| Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations |
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| Where is the Middle East? |   |
| Middle East Institute, 1947 | |
 One year after its founding in 1946, the Middle East Institute (MEI) launched The Middle East Journal. The inaugural issue of the journal included a map of the Middle East, which was defined to include the countries or territories listed above. Source: The Middle East Journal 1 (1947), map facing page 1. |
"Middle East" Aden Afghanistan Algeria Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia India Iran Iraq Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Palestine Saudi Arabia Somaliland Sudan Syria Transcaucasia Transjordan Tunisia Turkey Turkestan Yemen |
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