{"id":490,"date":"2019-01-21T11:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T11:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/history\/?p=490"},"modified":"2019-01-21T11:38:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T11:38:22","slug":"john-slights-openlearn-articles-on-the-first-world-war-and-its-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/history\/?p=490","title":{"rendered":"John Slight&#8217;s OpenLearn articles on The First World War and its aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. John Slight, Lecturer in Modern History, has published three articles on OpenLearn related to the First World War and its aftermath in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/history\/the-first-world-war-continues-britains-dash-mosul-iraq-november-1918\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.open.edu');\"> first article<\/a> examines the British &#8216;dash&#8217; for Mosul, Northern Iraq, in November 1918.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/history\/the-first-world-war-continues-medina-arabia-january-1919\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.open.edu');\"> second article<\/a> explores the fall of Medina, in Arabia, in January 1919.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/history\/after-the-first-world-war-the-1919-egyptian-revolution?in_menu=805204https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/history\/after-the-first-world-war-the-1919-egyptian-revolution?in_menu=805204https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/history\/after-the-first-world-war-the-1919-egyptian-revolution?in_menu=805204https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/history\/after-the-first-world-war-the-1919-egyptian-revolution?in_menu=805204https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/history\/after-the-first-world-war-the-1919-egyptian-revolution?in_menu=805204https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/history\/after-the-first-world-war-the-1919-egyptian-revolution?in_menu=805204https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/history\/after-the-first-world-war-the-1919-egyptian-revolution?in_menu=805204https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/history\/after-the-first-world-war-the-1919-egyptian-revolution?in_menu=805204https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2006\/jun\/03\/fiction.colmtoibin\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.open.edu');\">third article<\/a> covers the Egyptian Revolution of 1919.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/308px-cairo-manifestation_mars_1919_cropped.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/308px-cairo-manifestation_mars_1919_cropped-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/308px-cairo-manifestation_mars_1919_cropped-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/308px-cairo-manifestation_mars_1919_cropped.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. John Slight, Lecturer in Modern History, has published three articles on OpenLearn related to the First World War and its aftermath in the Middle East. The first article examines the British &#8216;dash&#8217; for Mosul, Northern Iraq, in November 1918. The second article explores the fall of Medina, in Arabia, in January 1919. 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