The middle east has become the centre of gravity in international politics since the later part of the last century. As a region it contains a significant reserve of the fossil fuel that has been the major motive force of the present civilisation. It is cursed in the sense that centering on the huge oil reserve, marauders, looters and killers of all dimensions have flocked together only to get some bites out of it. The people of this region, living in different ...