Syria & Lebanon 4 dates — 1918: BPM Lloyd George & FPM Clemenceau -> redrew boundaries to suit their own interest -> rise of nationalist movement 1920: Faisal made King 1925-27: Revolts un Druze region -6000 Syrians were killed -> National Bloc (political organisation) 1944: Independence

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Balfour Declaration

San Remo Conference

Treaty of Sèvres

Mandate System

Turkish War of Independence

Treaty of Lausanne

Iraq 6 dates

Zionism

Balfour Declaration impact in Palestine

Haganah

Palestinian riots at the Wailling Wall and Hebron

Great Arab Revolt

Widening gap between the Jewish and Arab communities in the 30s

Impact of the Great Arab Revolt on the Jewish settlers

Impact of the Great Arab Revolt on the British

Passfield white paper

Arab Executive in Palestine

Sir John-Hope-Simpson

Peel Royal Commission

British White Paper

British White Paper : “His Majesty’s Government therefore now declare unequivocally that it is not part of their policy that Palestine should become a Jewish State”

Reactions to the White Paper 1939

If you take a print magazine with a million person circulation, and a blog with a devout readership of 1 million, for the purpose of selling anything that can be sold online, the blog is infinitely more powerful, because it's only a click away.

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

When there is an original sound in the world it makes a hundred echoes.

During one of my early seminars, there were a bunch of seminar junkies there.

I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.

I have many times thought I did the wrong thing, but the reason was not to be a medical doctor - it was just to have the information. But then, maybe I was wrong, I don't know.

On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.

I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Hopefully, young people will see that you can be young and make the sacrifices to follow your dreams.

Oh you hate your job Why didnt you say so Theres a support group for that. Its called EVERYBODY and they meet at the bar.

Keep enjoying it, and if you do that, then you are going to get better.

Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.

N.W.A had something in common with the Rolling Stones and MC5 and groups like that: the voice of rebellion. It's rebellion against your parents. It's rebellion against the system. It's rebellion against society.

When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed.

The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting.

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished.

I have a funny accent in every language.

I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes.

Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation.

The drawing of a 'Pipeline Wave' started with Billabong as a commission for their 2009 Pipeline Masters campaign. My 'Pipeline Wave' drawing later became the start of my 'Waterworks Collection' for gallery prints.

There's a constant tension between the excitement of new people and security with one person. If you go with excitement, you create chaos; you hurt people. There's jealousy, and it gets very messy. If you have security, it can be boring, and you die inside because of all the opportunities missed.

Politicians like to confuse congressional spending with earmarks. There is a difference.

Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself.