The international aid group Doctors Without Borders has released the first survey-based estimate of how many Rohingya were killed during the first and bloodiest month of a military crackdown that began Aug. 25 in Burma’s Rakhine state. The organization said that by its “most conservative
Iran used to be called Persia until 1935, by that definition all Iranians were considered Persian regardless of their ethnicity. The term “Persians” refers to an ethnic group who speak the Western dialect of Persian and live in the modern country of Iran as well as the descendants of the people who emigrated from the territory of modern-day
What Mr. Peters fails to understand or take into account is that countries exist with more than what ethnic group and there is no problem. Let’s take the case of Azerbaijan.
Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they have never obtained a permanent nation state. The Kurds are one of the indigenous peoples of the
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Ethnic Russians (Russian: Pусские; simplified Chinese: 俄罗斯族; traditional Chinese: 俄羅斯族; pinyin: Éluósī-zú) form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China, according to the ethnicity classification as applied in …
EGP introduces the reader to the great diversity of ethnic groups, ethnolinguistic groups, immigrant groups and some groups who are on the verge of extinction.
Myanmar’s Rohingya have been described by the UN as “the most friendless people in the world”.
2017 – REFELECTIONS, REPORT CARD AND RECOGNITION OF SUPPORTERS Over 150 community language college teachers and instructors attended our General Meeting on Wednesday December 12, 2017.
An introduction to how issues about Africa are covered, the legacy of colonialism and some additional context for many of Africa’s woes.