From Tehran to Tunis: the Middle East And North Africa

Catalog description

This course will act as a basic introduction to the contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It will examine major issues impacting the region in the present day. through a brief summary of historic developments in MENA starting in the late Ottoman period, the course will provide a foundation for a discussion of contemporary issues, including, but not limited to, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, authoritarianism, role of religion in society, water conflicts/ climate change, petrol economy, and gender. Emphasis in the class will be placed on reading primary and secondary source materials and engaging in classroom discussion of these materials.