SOA U210 - Hot Button Issues in the Middle East

Institution:

Northeastern University

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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.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.northeastern.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 373-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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