All 4 Uses of
Middle East
in
BoneMan's Daughters
- If it happened in the Middle East, it went through this room.†
Chpt 1Middle East = a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
- But the Middle Eastern psyche wasn't so easy to categorize.†
Chpt 3 *Middle Eastern = related to a region around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
- The string of murders had ended at about the same time he'd been deployed for his second tour in the Middle East, just coincidently the same time that Phil Switzer had been arrested.†
Chpt 19Middle East = a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
- Like the father in the Middle East, Ryan was reacting out of love for his child.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
a region around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf (though there is no agreement on an exact to definition)
Some of the countries typically considered part of that region today include Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, and Lebanon. Some might include Afghanistan and Turkey which would certainly be included if referred to as the "Greater Middle East". Occasionally, the area is referred to as the Near East.