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HAA 128: Topics in Arabic Art and Culture: Art of the Qur'an

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Instructor: David Roxburgh A problem-oriented inquiry into Arabic art and culture (from the formation of Islam through the late medieval period), focusing on regions circling the Mediterranean, from the Iberian Peninsula to the Levant, as well as the...

Jewish-Muslim Interrelations

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Jews were an integral part of Muslim civilization in the Middle East, North Africa, Iberia, and beyond from its origins until the mid-20 th century. Integration and symbiosis were more common and enduring than episodes of tension and persecution. This...

COMPLIT 140Y: Literature after the Arab Spring

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Instructor: Annette Lienau This course offers an introduction to contemporary Arabic literature focusing on developments after the seismic period of regional transition within North Africa and the Middle East known as the “Arab spring” (2011). Course...

HAA 224M: Drawing in the Islamic Lands

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Instructor: David Roxburgh The seminar examines the medium of drawing in the Islamic lands, focusing on the post-Mongol through early modern periods throughout the Middle East, Iran, India, and Central Asia. Topics include the medium, materiality and...

"Religious Freedom in Islam" by Daniel Philpott

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In a Director's Series lecture co-hosted by the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School, Daniel Philpott, Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, presented on his recent book, Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a...

Religion, Gender, and Politics in Transnational Perspective

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The course follows key themes in religion and gender as these were shaped and reshaped through the colonial and post-colonial eras. In particular, the religious history of American women and the history of women in Islam primarily in relation to the...

FYSEMR 37Y: Muslim Voices in Contemporary World Literatures

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Instructor: Ali Asani What do Muslims think of acts of terrorism committed in the name of Islam, the mixing of religion with politics, the rights of women, the ``West''? This seminar investigates the viewpoints of prominent Muslim writers on these and...

Tarek Masoud

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Tarek Masoud is the Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the co-Editor of the Journal of Democracy of the National Endowment for Democracy, and serves as the Faculty...