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Trevor Mostyn Mostyn
Trevor Mostyn read Arabic with Persian at Edinburgh University, spending a year at the American University in Cairo. Later he taught at Algiers University, then travelled throughout the Middle East as a publisher and then set up and ran the Med Media Programme (media projects between the then 12 EU countries and the 12 Mediterranean non-member countries) for the European Union. He has published 8 books on the region, lectured on ships and written for many newspapers. He teaches Islamic Studies at Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education.
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Britain and France have colonised the countries of The Middle East since the mid-19th century, claiming to deliver enlightenment and democracy. However, from the conquest of Algeria to the Sykes-Picot agreement many challenge the integrity of such claims.
Britain and France have colonised the countries of The Middle East since the mid-19th century, claiming to deliver enlightenment and democracy. However, from the conquest of Algeria to the Sykes-Picot agreement many challenge the integrity of such claims.