Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: the Middle Eastern mosaic -- Kurds: a legacy of struggle and suffering -- Berbers: between rebellion and submission -- Baluch: from obscurity to geostrategic importance -- Druzes: freedom without independence -- ʻAlawites: to power and the unknown -- Copts: from majority people to minority religion -- Armenians: talent, tragedy, and territorial loss -- Assyrians: an ancient people, a perennial struggle -- Maronites: sophistication and missed opportunities -- Sudanese Christians: tribulations and war in Black Africa -- Jews: Zionist achievement, lingering question -- Jews, Israel, and the minorities…”