The Middle East from Empire to Sealed Identities

Explores how conceptions of identity were historically constructed in the Middle East under the influence of imperial powers This compelling analysis of the modern Middle East – based on research in 19 archives and numerous languages – shows the transition from an internal history characterised by local realities that were plural and multidimensional, and where identities were flexible and hybrid, to a simplified history largely imagined and imposed by external actors. The author demonstrates ho