São Paulo – The aftereffects of the first major global conflict on geopolitics in the Arab world will be the subject of the lecture Consequences of World War I in the Near East, to be delivered by Paulo Eduardo Razuk, a former appellate judge at the São Paulo State Appeals Court. The event will take place on Tuesday (10th), 7pm at the offices of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in the city of São Paulo.
“The map of the Middle East was drawn after World War I by the British and the French. The partition was not created by the Arabs, and they weren’t asked for their opinion in the matter of their own destiny,” Razuk said.
A State Law specialist, he believes that is one of the primary causes of the conflicts going on throughout the region today. “The divide imposed by the winners of World War I had consequences that culminated in civil wars like Syria’s and Yemen’s,” he claimed.
Razuk also listed internal divisions within Iraq, with the Kurds up north, the Sunnis in the center, and the Shiites to the south. “It’s an artificial country that was created by the British,” he said. According to him, that separation prevented a national sentiment from thriving among Iraqis.
Other topics to be covered in the lecture include the Seven Year War, the Franco-Prussian War, the rivalry between the British and the German, Pan-Islamism, the fall of Austria and Turkey, and the League of Nations.
Consequences of World War I in the Near East
May 10th, 7pm
Where: Câmara de Comércio Árabe Brasileira
Paulista Avenue, 326, 11th floor
Free admission for members; BRL 100 for non-members
For additional information call +55 11 3147-4066 or write to members@ccab.org.br
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
