◾ Autumn 1917, at the height of the First World War, the corridors of power of the colonial powers in Great Britain and France were active in redrawing the maps of West Asian countries. In London, intense movement and drafts of documents ended in a movement that remained secret, and later became known as the "Balfour Declaration". To read the full article Muhammad Hassan Suidan | The Balfour Declaration and the Pope's First Sin: How Landowners Became "Foreigners".