Question....

Canela,

And nobody is ganging up on you. Do you often resort to playing the victim?

Canela,

You're the first in line to dish out the insults, but when it comes to people criticizing your awful behavior and emotional distress you simply can't handle it.

Sheik, how about you stop worrying about me and busy yourself with your "mideast politics".?The reason I am not so terribly interested is that, as we have established before, Israel is not even actually part of the mideast, but rather belongs to the Near East, and therefore, may I suggest that Inna change the name of this tribe, if this is all you want to talk about in here? Gaza strip politics would sum up about 80% or more of what you are discussing in here.
Adam once started a thread about Iran, thank God, and I did not see any of you take any interest in that except me.

Fine, Make that "Israel is part of the Middle East AND the Near East" as we have:
Country Bureau of Near East
Affairs[3] Washington Institute
for Near East Policy[4]
Egypt + +
Iran + +
Iraq + +
Israel + +
Jordan + +
Lebanon + +
North Africa + +
Oman + +
Palestinian Authority + +
Persian Gulf States + +
Saudi Arabia + +
Yemen + +
Turkey – +

as well as:
Main article: Regions of the Middle East
Country, with flag Area
(km²) Population Density
(per km²) Capital GDP (Total) Per capita Currency Government Official languages
Persian Plateau:
Iran 1,648,195 71,208,000 42 Tehran $753 billion (2007) $10,600 (2007) Iranian rial Islamic Republic Persian
Mesopotamia:
Iraq 437,072 24,001,816 55 Baghdad $102.3 billion (2007) $3,600 (2007) Iraqi dinar Parliamentary Democracy (Developing) Arabic, Kurdish
Arabian Peninsula:
Kuwait 17,820 3,100,000 119 Kuwait City $130.1 billion (2007) $39,300 (2007) Kuwaiti dinar Constitutional Hereditary Arabic
Bahrain 665 656,397 987 Manama $24.5 billion (2007) $32,100 (2007) Bahraini Dinar Constitutional monarchy Arabic
Oman 212,460 3,200,000 13 Muscat $61.6 billion (2007) $24,000 (2007) Omani Rial Absolute monarchy Arabic
Qatar 11,437 793,341 69 Doha $57.7 billion (2007) $80,900 (2007) Qatari Riyal Monarchy Arabic
Saudi Arabia 1,960,582 23,513,330 12 Riyadh $564.6 billion (2007) $23,200 (2007) Riyal Absolute monarchy Arabic
United Arab Emirates 82,880 5,432,746 30 Abu Dhabi $167.3 billion (2007) $37,300 (2007) UAE dirham Federal Constitutional Monarchy Arabic
Yemen 527,970 18,701,257 35 Sanaá $52 billion (2007) $2,300 (2007) Yemeni rial Republic Arabic
The Levant:
Israel 20,770 7,029,529 290 Jerusalem3 $185.9 billion (2007) $25,800 (2007) Israeli new sheqel Parliamentary democracy Hebrew, Arabic, English
Jordan 92,300 5,307,470 58 Amman $28 billion (2007) $4,900 (2007) Jordanian dinar Constitutional monarchy Arabic
Lebanon 10,452 3,677,780 354 Beirut $42.3 billion (2007) $11,300 (2007) Lebanese pound Republic Arabic
Syria 185,180 17,155,814 93 Damascus $87 billion (2007) $4,500 (2007) Syrian pound Presidential republic Arabic
Anatolia:
Turkey1 783,562 72,334,256 91 Ankara $888 billion (2007) $12,900 (2007) Turkish lira Parliamentary Democracy Turkish
North Africa:
Egypt 1,001,449 77,498,000 74 Cairo $404 billion (2007) $5,500 (2007) Egyptian pound Semi-presidential republic (democracy) Arabic
Autonomous region: Palestine:
Gaza Strip 360 1,376,289 3,823 Gaza $5 billion (includes West Bank) (2006) $1,100 (includes West Bank) (2006) Israeli new sheqel Palestinian National Authority Hamas Arabic
West Bank 5,8603 2,500,0005 4323,4 Ramallah Israeli new sheqel Palestinian National Authority Fatah Arabic
Source:

The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 15 July 2008.[3]
Notes:

1 The figures for Turkey includes Eastern Thrace, which is not a part of Anatolia.

2 Under Israeli law. The UN doesn't recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

3 Includes the whole of the West Bank, according to the pre-1967 boundaries.

4 In addition, there are around 400,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, of which half are in East-Jerusalem.



