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This course uses film to interrogate an array of issues defining Israeli and Palestinian societies, including competing views of national histories. The course will open with looking at the emergence and development of Israeli and Palestinian cinematic discourses and proceed to explore the dynamic of representation from the period of British mandate, through establishment of the state of Israel, and the onset of Palestinian diaspora, the wars of 1948 and 1967, to the current era.

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This course offers an in-depth study of the Classical Arabic textual tradition, with a philological and historical approach. Students will gain familiarity with various important genres of Classical Arabic, from Religious texts, to Historiographical and Philosophical, and will learn to analyze the text in both grammatical and semantic terms to gain a deeper understanding of the text and the tradition. Open to advanced undergraduates and graduate students with a solid background in Arabic.

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This course examines the formation of new social and cultural patterns in the medieval Islamic period. It begins with a historical survey of the formative period between the 7th and 9th centuries, and then examines key ideas and developments in the coalescence of Islamic civilization. Readings combine primary sources in translation and analytic summaries from secondary literature. These include coverage of religious texts, material culture, and contemporary treatises and travel accounts.

This Junior Year Writing course offers a variety of topics in Middle Eastern Studies.