Middle East and North Africa
Drag and drop items on the left to the corresponding item on the right. View accessibility instructions.

A sect of Islam distinct from Shia in that its adherents do not believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

The name given to big-name, well-known architects who participate in construction to market or brand a city.

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

A trade cartel of oil producing states, mostly Middle Eastern that uses its power to influence global oil markets.

An organized killing of a particular ethnic group.

A political party that rued Iraq from 1968 to 2003.

A communal settlement in Israel.

A nomadic people living in the desert regions of the Middle East and North Africa.

A country in which the city and the state are essentially one and the same.

French expatriates living in Algeria.

A high density area found in the city center in the Muslim world.

An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

Back to top