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I'm 20 years old (born 11/11/1986) and I live in a small settlement in Israel, near Bethlehem. I was born in the USSR, and fled the country with my mother and my sister when I was four. My parents were political dissidents in the USSR, and even did time in jail (my father total of almost nine years, my mother did three). | I'm 20 years old (born 11/11/1986) and I live in a small settlement in Israel, near Bethlehem. I was born in the USSR, and fled the country with my mother and my sister when I was four. My parents were political dissidents in the USSR, and even did time in jail (my father total of almost nine years, my mother did three). I have some informal knowledge about the USSR, Communism and the Cold War. I speak, read and write fluently in Russian. | ||
I attended school in Israel, my majors were biochemistry | I attended school in Israel, my majors were biochemistry and English. I speak basic Arabic and have knowledge in politics, Middle-East studies and international relations. I'm interested in religions, especially Islam. I wrote many of the articles about Islam in the Hebrew Wikipedia. | ||
Topics I have knowledge in: | Topics I have knowledge in: | ||
Revision as of 05:24, 16 April 2007
I'm 20 years old (born 11/11/1986) and I live in a small settlement in Israel, near Bethlehem. I was born in the USSR, and fled the country with my mother and my sister when I was four. My parents were political dissidents in the USSR, and even did time in jail (my father total of almost nine years, my mother did three). I have some informal knowledge about the USSR, Communism and the Cold War. I speak, read and write fluently in Russian.
I attended school in Israel, my majors were biochemistry and English. I speak basic Arabic and have knowledge in politics, Middle-East studies and international relations. I'm interested in religions, especially Islam. I wrote many of the articles about Islam in the Hebrew Wikipedia.
Topics I have knowledge in:
- Islam, especially Shia Islam, early history of the religion and the Quran.
- Israeli history especially the period of the British mandate
- Lebanese history after independence.
- Iran in the 20th century
- The Arab-Israeli conflict