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1929-    2. Arafat, Yasir,    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - Political    5. Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography    6. Children's Books/Young Adult Biography    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. History - Middle East    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Palestinian National Authority   

Subjects:  1. Antiquities    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Egypt    5. Great Sphinx (Egypt)    6. History - Ancient    7. History - Middle East    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Social Science - Archaeology    11. Sphinxes (Mythology)   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Economic aspects    4. Engineering and construction    5. History - Middle East    6. History - Military & Wars    7. Iraq War, 2003    8. Iraq War, 2003-    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. People & Places - Middle East    12. War   

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 4-6    2. History - General History    3. History - Middle East    4. Juvenile Geography    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Middle East - General    7. People & Places - Middle East    8. Social Science - Politics & Government   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. History    5. History - Holocaust    6. History - Middle East    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Religion - Judaism    10. Zionism    11. Zionists    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Holocaust   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. General    4. History - Middle East    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Middle East - General    8. Persian Gulf War, 1991   

Subjects:  1. History - Ancient    2. History - Middle East    3. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Ancient   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - History - General    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. History    5. History - Middle East    6. Iraq    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Arab-Israeli conflict    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. History - General History    4. History - Middle East    5. International Relations - General    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Middle East - General    9. Sources   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - History - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. History    5. History - Middle East    6. Juvenile Geography    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Middle East - Turkey    10. People & Places - Middle East    11. Social conditions    12. Turkey   

Subjects:  1. Asia - Pakistan    2. Astronomy (Young Adult)    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History - Middle East    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Pakistan    9. History / General