Course Title:
Hot Button Issues in the Middle East
Course Description:
Retired August 31, 2008.
Considers a number of prominent, headline-grabbing issues that currently preoccupy the Middle East. Topics include Orientalism, gender, Islamic fundamentalism, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Each topic will be approached from a macroscopic perspective, looking at its history and general trends. Then it will be viewed by examining the issue from the microscopic level including biographies, short stories, films, and ethnographies. Classroom discussions and outside assignments concentrate on connecting these different levels and understanding how they mutually affect each other.
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Prerequisite 1:
SOA U101
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Cross-Listed Course 1:
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Repeatable:
N
Additional Information:
Retired course
Approved course: NU Core-Social Science Level 1
Approved course: NU Core-Comparative Study of Cultures
