Pemetaan Konflik Di Timur Tengah

Abstract

“Middle East in all its complexity, has always been an area of ​​concern to humanity from time to time. So much history is engraved in this area, began its cultural golden stretches in the valley of the Nile, Euphrates and Tigris, until the major political forces of Iran with the birth of Islam were able to change the form of government of the Islamic Republic, until the blood battle in a variety of domestic political interests, regional and international level in various conflict situations; Arab-Israeli war, the US-invasion of Iraq until the political revolution "Arab Spring" in some Arab countries. Not only that, The Middle East is also a spiritual direction with the birth of the great religions of the world, whose influence was felt hundreds of millions of human beings until today. But ironically, The strategic location of the region with all the wonders that should make this a more stable, but otherwise This area is known as "Hot area" with conflicts of interest. From this condition, I am interested to analyze why the frequent conflicts in the Middle East and the factors that cause these conflicts.”

Representation of middle eastern countries in Geni Jora's novel: An analysis of travel literature according to Carl Thompson theory

“…Therefore, comparisons and differences between Islam in Indonesia and the Middle East are considered irrelevant. On the other hand, there is an extreme view that explains that as the center of Islam, the Middle East is synonymous with crime, poverty, war, and the greed of society (Indriana, 2017;Ruslin, 2013;Sahide, 2015). Such a view emphasizes the paradoxical condition of the Middle East as the center of the Islamic religion, but at the same time does not apply the spirit of Islamic values.…”