Tag: Middle East

• Get America Working Again

  I loved seeing this during the past week as I went back and forth on the Tappan Zee Bridge: Construction cranes! About 20 or more of them spanning the length of the bridge, pounding pylons into the riverbed as the opening phase of building a bridge to replace the iconic Tappan Zee Bridge. Why is…

  sassevn

  June 25, 2014

  Current Events

  america, American oil reserves, Middle East, new york, Nyack, tappan zee bridge, USA

• Know Your History: The Colonial Make-up of the Middle East

  With the tragic events taking place in Iraq, and the term Levant becoming once again a house-hold name, I thought I would go back in time a little bit and outline how the region was influenced by the colonial powers. Levant is a French word which was used to describe the regions of modern day…

  sassevn

  June 22, 2014

  History & Culture

  Israel, lebanon, levant, Middle East

• Know Your History: Munich Massacre 1972

  In what has become one of the greatest tragedies in Olympic history, eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team where killed in a terrorist attack by Palestinian extremists. This event, naturally, overshadowed the games as a whole. Israel retaliated with an assassination policy, targeting those it deemed responsible for the murders. This tragic event happened…

  sassevn

  January 29, 2014

  History & Culture, Know Your History

  1972 Olympics, Israel, Middle East, Munich, Munich massacre, Palestine, Six Days War