Tag: Dr. Saeed Khan

Arab Identity Eps. 8: Belfour Declaration w/guest Prof. Saeed Khan [podcast/video]

The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 during the First World War announcing support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population. Join us on our 8th Episode of Arab Identity to discuss the Balfour Declaration with Professor of Middle East History and Global Studies at Wayne State University, Dr. Saeed Khan on Tuesday April 27, 2021 at 7PM Eastern Standard Time. Arab Identity is hosted by Wissam Charafeddine (wissamc.com) and presented by the Arab American Center for Culture and Arts

Arab Identity Eps. 6: Sykes Picot and the Division of the Arab State w/guest Prof. Saeed Khan [podcast/video]

Arab Identity Eps. 6: Sykes Picot and the Division of the Arab State w/guest Prof. Saeed Khan, Senior Lecturer of Near East & Asian Studies and Global Studies, and Director of Global Studies at Wayne State University The Sykes–Picot Agreement was a 1916 secret treaty between the United Kingdom and France, with assent from the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy, to define their mutually agreed spheres of influence and control in an eventual partition of the Ottoman Empire.