Greater Middle East
Main article: Greater Middle East
Country, with flag Area
(km²) Population Density
(per km²) Capital GDP (Total) Per capita Currency Government Official languages
Caucacus:
Armenia 29,800 2,968,586 111.7 Yerevan $19.298 billion (2008) $5,437 (2008) Armenian dram Presidential republic Armenian
Azerbaijan 86,600 8,621,000 97 Baku $65.523 billion (2007) $7,618 (2007) Azerbaijani manat Presidential republic Azerbaijani
Georgia 20,460 4,630,841 99.3 Tbilisi $20.516 billion (2007) $4,694 (2007) Georgian lari Presidential democratic republic Georgian
Persian Plateau:
Afghanistan 647,500 31,889,923 46 Kabul $35 billion (2007) $1,000 (2007) Afghani Islamic Republic Persian, Pashto
Pakistan (NFWP, FATA, and Balochistan) 880,940 169,300,000 206 Islamabad $505 billion (2007) $3,320 (2007) Pakistani Rupee Islamic Republic Urdu, Pashto
North Asia:
Kazakhstan 2,724,900 15,217,711 5.4 Astana $168 billion (2007) $10,837 (2007) Kazakhstani tenge Presidential republic Kazakh, Russian
Uzbekistan 447,400 27,372,000 59 Tashkent $64 billion (2007) $2,389 (2007) Uzbekistani som Presidential republic Uzbek
Turkmenistan 488,100 5,110,023 9.9 Ashgabat $27 billion (2007) $5,171 (2007) Turkmenistani manat Presidential republic Turkmen
Tajikistan 143,100 7,215,700 45 Dushanbe $12 billion (2007) $1,842 (2007) Somoni Unitary presidential republic Tajik
Kyrgyzstan 199,900 5,356,869 26 Bishkek $11 billion (2007) $2,000 (2007) Kyrgyzstani som Unitary presidential republic Kyrgyz, Russian
China 9,640,861 1,321,851,888 140 Beijing $8 trillion (2008) $5,943 (2008) Yuan Socialist state, Single party communist state Chinese
Mediterranean Sea:
Cyprus2 9,250 792,604 90 Nicosia $21.4 billion (2007) $27,100 (2007) Euro Republic Greek, Turkish
North Africa:
Algeria 2,381,740 33,333,216 14 Algiers $224.7 billion (2007) $6,500 (2007) Algerian dinar Presidential republic Arabic
Mauritania 446,550 33,757,175 70 Nouakchott $6 billion (2007) $2,011 (2007) Ouguiya Military junta Arabic
Western Sahara 163,610 10,102,000 62 El Aaiun Moroccan dirham Arabic
Libya 1,759,540 6,036,914 3 Tripoli $74.8 billion (2007) $12,300 (2007) Libyan dinar Jamahiriya Arabic
Morocco 446,550 33,757,175 70 Rabat $125.3 billion (2007) $4,100 (2007) Moroccan dirham Constitutional monarchy Arabic
Tunisia 163,610 10,102,000 62 Tunis $77 billion (2007) $7,500 (2007) Tunisian dinar Republic Arabic
Northeast Africa:
Djibouti 23,200 496,374 34 Djibouti $1.641 billion $2,070 Djiboutian franc Parliamentary republic Arabic, French, Somali, Afar
Eritrea 117,600 4,401,009 37 Asmara $3.622 billion $746 Nakfa Transitional Government Tigrinya, Arabic
Somalia 637,661 9,588,666 13 Mogadishu $5.26 billion $600 Somali shilling Semi-presidential republic Somali, Arabic
Sudan 2,505,813 39,379,358 14 Khartoum $107.8 billion (2007) $2,552 (2007) Sudanese pound Dictatorship (democracy) Arabic
Source:

The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 15 July 2008.[4]

So, this would imply that there is either a Near East and a Far East, or only Middle East and Far East while the Near East in this case would be...Europe, maybe? Lol. Thank your own authorities for this mess in presenting definitions.

And now, Salil, after receiving a hint from me, you have finally gotten a grip on what I was talking about re the cradle robber thing, and are now pretending that you knew this all along. What else is new. Bragging, muddling, lying and expecting us to be dumb enough to not look through your act. And moreoever, you prove me right in showing that you are childish enough to believe that a fully grown woman would actually want to waste time with being aggravated by your obnoxious, tiresome presence for any longer than absolutely necessary. What I am doing here is trying to get rid of you, so we can actually start talking to each other in peace, if you need to know. You won't shut up and keep getting in the way, you see?
And now, looking for additional insults, you accuse me of "not knowing basic English". Laughing out loud, kid.
Also, you were eager to defend Sheik's glitch about the non-existent use of "very pathetic". "Very pathetic" is just as absurd as "very wonderful", and it is REDUNDANT in expression, as ridiculous sounding as "the big maximum". *Redundant*, does this mean anything to you, Salil?
I rest my case, with the conclusion that our "Sheik Yerbouti" here (about as "arabesque" a name as Frank Zappa would allow) is no native speaker of English either.
I am still wondering though how "Arabesque" John managed to find an image from a place in El Andalus in google images by keying the word "Arab" ("or arabesque or something", as he claims) into image search without having to sort through 10000 other links before that, or whether there exists such as possibility of finding this photo via these search words at all. Suspicion stands: he ripped it from my photo album and will not admit it. Rather he claims "Why would anybody want to take ANYTHING from your photo album", thus claiming this image is not even contained in there (I invite you to check if you have any doubt). Now what may be his reasons for pretending he did not find it in there? Is he trying to say, he never looked at my photo album? While complaining about the shape of my body? In this case, unfortunately, I can only conclude, that he is one of Rajalee'S, i.e. S.O.T.'s pathetic alts as "bellydancers' stomachs" is one of S.O.T.'s new pet pieves which he has already stated in almost identical words to John's posting, elsewhere, recently. The difference being ,that SOT tends to sound a lot more intelligent than John (except in this case, but then, this is "Rajalee" his "dumb bellydancer girlfriend"-alt, so I would tend to believe the other version. John waded through my photo album, stole my pic, and is now resorting to the same cheap riffraff style tactics like Salil, trying to cover his tracks and making up bullshit explanations about what he did.
Whatever. Take it and run with it, John. It's meaning is wasted on you anyway.