How are minorities in the Middle East defined by themselves and others?

Read the questions listed below and choose ONE question to answer. Copy the question you selected. Beneath the question you pasted, write your answer in 200 words or more. Relate in your answer to the concepts discussed in this chapter How are minorities in the Middle East defined by themselves and others? How are they perceived vis-a-vis majorities? What tropes, social/political projects, and narratives are working to promote and channel minority identities and interests in the Middle East? What political, colonial, social, economic, or demographic factors have given rise to various “minorities”? How did the minority status of these groups transform over the years? How were minorities defined politically and legally in different parts of the Middle East over the course of the twentieth century? How and for what purposes do religious, ethnic, or linguistic minorities become politicized? How do they participate in the political/demographic processes in their countries of citizenship? How are they being affected by the rapid political transformations brought about by the recent uprisings across the Arab world? What are the conditions under which today’s ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities living in the Middle East? How do they navigate the social and cultural structures of their countries and regions? How are they affected by the post-colonial legacy in some of these countries?