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This volume is designed to place in context the passionate controversies and emotional attachments of the two billion people who live, study, work, love, and die in the Middle East and South Asia. Special chapters address significant issues of continuing international importance, including access to water, the role of oil, and the 2011 Arab spring. Students bombarded with superficial news bites and slanted reporting might never sense the other accomplishments of these societies. Islamic charities and societies bring relief to the impoverished, Israel’s scholars win Nobel prizes, and most Indians cherish long-standing religious toleration. The author of this volume attempts to let the student draw his or her conclusions from the evidence. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with its informed projections make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors and students.