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Outline
- Introduction: The post-colonial Middle East faced many challenges politically, socially, and economically.
- Body 1: How they dealt with these challenges politically, socially, and economically.
- Body 2: Short-term outcomes politically, socially, and economically.
- Body 3: Long-term outcomes politically, socially, and economically.
- Conclusion: Unintended outcomes politically, socially, and economically.
Essay
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