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The following ideas and projects are intended to offer suggestions for projects that will complement classroom work on issues related to conflict in the Middle East. These activities look to enhance learning on Middle East studies and provide cross-disciplinary projects for Internet, library, and classroom use.

Comparing News Coverage: Several of the major news agencies have created Web sites to help people understand conflict in the Middle East. Visit several of these sites—you might start with CNN (www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/mideast), the New York Times (www.nytimes.com/pages/world/middleeast/index.html), the BBC (http://news.bbc. co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/default.stm), or Al Jazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage)—and compare their coverage of one issue, or of several issues. Look for...