The Middle East Crossword

the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad according to Islamic belief.
the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003
a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel.
a person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture in a religion.
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
a Shiite religious leader in Iran.
a territory in the middle east on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean sea.
refers to Israeli citizens or residents who are Jews, and also the descendants of Israeli-Jewish emigrants outside of Israel.
Palestine Liberation Organization.
former Palestinian president and nobel peace prize recipient
a follower of the religion of Islam.
the Hebrew nation or people.
A war between the forces of the United Nations, led by the United States, and those of Iraq that followed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein 's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
a country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981.