... to the Middle East and the Near East. More often than not, this reference would be used under the topics of art and literature by the Western world. Western interest in The Orient as an exotic land began with the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria beginning ... be debated, but for the simplicity sake of this paper, will refer mainly to the Middle East and North Africa. Said, a Palestinian-American, knows full well of these repercussions and made many ground-breaking claims about just how powerful Western influence has been on these areas in his ... already established a foundation on an ...

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