Arab-Jews in Literature and Cinema: before and after Israel

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The history of Jews in Arab lands is long and rich. For centuries Jews and Arabs lived together, connected and set apart by an intricate net of relations. these relations changed radically during the course of the 20th Century. this course with examine the following questions: what can Arab-Jewish history tell us about the history and culture of European colonialism, modern nationalism, and Anti-Semitism? How did Zionist politics and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 changed the relationship between Arabs and Jews? How did Jewish writers recount that change throughout the twentieth century?