Read the following two articles and answer question:

Going beyond colonial lines of partition (Sykes-Picot and Palestine in the Al-Sham countries, the Durand, Radcliffe, and Macmohan lines in South Asia), the Indian Ocean helps us rethink the cultural and political geography of places more and less familiar.

Can we decolonize our thinking about regions or spaces on the world map using an oceanic approach? If so, what are the implications? If not, why not?
What do we mean by different or alternate Middle Easts?
How can we make sense of the relationship between the Middle East and places east?