PLSC 389OMinority Politics

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This 4-credit course investigates various ethnic and religious minorities and their social, economic, and political status in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. In particular, we examine ethnic and religious minorities in the region: Kurds, Amazighs, Druzes, Alawites, Jews, Orthodox and non-Orthodox Christians, including Copts, Catholics, and several others, holding --a/an official or not--minority status in various countries, ranging from Turkey, Iraq, Iran to Israel, Lebanon, Algeria, and Morocco.