John Frederick Lewis (1804 1876) was a British painter who specialized in exquisitely detailed paintings of Oriental (Middle Eastern) subject matter, inspired by his ten-year residency in Egypt.
Turkey's reliability as a military ally, and its continued status as a moderate, secular, democratic Middle Eastern power matter a lot to Europe and the US in strategic and security terms.
On this message, the most revered Eastern masters agree: No matter how wild your mind gets during extended periods of meditation, just keep at it.
Sexy and lively, this is a terrific eastern take on matters increasingly relevant to westerners.
Ukraine's decision — and what happens politically and economically to the other Eastern Partnership countries — matters to Europe.
This whole history of Russian, especially Stalinist homophobia is fascinating because it shines a flashlight on the rest of Russian history, as is true of any homophobia, American, British, German, or Middle Eastern for that matter.
The officers neglected this by asking once again, "But wait a minute, I thought you're American?" As if somehow that made it clear that I couldn't possibly be all-American, French or Middle Eastern for that matter at the same time.
The fact that a Kurdistan wheatear is different from an eastern black-eared wheatear matters.
The northern gate was primarily reserved for military matters; the eastern gate was in civic use.
But publications in Urdu, the main language of Pakistan and a widely spoken tongue in eastern Afghanistan, are another matter.
"Rwanda has maintained from the outset that the current instability in the eastern D.R.C. is a matter for the Congolese government and military," the statement said.
