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Instructor: Tarek Masoud Explores the major political, economic, social, and security challenges facing - and emanating from - the Middle East. Particular attention paid to the causes of the so-called Arab Spring and the prospects for genuine...

Instructor: Mohammad Sagha This course examines the origins and contemporary significance of sectarianism and internal religious diversity within Islam in the Middle East. It investigates the rich and multilayered phenomena of sectarianism and sectarian...

Instructor: Emad Shahin The concepts of Jihad, war and peace are clearly distinct in Islamic law. However, Jihad, war and violence are often conflated and are perceived as one and the same. Islam is often associated with war and violence and not peace...

Instructor: Payem Mohseni Throughout historical and contemporary periods, Persia (Iran) has occupied a central role in global religious thought and spirituality. The ancient Persian religions, including Zoroastrianism (Mazdayasna) and Manicheanism, had...

Instructor: Miriam Goldstein The development and spread of Islam and the accompanying diffusion of the Arabic language brought religions in the Near East into contact in unprecedented ways. Judaism, Islam and Christianity were shaped and in turn shaped...

Instructor: Yunus Kumek This course introduces students to practices of spiritual care from a Muslim Perspective. As we will survey spiritual care practices of different Muslim cultures, our focus will be the relevant application of these practices in...

Instructor: Evridiki Georganteli Crusading expeditions in the Holy Land, Spain, and Eastern Europe from 1096 until the end of the Middle Ages shaped the political, socio-economic, and cultural map of Europe and the Middle East. This course explores the...

Instructors: Kay Shelemay, Kate van Orden, Cemal Kafadar Mediterranean Mobilities, Past and Present. This course will provide insight into music’s powerful role in human mobility, seeking to break down barriers between historical and ethnographic methods...