Directions: Read and listen to the stories from the site below:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/05/world/middleeast/Syrian-Refugees-in-Lebanon.html
(read all the stories/listen to the videos)
Questions to address:
The Middle East in ancient history is often defined as the "Cosmopolitan Middle East". Today the Middle East tells a very different story.
a. How was the Middle East viewed by its neighbors prior to the common era? How and why has this impression changed over time?
b. What responsibility do you think the global world has to immigrants who are fleeing the Middle East for safety?
