K a B A - The Great Arab Revolution of 1916 - Bog af Hani Beshara Omar - Hardback

K a B A - The Great Arab Revolution of 1916 - Hani Beshara Omar

Most of the shock which affected the Middle East during the 20th century can be tracked back to the First World War. Arabs were faced with political, cultural and linguistic persecution under the Ottomans. The Ottoman Empire sided with the Central Powers (Turkey and Germany) against the Allies (England, France and Russia). Sharif Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashemi, Ameer of Mecca then, in the hope of an opportunity to liberate the Arab World, sided with the Allies. He launched the Great Arab Revolution of..