Middle East Uncovered Quiz

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  1. 4. These industry founders started moving their business to the Middle East
  2. 6. Iran closed this Strait, blocking hundreds of shipping vessels and interrupting international trade
  3. 7. Saudi infrastructure project cancelled this year do to over-ambition and financial difficulties
  4. 11. This Gulf country has deepened rifts with Saudi Arabia over regional hegemony
  5. 12. One of the militias competing with Hamas in Gaza creating a patchwork of armed groups
  6. 14. Lebanese Member of Parliament (MP) Abdel-Massih proposed turning Hezbollah's tunnels into these kind of cellars
  7. 16. The largest foreign funder of higher education in the United States
  8. 17. The new Syrian leader who is attempted to reunite a fractured Syria
  9. 20. The Supreme Leader of Iran who replaced Ayatollah Khamenei
  10. 21. Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council who was assassinated in the March 2026
  11. 22. A Jordanian-born, Palestinian-descended Noble Prize Winner in chemistry 2025
  12. 23. This currency became popular in the Middle East as an alternative to corrupt banking systems
  13. 25. Controversial Iranian influencer
  14. 26. The Lebanese pop star facing terrorism charges in Lebanon
  15. 28. The controversial "border" between Pakistan and Afghanistan
  16. 30. The term for Afghan girls dressed as boys in society until they reach puberty age.
  17. 31. The initiative that seeks to combat antisemitism through translating credible knowledge in the region's languages
Down
  1. 1. Oil from this country helped sustain Iran, and relations have changed since the US operation
  2. 2. Name of Iranian nuclear enrichment site bombed by the US in the 12-Day War
  3. 3. These underground centers in Afghanistan provide education to women across the country
  4. 5. The American artist working to restore Iraq's Garden of Eden
  5. 8. Trump's international effort to rebuild Gaza as part of his 20-point plan
  6. 9. Israel recognized this country, causing controversy in the region
  7. 10. This power has helped rebuild post-ISIS Mosul
  8. 12. Obama brought this. Trump brought the checkbook.
  9. 13. Iranians used this form of internet to communicate despite governmental internet blackouts
  10. 15. This country became a recruiting ground for Russia’s war machine
  11. 18. US airbase in Qatar struck by Iranian drones and ballistic missiles
  12. 19. This Palestinian city hosts the only female owned brewery in the Midle East
  13. 24. Iranian security forces that protect the regime, killing thousands of Iranian protestors this year
  14. 26. This military group in Syria has clashed with the recent government over ISIS detention centers
  15. 27. Refugees from this country have fled to Iran as a result of government suppression
  16. 29. This metal when enriched is used to build nuclear weapons