Veils, Mustaches & Belly Dancing in the Middle East

Catalog description

This course tackles stereotypes and issues that pertain to the Arab world and the Middle East at large. it looks at the Islamic veil as a socio-religious and cultural concept, debunks the myth of moustaches being synonymous with virility and representing masculinity, and unravels the myth of belly dancing as a Western representation for women's objectification in the Middle East. Students will be exposed a variety of opinions and thoughts surrounding these topics and will discover the ambiguity of sexuality within the Arabo-Islamic context.