cartel
Christianity
desertification
diaspora
economic diversification
failed state
female seclusion
Fertile Crescent
fossil fuel
Gulf states
hajj
intifada
Islam
Islamism
jihadists
Judaism
monotheism
Muslims
occupied Palestinian Territories (oPT)
OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
Ottoman Empire
patriarchal
Qur’an (or Koran)
Salafism
salinization
seawater desalination
secular states
shari’a
sheiks
Shi’ite (or Shi’a)
Sunni
theocratic states
veil
West Bank barrier
Zionists