Yemen (/ ˈ j ɛ m ən / (); Arabic: ٱلْيَمَن, romanized: al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen (Arabic: ٱلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْيَمَنِيَّةُ, romanized: al-Jumhūrīyah al-Yamanīyah, lit. 'the Yemeni Republic'), is a country in Western Asia, on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula.It borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...

Bethlehem (/ ˈ b ɛ θ l ɪ h ɛ m /; Arabic: بيت لحم Bayt Laḥm; Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם Bet Leḥem) is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about 10 km (6.2 miles) south of Jerusalem.Its population is approximately 25,000, and it is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine.The economy is primarily tourist-driven, peaking during the Christmas ...

Beheira Governorate enjoys an important strategical place, west of the Rosetta branch of the Nile.It comprises four important highways, namely the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, the Cairo agricultural road, the international road, and the circular road. Beheira Governorate is also home to a number of the most important Coptic monasteries in Wadi El Natrun (Scetes).

Iraq consists of 19 governorates (Arabic: محافظة, romanized: muḥāfażah; Sorani Kurdish: پارێزگا, romanized: parêzgeh), also known as "provinces".Per the Iraqi constitution, governorates can form an autonomous region. Four governorates, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, and Halabja, constitute the autonomous Kurdistan Region. Baghdad (which is the most populous) and Basra …

New Valley Governorate or El Wadi El Gedid Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الوادي الجديد [moˈħɑfzet elˈwæːdi lɡɪˈdiːd], Muḥāfaẓah al Wādī al Jadīd) is one of the governorates of Egypt.It is in the southwestern part of the country, in the south of Egypt Western Desert (part of the Sahara Desert), between the Nile, northern Sudan, and southeastern Libya.

1929 riots. The economy of Qatif witnessed a sharp decline in the 1920s, initially due to the invention of cultured pearls which severely impacted the Gulf pearl trade, then due to World War I.The decline was accelerated by a special "Jihad" tax imposed by the Saudis (then the Sultanate of Nejd), which was used to fund military campaigns.The economic situation became so dire …

Halabja (Kurdish: هەڵەبجە, romanized: Helebce, Arabic: حلبجة) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of Halabja Governorate, located about 240 km (150 mi) northeast of Baghdad and 14 km (9 mi) from the Iranian border.. The city lies at the base of what is often referred to as the greater Hewraman region stretching across the Iran–Iraq border.

North Sinai Governorate (Arabic: محافظة شمال سيناء Muḥāfẓet Shamāl Sīnāʾ) is one of the governorates of Egypt.It is located in the north-eastern part of the country, and encompasses the northern half of the Sinai Peninsula.It is bordered in the north by the Mediterranean Sea, in the south by South Sinai Governorate, in the west by Port Said, Ismailia, and Suez ...

Sharm El Sheikh (Arabic: شرم الشيخ, IPA: [ˈʃɑɾm eʃˈʃeːx]), commonly abbreviated to Sharm, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea.Its population is approximately 73,000 as of 2015.Sharm El Sheikh is the administrative hub of Egypt's South Sinai Governorate, which includes the …

The South Tyrolean independence movement (German: Südtiroler Unabhängigkeitsbewegung, Italian: Movimento d'Indipendenza dell'Alto Adige) is a political movement in the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol that calls for the secession of the region from Italy and its reunification with the State of Tyrol, Austria.Concurrently, some groups favor the establishment …