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Iraq is the historic site of the fight for control of Islam between what is known today as the Sunnis and Shi'ites, the two major branches of the religion.

Shia constitute 10 to 15 percent of Muslims, but are actually a majority around the oil-rich rim of the Persian Gulf.

The NFB's docudrama Paris 1919, based on Margaret MacMillan's book, is a gripping study of six months that changed the world. 8/10.

Avicenna, also know as Ib'n Sina, was an Arab physician who contributed greatly to the medicinal world; his published works included the use of plants in medicine.

Conflict between the Sunnis and Shiites in Iran has made its way into U.S. media. Yet the average American knows virtually nothing of the theocracy of Iran.